Jourdan
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Jourdan is a French surname most notably borne by Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, a prominent general of the French Revolutionary Wars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jourdan canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6241508 — 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: Jourdan Context triple: [Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, familyName, Jourdan]
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A.
Lyonne
Lyonne is the surname of American actress, writer, director, and producer Natasha Lyonne, known for her roles in "Orange Is the New Black" and "Russian Doll."
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B.
Hayden
Hayden is a surname most notably associated with American actor and author Sterling Hayden, known for his roles in classic mid-20th-century films.
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C.
Hayden
Hayden is a small city in northern Idaho, known for its proximity to Hayden Lake and its role as part of the Coeur d'Alene metropolitan area.
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D.
Madyson
Madyson is a modern English given name, typically a feminine variant of the name Madison.
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E.
Julanne
Julanne is a feminine given name most notably borne by American silent film actress Julanne Johnston.
- 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: Jourdan Target entity description: Jourdan is a French surname most notably borne by Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, a prominent general of the French Revolutionary Wars.
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A.
Lyonne
Lyonne is the surname of American actress, writer, director, and producer Natasha Lyonne, known for her roles in "Orange Is the New Black" and "Russian Doll."
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B.
Hayden
Hayden is a surname most notably associated with American actor and author Sterling Hayden, known for his roles in classic mid-20th-century films.
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C.
Hayden
Hayden is a small city in northern Idaho, known for its proximity to Hayden Lake and its role as part of the Coeur d'Alene metropolitan area.
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D.
Madyson
Madyson is a modern English given name, typically a feminine variant of the name Madison.
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E.
Julanne
Julanne is a feminine given name most notably borne by American silent film actress Julanne Johnston.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French general
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French-language surname ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Jean-Baptiste Jourdan ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | French ⓘ |
| notableFor | service as a general in the French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Jourdan Description of subject: Jourdan is a French surname most notably borne by Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, a prominent general of the French Revolutionary Wars.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.