Anton Wilhelm von L’Estocq
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Anton Wilhelm von L’Estocq was an 18th–19th century Prussian general noted for his leadership in the Napoleonic Wars, particularly in campaigns in East Prussia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Anton Wilhelm von L’Estocq canonical | 3 |
| Anton Wilhelm von L'Estocq | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8616768 — 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: Anton Wilhelm von L’Estocq Context triple: [Battle of Heilsberg, commander, Anton Wilhelm von L’Estocq]
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A.
Marshal d’Asfeld
Marshal d’Asfeld was a French military commander of the early 18th century, noted for his service in the War of the Polish Succession and other campaigns under Louis XV.
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B.
Comte de Lusace
Comte de Lusace was a French nobleman and military commander who led French forces during the Seven Years' War, including at the Battle of Emsdorf.
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C.
Philippe-François de Ligne-Arenberg
Philippe-François de Ligne-Arenberg was a 17th-century nobleman of the House of Arenberg who became the first Duke of Arenberg in the Holy Roman Empire.
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D.
Marquis of Namur
The Marquis of Namur was the feudal ruler of the medieval County of Namur in the Low Countries, a title held by various noble dynasties including the House of Courtenay.
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E.
Duke of Villars
The Duke of Villars was a prominent French noble title most famously held by Marshal Claude Louis Hector de Villars, one of Louis XIV’s greatest military commanders during the War of the Spanish Succession.
- 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: Anton Wilhelm von L’Estocq Target entity description: Anton Wilhelm von L’Estocq was an 18th–19th century Prussian general noted for his leadership in the Napoleonic Wars, particularly in campaigns in East Prussia.
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A.
Marshal d’Asfeld
Marshal d’Asfeld was a French military commander of the early 18th century, noted for his service in the War of the Polish Succession and other campaigns under Louis XV.
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B.
Comte de Lusace
Comte de Lusace was a French nobleman and military commander who led French forces during the Seven Years' War, including at the Battle of Emsdorf.
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C.
Philippe-François de Ligne-Arenberg
Philippe-François de Ligne-Arenberg was a 17th-century nobleman of the House of Arenberg who became the first Duke of Arenberg in the Holy Roman Empire.
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D.
Marquis of Namur
The Marquis of Namur was the feudal ruler of the medieval County of Namur in the Low Countries, a title held by various noble dynasties including the House of Courtenay.
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E.
Duke of Villars
The Duke of Villars was a prominent French noble title most famously held by Marshal Claude Louis Hector de Villars, one of Louis XIV’s greatest military commanders during the War of the Spanish Succession.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Prussian general
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| activeInCentury |
18th century
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19th century ⓘ |
| affiliation | Prussian military ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Prussia
ⓘ
linked to:
Prussia
|
| familyName | von L’Estocq ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | military leadership ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Anton Wilhelm ⓘ |
| hasEthnicOrigin | Prussian ⓘ |
| hasTitle | general of the Prussian Army ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Napoleonic era ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Prussian Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| name | Anton Wilhelm von L’Estocq ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableFor |
campaigns in East Prussia
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leadership in the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| notableRole | Prussian commander in East Prussian campaigns during the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Napoleonic Wars
ⓘ
War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ |
| residence | East Prussia ⓘ |
| sphereOfInfluence | East Prussia ⓘ |
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: Anton Wilhelm von L’Estocq Description of subject: Anton Wilhelm von L’Estocq was an 18th–19th century Prussian general noted for his leadership in the Napoleonic Wars, particularly in campaigns in East Prussia.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Anton Wilhelm von L’Estocq