Dr. Paul Gachet
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Dr. Paul Gachet was a French physician and art enthusiast best known for caring for Vincent van Gogh during the artist’s final months and for being immortalized in Van Gogh’s famous portraits.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dr. Paul Gachet canonical | 5 |
| Paul Gachet | 2 |
| Paul Ferdinand Gachet | 1 |
| Paul Louis Gachet | 1 |
| Vincent van Gogh's doctor | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8100178 — 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: Dr. Paul Gachet Context triple: [Portraits of Dr. Gachet by Vincent van Gogh, depicts, Dr. Paul Gachet]
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A.
Maurice Janet
Maurice Janet was a French mathematician known for his foundational work in differential equations and differential geometry, including results later associated with the Janet–Cartan theorem.
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B.
Charles Champoiseau
Charles Champoiseau was a 19th-century French archaeologist and diplomat best known for unearthing the ancient Greek statue Winged Victory of Samothrace.
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C.
Maximilien Morrel
Maximilien Morrel is a noble and devoted young French officer who becomes one of Edmond Dantès’s closest allies in Alexandre Dumas’s novel *The Count of Monte Cristo*.
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D.
Dr. Daniel Schreber
Dr. Daniel Schreber is a mysterious, morally conflicted scientist in the neo-noir science fiction film "Dark City," who aids the protagonist in uncovering the truth behind a reality manipulated by alien beings.
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E.
Doctor Chassaigne
Doctor Chassaigne is a character in Émile Zola’s novel "Lourdes," depicted as a compassionate and reflective physician who serves as a voice of reason and humanism amid the religious fervor surrounding the famous pilgrimage site.
- 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: Dr. Paul Gachet Target entity description: Dr. Paul Gachet was a French physician and art enthusiast best known for caring for Vincent van Gogh during the artist’s final months and for being immortalized in Van Gogh’s famous portraits.
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A.
Maurice Janet
Maurice Janet was a French mathematician known for his foundational work in differential equations and differential geometry, including results later associated with the Janet–Cartan theorem.
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B.
Charles Champoiseau
Charles Champoiseau was a 19th-century French archaeologist and diplomat best known for unearthing the ancient Greek statue Winged Victory of Samothrace.
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C.
Maximilien Morrel
Maximilien Morrel is a noble and devoted young French officer who becomes one of Edmond Dantès’s closest allies in Alexandre Dumas’s novel *The Count of Monte Cristo*.
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D.
Dr. Daniel Schreber
Dr. Daniel Schreber is a mysterious, morally conflicted scientist in the neo-noir science fiction film "Dark City," who aids the protagonist in uncovering the truth behind a reality manipulated by alien beings.
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E.
Doctor Chassaigne
Doctor Chassaigne is a character in Émile Zola’s novel "Lourdes," depicted as a compassionate and reflective physician who serves as a voice of reason and humanism amid the religious fervor surrounding the famous pilgrimage site.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art collector
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human ⓘ patron of the arts ⓘ physician ⓘ |
| artCollectionIncludes |
works by Camille Pissarro
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works by Paul Cézanne ⓘ works by Vincent van Gogh ⓘ works by other Impressionist painters ⓘ |
| child |
Marguerite Gachet
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Paul Louis Gachet ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Paul Gachet
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| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1828-07-30 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1909-01-09 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Paris ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Gachet ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
homeopathy
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medicine ⓘ psychiatry ⓘ |
| givenName | Paul ⓘ |
| hasPortrait |
L’Homme aux Pipe (by Vincent van Gogh)
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Portrait of Dr. Gachet (first version) ⓘ
linked to:
Portrait of Dr. Gachet
Portrait of Dr. Gachet (second version) ⓘ
linked to:
Portrait of Dr. Gachet
|
| knownFor |
being portrayed by Vincent van Gogh in several paintings
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caring for Vincent van Gogh in his final months ⓘ supporting Impressionist and Post‑Impressionist artists ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Auvers-sur-Oise
ⓘ
linked to:
Auvers-sur-Oise, France
|
| medicalSpecialty |
mental illness
ⓘ
nervous disorders ⓘ |
| middleName | Ferdinand ⓘ |
| name |
Paul Ferdinand Gachet
ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Paul Gachet
|
| notableWork | support and documentation of avant‑garde artists of his time ⓘ |
| occupation |
amateur artist
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art collector ⓘ physician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
France
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Lille ⓘ Nord department ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Vincent van Gogh ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Auvers-sur-Oise
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linked to:
Auvers-sur-Oise, France
Paris ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| treated | Vincent van Gogh ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Dr. Paul Gachet Description of subject: Dr. Paul Gachet was a French physician and art enthusiast best known for caring for Vincent van Gogh during the artist’s final months and for being immortalized in Van Gogh’s famous portraits.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Portraits of Dr. Gachet by Vincent van Gogh
subject linked to:
Portraits of Dr. Gachet by Vincent van Gogh
linked to: Dr. Paul Gachet
linked to: Dr. Paul Gachet
linked to: Dr. Paul Gachet
linked to: Dr. Paul Gachet
linked to: Dr. Paul Gachet