Jean-Charles de Borda
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Jean-Charles de Borda was an 18th-century French mathematician, physicist, and naval officer known for his influential work in fluid mechanics, metrology, and voting theory.
All labels observed (1)
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| Jean-Charles de Borda canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8083747 — 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: Jean-Charles de Borda Context triple: [Borda count, namedAfter, Jean-Charles de Borda]
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A.
Jacques Babinet
Jacques Babinet was a 19th-century French physicist and optician best known for his work on diffraction and for formulating Babinet's principle in wave optics.
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B.
Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty
Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty was a prominent French cavalry general of the Napoleonic Wars, renowned for his leadership of the Imperial Guard cavalry in numerous major campaigns.
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C.
Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin
Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin was a prominent French neoclassical architect best known for designing Paris’s Arc de Triomphe.
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D.
Louis-Nicolas d’Avout
Louis-Nicolas d’Avout was a prominent French marshal of the Napoleonic era, renowned for his strict discipline, tactical brilliance, and decisive victories such as the Battle of Auerstädt.
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E.
Antoine François de Fourcroy
Antoine François de Fourcroy was an influential 18th-century French chemist and educator who helped develop and popularize the new chemical nomenclature and modern chemical theory during the French Enlightenment.
- 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: Jean-Charles de Borda Target entity description: Jean-Charles de Borda was an 18th-century French mathematician, physicist, and naval officer known for his influential work in fluid mechanics, metrology, and voting theory.
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A.
Jacques Babinet
Jacques Babinet was a 19th-century French physicist and optician best known for his work on diffraction and for formulating Babinet's principle in wave optics.
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B.
Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty
Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty was a prominent French cavalry general of the Napoleonic Wars, renowned for his leadership of the Imperial Guard cavalry in numerous major campaigns.
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C.
Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin
Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin was a prominent French neoclassical architect best known for designing Paris’s Arc de Triomphe.
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D.
Louis-Nicolas d’Avout
Louis-Nicolas d’Avout was a prominent French marshal of the Napoleonic era, renowned for his strict discipline, tactical brilliance, and decisive victories such as the Battle of Auerstädt.
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E.
Antoine François de Fourcroy
Antoine François de Fourcroy was an influential 18th-century French chemist and educator who helped develop and popularize the new chemical nomenclature and modern chemical theory during the French Enlightenment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French person
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ naval officer ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1733-05-04 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Dax
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France ⓘ Landes ⓘ |
| contributedTo | development of the metric system in France ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1799-02-19 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| designed | repeating circle ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Collège d'Harcourt
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linked to:
Collège d’Harcourt
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| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| familyName |
de Borda
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linked to:
Borda count
|
| fieldOfWork |
ballistics
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fluid mechanics ⓘ hydrodynamics ⓘ metrology ⓘ navigation ⓘ voting theory ⓘ |
| givenName | Jean-Charles ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
electoral system design
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measurement science ⓘ social choice theory ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Borda count
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contributions to the metric system ⓘ development of precise angle-measuring instruments ⓘ work in voting theory ⓘ work on fluid resistance ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
French Academy of Sciences
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linked to:
Académie des Sciences
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| militaryBranch | French Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | naval officer ⓘ |
| name | Jean-Charles de Borda ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableIdea | ranked voting method based on point assignments ⓘ |
| occupation |
mathematician
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naval officer ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| studied |
mathematics
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physics ⓘ |
| workedOn |
hydraulic machines
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theory of ship resistance ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jean-Charles de Borda Description of subject: Jean-Charles de Borda was an 18th-century French mathematician, physicist, and naval officer known for his influential work in fluid mechanics, metrology, and voting theory.
Referenced by (3)
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