Laurent Clerc
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Laurent Clerc was a pioneering French deaf educator who co-founded the first permanent school for the deaf in the United States and helped establish the foundations of American Sign Language.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Laurent Clerc canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7357803 — 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: Laurent Clerc Context triple: [Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, influencedBy, Laurent Clerc]
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A.
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was a pioneering American educator who co-founded the first permanent school for the deaf in the United States and helped establish American Sign Language.
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B.
Edward Miner Gallaudet
Edward Miner Gallaudet was a pioneering American educator and advocate for the deaf who served as the long-time president of Gallaudet University, the first institution of higher education for deaf students.
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C.
Louis Braille
Louis Braille was a French educator and inventor best known for creating the Braille reading and writing system for people who are blind or visually impaired.
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D.
Sophia Fowler Gallaudet
Sophia Fowler Gallaudet was a prominent deaf educator and advocate in 19th-century America who played a key role in the early development of Gallaudet University and the education of the deaf.
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E.
Armand Seguin
Armand Seguin was a French Post-Impressionist painter associated with the Pont-Aven circle around Paul Gauguin, known for his synthetist style and bold use of color.
- 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: Laurent Clerc Target entity description: Laurent Clerc was a pioneering French deaf educator who co-founded the first permanent school for the deaf in the United States and helped establish the foundations of American Sign Language.
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A.
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was a pioneering American educator who co-founded the first permanent school for the deaf in the United States and helped establish American Sign Language.
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B.
Edward Miner Gallaudet
Edward Miner Gallaudet was a pioneering American educator and advocate for the deaf who served as the long-time president of Gallaudet University, the first institution of higher education for deaf students.
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C.
Louis Braille
Louis Braille was a French educator and inventor best known for creating the Braille reading and writing system for people who are blind or visually impaired.
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D.
Sophia Fowler Gallaudet
Sophia Fowler Gallaudet was a prominent deaf educator and advocate in 19th-century America who played a key role in the early development of Gallaudet University and the education of the deaf.
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E.
Armand Seguin
Armand Seguin was a French Post-Impressionist painter associated with the Pont-Aven circle around Paul Gauguin, known for his synthetist style and bold use of color.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deaf educator
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education pioneer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
French Sign Language–American Sign Language language contact
NERFINISHED
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early 19th-century deaf education reforms in the United States ⓘ |
| coFounded | American School for the Deaf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFoundedWith | Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
NERFINISHED
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schools for the deaf named after him ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
development of American Sign Language vocabulary
ⓘ
spread of formal deaf education in the United States ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| countryOfWork |
France
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| employer | American School for the Deaf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Clerc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
education
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sign language pedagogy ⓘ special education ⓘ |
| givenName | Laurent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDisability | deafness ⓘ |
| heritage | French ⓘ |
| influenced |
American Sign Language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
deaf education in the United States ⓘ |
| knownAs | Apostle of the Deaf in America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
American Sign Language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
French Sign Language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legacy |
considered a founding figure of American deaf culture
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inspired later establishment of Gallaudet University ⓘ |
| movement |
deaf education
ⓘ
deaf rights ⓘ |
| name | Laurent Clerc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
co-founding the first permanent school for the deaf in the United States
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helping establish the foundations of American Sign Language ⓘ |
| notableRole | first deaf teacher of the deaf in the United States ⓘ |
| notableStudentGroup | early generations of American deaf students ⓘ |
| occupation |
school administrator
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teacher of the deaf ⓘ |
| taught | deaf children ⓘ |
| taughtAt | American School for the Deaf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Hartford, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Laurent Clerc Description of subject: Laurent Clerc was a pioneering French deaf educator who co-founded the first permanent school for the deaf in the United States and helped establish the foundations of American Sign Language.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.