Antoine Laumet
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Antoine Laumet, later known as Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, was a French explorer and colonial administrator best known for founding the city of Detroit in New France.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Antoine Laumet canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5012434 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Antoine Laumet Context triple: [Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, birthName, Antoine Laumet]
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A.
Nicolas Le Riche
Nicolas Le Riche is a renowned French ballet dancer and choreographer, celebrated as one of the leading étoiles of his generation.
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B.
Claude de la Colombière
Claude de la Colombière was a 17th-century French Jesuit priest and spiritual director, best known for supporting and spreading the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through his guidance of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque.
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C.
François Fouquet
François Fouquet was a 17th-century French nobleman best known as the father of Nicolas Fouquet, the powerful Superintendent of Finances under Louis XIV.
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D.
François-Alexandre Duquesney
François-Alexandre Duquesney was a 19th-century French architect best known for designing Paris’s Gare de l'Est railway station.
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E.
Charles de La Fosse
Charles de La Fosse was a prominent French Baroque painter known for his decorative ceiling and religious works, and for helping transition French art toward the Rococo style.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Antoine Laumet Target entity description: Antoine Laumet, later known as Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, was a French explorer and colonial administrator best known for founding the city of Detroit in New France.
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A.
Nicolas Le Riche
Nicolas Le Riche is a renowned French ballet dancer and choreographer, celebrated as one of the leading étoiles of his generation.
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B.
Claude de la Colombière
Claude de la Colombière was a 17th-century French Jesuit priest and spiritual director, best known for supporting and spreading the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through his guidance of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque.
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C.
François Fouquet
François Fouquet was a 17th-century French nobleman best known as the father of Nicolas Fouquet, the powerful Superintendent of Finances under Louis XIV.
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D.
François-Alexandre Duquesney
François-Alexandre Duquesney was a 19th-century French architect best known for designing Paris’s Gare de l'Est railway station.
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E.
Charles de La Fosse
Charles de La Fosse was a prominent French Baroque painter known for his decorative ceiling and religious works, and for helping transition French art toward the Rococo style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French person
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colonial administrator ⓘ explorer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Great Lakes region
NERFINISHED
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fur trade in North America ⓘ |
| birthCountry | France ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1658-03-05 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfService | New France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCountry | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1730-10-15 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Castelsarrasin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | French colonial administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
17th century
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18th century ⓘ |
| familyName |
Cadillac
NERFINISHED
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Laumet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded |
Detroit
NERFINISHED
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Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingDateOfDetroit | 1701-07-24 ⓘ |
| givenName | Antoine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
Cadillac automobile brand named after him
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Cadillac, Michigan named after him NERFINISHED ⓘ statues and monuments in Detroit ⓘ |
| heritage | French ⓘ |
| influenced | French colonial expansion in North America ⓘ |
| monarchServed |
Louis XIV of France
NERFINISHED
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Louis XV of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Sieur de Cadillac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | founding the city of Detroit ⓘ |
| notableWork | development of Detroit as a French trading post ⓘ |
| occupation |
colonial administrator
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explorer ⓘ soldier ⓘ trader ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Detroit
NERFINISHED
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Louisiana (New France) NERFINISHED ⓘ New France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
commandant of Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit
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governor of Louisiana ⓘ |
| rank | officer ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | French colonial troops ⓘ |
| spouse | Marie-Thérèse Guyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Antoine Laumet Description of subject: Antoine Laumet, later known as Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, was a French explorer and colonial administrator best known for founding the city of Detroit in New France.
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