Laurence de Cinq-Cygne
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Laurence de Cinq-Cygne is a noble and fiercely loyal young aristocrat in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Une ténébreuse affaire," emblematic of royalist resistance and personal courage during the Napoleonic era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Laurence de Cinq-Cygne canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12959999 — 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: Laurence de Cinq-Cygne Context triple: [Une ténébreuse affaire, hasCharacter, Laurence de Cinq-Cygne]
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A.
Chevalier de Paris
Chevalier de Paris was a notable French performer and entertainer associated with the famed Parisian music hall scene.
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B.
Baron de Mauley
Baron de Mauley is a hereditary title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom historically associated with the aristocratic Ponsonby family.
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C.
Pierre Beauchamp
Pierre Beauchamp was a 17th-century French choreographer and dancing master credited with codifying the five basic positions of the feet in classical ballet.
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D.
Baron de l'Aulne
Baron de l'Aulne is the noble title held by Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, the influential 18th-century French economist and statesman associated with early economic liberalism and reforms under Louis XVI.
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E.
Baron La Croix
Baron La Croix is a Haitian Vodou spirit of the Gede family, associated with death, cemeteries, dark humor, and the boundary between the living and the dead.
- 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: Laurence de Cinq-Cygne Target entity description: Laurence de Cinq-Cygne is a noble and fiercely loyal young aristocrat in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Une ténébreuse affaire," emblematic of royalist resistance and personal courage during the Napoleonic era.
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A.
Chevalier de Paris
Chevalier de Paris was a notable French performer and entertainer associated with the famed Parisian music hall scene.
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B.
Baron de Mauley
Baron de Mauley is a hereditary title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom historically associated with the aristocratic Ponsonby family.
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C.
Pierre Beauchamp
Pierre Beauchamp was a 17th-century French choreographer and dancing master credited with codifying the five basic positions of the feet in classical ballet.
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D.
Baron de l'Aulne
Baron de l'Aulne is the noble title held by Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, the influential 18th-century French economist and statesman associated with early economic liberalism and reforms under Louis XVI.
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E.
Baron La Croix
Baron La Croix is a Haitian Vodou spirit of the Gede family, associated with death, cemeteries, dark humor, and the boundary between the living and the dead.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aristocrat
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female character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ royalist ⓘ |
| actsDuringPeriod | Napoleonic era ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Une ténébreuse affaire ⓘ |
| appearsInCycle | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
courageous
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determined ⓘ fiercely loyal ⓘ honorable ⓘ |
| createdBy | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| createdInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Balzac’s La Comédie humaine
ⓘ
linked to:
La Comédie humaine
|
| firstPublicationContext | Une ténébreuse affaire publication ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | historical novel ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName |
de Cinq-Cygne
ⓘ
linked to:
Cruchot des Cinq-Cygnes
|
| hasGivenName | Laurence ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalAlignment | royalist ⓘ |
| hasSetting | France ⓘ |
| hasSettingPeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| hasSocialClass | nobility ⓘ |
| isLoyalTo |
Bourbon monarchy
ⓘ
royalist cause ⓘ |
| isPartOf | French literature ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkAppearedIn | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovementContext | realism ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| opposes | Napoleonic regime ⓘ |
| roleInWork | protagonist of Une ténébreuse affaire ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
personal courage
ⓘ
royalist resistance ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Laurence de Cinq-Cygne Description of subject: Laurence de Cinq-Cygne is a noble and fiercely loyal young aristocrat in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Une ténébreuse affaire," emblematic of royalist resistance and personal courage during the Napoleonic era.
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