Alfred Dreyfus
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Alfred Dreyfus was a French Jewish army officer whose wrongful conviction for treason in the late 19th century became a landmark political scandal exposing deep-seated antisemitism and divisions within French society.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alfred Dreyfus canonical | 21 |
| Dreyfus | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T736166 — 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: Alfred Dreyfus Context triple: [Dreyfus affair, mainVictim, Alfred Dreyfus]
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A.
Toussaint Bréda
Toussaint Bréda, better known as Toussaint Louverture, was the formerly enslaved leader who became the principal architect and military strategist of the Haitian Revolution and a founding figure of Haiti’s independence movement.
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B.
Albert von Le Coq
Albert von Le Coq was a German archaeologist and explorer best known for leading expeditions in Central Asia that uncovered important Buddhist art and manuscripts, including early evidence of the Tocharian languages.
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C.
Jacques Ignace Hittorff
Jacques Ignace Hittorff was a 19th-century German-born French architect and urban planner known for his major contributions to Parisian architecture and city design, including prominent public buildings and squares.
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D.
François Hemony
François Hemony was a renowned 17th-century Dutch bell founder and carillon maker, celebrated for crafting some of the finest tuned carillons in Europe.
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E.
François Zola
François Zola was a French engineer of Italian origin best known for designing the Zola Dam near Aix-en-Provence and for being the father of novelist Émile Zola.
- 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: Alfred Dreyfus Target entity description: Alfred Dreyfus was a French Jewish army officer whose wrongful conviction for treason in the late 19th century became a landmark political scandal exposing deep-seated antisemitism and divisions within French society.
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A.
Toussaint Bréda
Toussaint Bréda, better known as Toussaint Louverture, was the formerly enslaved leader who became the principal architect and military strategist of the Haitian Revolution and a founding figure of Haiti’s independence movement.
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B.
Albert von Le Coq
Albert von Le Coq was a German archaeologist and explorer best known for leading expeditions in Central Asia that uncovered important Buddhist art and manuscripts, including early evidence of the Tocharian languages.
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C.
Jacques Ignace Hittorff
Jacques Ignace Hittorff was a 19th-century German-born French architect and urban planner known for his major contributions to Parisian architecture and city design, including prominent public buildings and squares.
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D.
François Hemony
François Hemony was a renowned 17th-century Dutch bell founder and carillon maker, celebrated for crafting some of the finest tuned carillons in Europe.
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E.
François Zola
François Zola was a French engineer of Italian origin best known for designing the Zola Dam near Aix-en-Provence and for being the father of novelist Émile Zola.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French Jew
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French army officer ⓘ artillery officer ⓘ human ⓘ victim of miscarriage of justice ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Montparnasse Cemetery ⓘ |
| causeOfFame | political scandal exposing antisemitism in France ⓘ |
| charge | treason ⓘ |
| child |
Jeanne Dreyfus
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Pierre Dreyfus ⓘ |
| citizenship | France ⓘ |
| convictedBy |
French military justice system
ⓘ
surface form:
French military court
|
| countryOfBirth | France ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | France ⓘ |
| countryOfDetention | French Guiana ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1859-10-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfConviction | 1894-12-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1935-07-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfExoneration | 1906-07-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfPardon | 1899-09-19 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish people ⓘ |
| familyName |
Alfred Dreyfus
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Dreyfus
|
| givenName | Alfred ⓘ |
| hasCause |
antisemitism
ⓘ
forged evidence ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
French politics
ⓘ
Zionism ⓘ
surface form:
Zionist movement
human rights discourse ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being wrongfully convicted of treason
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central figure in the Dreyfus affair ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | French Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
captain
ⓘ
major ⓘ |
| militaryUnit | French General Staff ⓘ |
| movement |
French Third Republic
ⓘ
surface form:
Third French Republic
|
| notableWork | Dreyfus affair ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Franco-Prussian War
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World War I ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Mulhouse ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Paris ⓘ |
| placeOfDetention |
Devil’s Island
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surface form:
Devil's Island
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| rehabilitatedBy |
court of cassation
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surface form:
French Court of Cassation
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| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| sentence | deportation to Devil's Island ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| significantEvent | Dreyfus affair ⓘ |
| spouse | Lucie Dreyfus ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
J’accuse…!
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surface form:
J'Accuse…! by Émile Zola
numerous books and films about the Dreyfus affair ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alfred Dreyfus Description of subject: Alfred Dreyfus was a French Jewish army officer whose wrongful conviction for treason in the late 19th century became a landmark political scandal exposing deep-seated antisemitism and divisions within French society.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
L’Affaire
subject surface form:
L’Affaire
this entity surface form:
Dreyfus
this entity surface form:
Dreyfus
this entity surface form:
Dreyfus
subject surface form:
Montparnasse Cemetery