Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
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Thomas-Alexandre Dumas was a pioneering French general of mixed African and European descent in Revolutionary France, renowned for his military prowess and later as the father of novelist Alexandre Dumas.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomas-Alexandre Dumas canonical | 11 |
| Alexandre Dumas | 2 |
| Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie | 1 |
| Alexandre Dumas père (the general) | 1 |
| Alexandre Dumas père’s father | 1 |
| Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Context triple: [Alexandre Dumas, father, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas]
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Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas was a prolific 19th-century French novelist and playwright best known for his swashbuckling historical adventures such as "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "The Three Musketeers."
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Alexandrine Zola
Alexandrine Zola was the wife of French novelist Émile Zola, known for her long and complex marriage to the prominent naturalist writer and her role in managing his household and legacy.
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C.
Bernard-François Balzac
Bernard-François Balzac was a French civil servant and administrator best known as the father of the novelist Honoré de Balzac.
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D.
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo was a 19th-century French novelist, poet, and dramatist, best known for works such as "Les Misérables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame."
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E.
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac was a 19th-century French novelist and playwright best known for his vast interconnected series of novels and stories, "La Comédie Humaine," which offers a detailed, panoramic portrayal of French society.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Target entity description: Thomas-Alexandre Dumas was a pioneering French general of mixed African and European descent in Revolutionary France, renowned for his military prowess and later as the father of novelist Alexandre Dumas.
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A.
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas was a prolific 19th-century French novelist and playwright best known for his swashbuckling historical adventures such as "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "The Three Musketeers."
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B.
Alexandrine Zola
Alexandrine Zola was the wife of French novelist Émile Zola, known for her long and complex marriage to the prominent naturalist writer and her role in managing his household and legacy.
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C.
Bernard-François Balzac
Bernard-François Balzac was a French civil servant and administrator best known as the father of the novelist Honoré de Balzac.
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D.
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo was a 19th-century French novelist, poet, and dramatist, best known for works such as "Les Misérables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame."
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E.
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac was a 19th-century French novelist and playwright best known for his vast interconnected series of novels and stories, "La Comédie Humaine," which offers a detailed, panoramic portrayal of French society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French general
ⓘ
human ⓘ military officer ⓘ person of mixed African and European descent ⓘ |
| allegiance |
French First Republic
ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
ⓘ
surface form:
Alexandre Dumas
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas ⓘ
surface form:
Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas ⓘ
surface form:
Alexandre Dumas père (the general)
|
| birthDate | 1762-03-25 ⓘ |
| birthName |
Thomas-Alexandre
ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas-Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie
|
| birthPlace |
Jeremie, Saint-Domingue
ⓘ
French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ
surface form:
Saint-Domingue
present-day Haiti ⓘ |
| child | Alexandre Dumas ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1806-02-26 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Villers-Cotterêts
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surface form:
Villers-Cotterêts, France
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| ethnicOrigin |
African
ⓘ
European ⓘ |
| familyName |
Alexandre Dumas
ⓘ
surface form:
Dumas
|
| father | Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie ⓘ |
| fatherOf | Alexandre Dumas ⓘ |
| fullName |
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
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| givenName | Thomas-Alexandre ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
French Revolution
ⓘ
Napoleonic era ⓘ |
| influenced | Alexandre Dumas's literary works ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| marriagePartner | Marie-Louise Élisabeth Labouret ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
French Revolutionary Army
ⓘ
surface form:
French Army
|
| mother | Marie-Cessette Dumas ⓘ |
| name | Thomas-Alexandre Dumas self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a pioneering Black general in European history
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being one of the highest-ranking officers of African descent in a Western army of his time ⓘ cavalry leadership ⓘ service during the French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ |
| occupation |
military commander
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Napoleon's Egyptian campaign
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surface form:
Egyptian campaign of Napoleon
French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ Italian campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
surface form:
Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars
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| rank |
general
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general of division ⓘ |
| residence |
Villers-Cotterêts
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surface form:
Villers-Cotterêts, France
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| servedUnder | Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ |
| socialBackground |
born into slavery on his mother's side
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son of a French nobleman and an enslaved African woman ⓘ |
| spouse | Marie-Louise Élisabeth Labouret ⓘ |
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