André Zeller
E636277
André Zeller was a French Army general best known as one of the leading military figures who opposed Algerian independence and took part in the failed 1961 Algiers putsch against President Charles de Gaulle.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| André Zeller canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7003114 — 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: André Zeller Context triple: [Algiers putsch of 1961, hasParticipant, André Zeller]
-
A.
James Thierrée
James Thierrée is a Swiss-born actor, director, and contemporary circus performer known for his inventive, physical, and often surreal stage productions that blend mime, dance, and acrobatics.
-
B.
Guillaume Canet
Guillaume Canet is a French actor, director, and screenwriter known for films such as "Tell No One" and "Little White Lies."
-
C.
Sebastian Koch
Sebastian Koch is a German actor known for his acclaimed performances in films such as "The Lives of Others" and various international productions.
-
D.
Jean-Marc Barr
Jean-Marc Barr is a French-American actor and director best known for his leading role in "The Big Blue" and frequent collaborations with filmmaker Lars von Trier.
-
E.
Daniel Auteuil
Daniel Auteuil is a renowned French film and stage actor acclaimed for his versatile performances in both popular cinema and auteur-driven dramas.
- 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: André Zeller Target entity description: André Zeller was a French Army general best known as one of the leading military figures who opposed Algerian independence and took part in the failed 1961 Algiers putsch against President Charles de Gaulle.
-
A.
James Thierrée
James Thierrée is a Swiss-born actor, director, and contemporary circus performer known for his inventive, physical, and often surreal stage productions that blend mime, dance, and acrobatics.
-
B.
Guillaume Canet
Guillaume Canet is a French actor, director, and screenwriter known for films such as "Tell No One" and "Little White Lies."
-
C.
Sebastian Koch
Sebastian Koch is a German actor known for his acclaimed performances in films such as "The Lives of Others" and various international productions.
-
D.
Jean-Marc Barr
Jean-Marc Barr is a French-American actor and director best known for his leading role in "The Big Blue" and frequent collaborations with filmmaker Lars von Trier.
-
E.
Daniel Auteuil
Daniel Auteuil is a renowned French film and stage actor acclaimed for his versatile performances in both popular cinema and auteur-driven dramas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French Army general
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| causeOfNotability | role in attempted military coup in Algeria in 1961 ⓘ |
| conflict |
Algerian War
ⓘ
linked to:
Algerian War of Independence
|
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| employer | French Army ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| ideology | French colonialism ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | French Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| movement | French Algeria movement ⓘ |
| name | André Zeller ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
opposition to Algerian independence
ⓘ
participation in the 1961 Algiers putsch ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| opponent | Charles de Gaulle ⓘ |
| opposed |
Algerian independence
ⓘ
policies of Charles de Gaulle on Algeria ⓘ |
| participantIn |
1961 Algiers putsch
ⓘ
linked to:
Algiers putsch of 1961
|
| placeOfActivity |
Algeria
ⓘ
France ⓘ |
| positionHeld | general ⓘ |
| residence | France ⓘ |
| sphereOfActivity | military affairs ⓘ |
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: André Zeller Description of subject: André Zeller was a French Army general best known as one of the leading military figures who opposed Algerian independence and took part in the failed 1961 Algiers putsch against President Charles de Gaulle.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.