Georges Picquart
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Georges Picquart was a French army officer and whistleblower who exposed the wrongful conviction of Alfred Dreyfus, playing a central role in the Dreyfus affair.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Georges Picquart canonical | 2 |
| Marie-Georges Picquart | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Georges Picquart Context triple: [Dreyfus affair, involves, Georges Picquart]
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Alfred Dreyfus
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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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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Georges Catroux
Georges Catroux was a French general and diplomat who became a prominent leader in the Free French movement during World War II.
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D.
Louis Marie Cordonnier
Louis Marie Cordonnier was a prominent French architect known for his influential Beaux-Arts and regionalist designs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Hector Lefuel
Hector Lefuel was a 19th-century French architect best known for his major role in completing and expanding the Louvre under Napoleon III, helping define the Second Empire architectural style.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Georges Picquart Target entity description: Georges Picquart was a French army officer and whistleblower who exposed the wrongful conviction of Alfred Dreyfus, playing a central role in the Dreyfus affair.
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A.
Alfred Dreyfus
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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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.
Georges Catroux
Georges Catroux was a French general and diplomat who became a prominent leader in the Free French movement during World War II.
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D.
Louis Marie Cordonnier
Louis Marie Cordonnier was a prominent French architect known for his influential Beaux-Arts and regionalist designs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Hector Lefuel
Hector Lefuel was a 19th-century French architect best known for his major role in completing and expanding the Louvre under Napoleon III, helping define the Second Empire architectural style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French army officer
ⓘ
human ⓘ whistleblower ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Légion d'honneur ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Montparnasse Cemetery
ⓘ
surface form:
Cimetière du Montparnasse
Paris ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | riding accident ⓘ |
| conflict |
Franco-Prussian War
ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
surface form:
World War I (early months, as minister)
|
| contributedTo | overturning the wrongful conviction of Alfred Dreyfus ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1854-09-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1914-01-19 ⓘ |
| detainedBy | French military authorities ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr
ⓘ
surface form:
École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr
École de Guerre ⓘ
surface form:
École Supérieure de Guerre
|
| employer |
Ministry of the Armed Forces of France
ⓘ
surface form:
French Ministry of War
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| familyName | Picquart ⓘ |
| givenName | Georges ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| hasMoralCharacteristic |
courage
ⓘ
integrity ⓘ |
| involvedIn | exoneration campaign for Alfred Dreyfus ⓘ |
| knownFor |
demonstrating that evidence against Alfred Dreyfus was forged
ⓘ
identifying Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy as the real author of the incriminating bordereau ⓘ |
| memberOf | French Army ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | French Army infantry ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| movement | French Third Republic politics ⓘ |
| notableFor | central role in the Dreyfus affair ⓘ |
| notableWork | exposure of the wrongful conviction of Alfred Dreyfus ⓘ |
| occupation |
military officer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| opposedTo | antisemitism in the French Army ⓘ |
| participantIn | Dreyfus affair ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Alsace
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France ⓘ Strasbourg ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Amiens
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France ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Minister of War of France
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deputy in the French Chamber of Deputies ⓘ head of the French Army’s intelligence section ⓘ |
| reasonForDetention | his efforts to reopen the Dreyfus case ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Paris ⓘ |
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Subject: Georges Picquart Description of subject: Georges Picquart was a French army officer and whistleblower who exposed the wrongful conviction of Alfred Dreyfus, playing a central role in the Dreyfus affair.
Referenced by (3)
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