Simone de Beauvoir
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Simone de Beauvoir was a French existentialist philosopher, novelist, and feminist theorist whose work, including "The Second Sex," profoundly influenced modern feminist thought.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Simone de Beauvoir canonical | 78 |
| Centre audiovisuel Simone de Beauvoir | 1 |
| French philosopher Simone de Beauvoir | 1 |
| Simone de Beauvoir’s work on Les Temps modernes | 1 |
| de Beauvoir | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1525232 — 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: Simone de Beauvoir Context triple: [Simone de Beauvoir Prize, namedAfter, Simone de Beauvoir]
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A.
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre was a 20th-century French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, and political activist known for works such as "Being and Nothingness" and "No Exit."
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B.
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt was a German-born political theorist best known for her analyses of totalitarianism, authority, and the nature of evil in works such as "The Origins of Totalitarianism" and "Eichmann in Jerusalem."
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C.
Émilie Aubert
Émilie Aubert was the mother of renowned French novelist and playwright Émile Zola.
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D.
Patricia Michon
Patricia Michon is an actress known for her role in the 1960 racial drama film "I Passed for White."
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E.
Maurice Blanchot
Maurice Blanchot was a French writer, philosopher, and literary theorist known for his influential reflections on literature, language, and the experience of absence and death.
- 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: Simone de Beauvoir Target entity description: Simone de Beauvoir was a French existentialist philosopher, novelist, and feminist theorist whose work, including "The Second Sex," profoundly influenced modern feminist thought.
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A.
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre was a 20th-century French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, and political activist known for works such as "Being and Nothingness" and "No Exit."
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B.
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt was a German-born political theorist best known for her analyses of totalitarianism, authority, and the nature of evil in works such as "The Origins of Totalitarianism" and "Eichmann in Jerusalem."
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C.
Émilie Aubert
Émilie Aubert was the mother of renowned French novelist and playwright Émile Zola.
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D.
Patricia Michon
Patricia Michon is an actress known for her role in the 1960 racial drama film "I Passed for White."
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E.
Maurice Blanchot
Maurice Blanchot was a French writer, philosopher, and literary theorist known for his influential reflections on literature, language, and the experience of absence and death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essayist
ⓘ
existentialist philosopher ⓘ feminist ⓘ human ⓘ memoirist ⓘ novelist ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Jerusalem Prize
ⓘ
Prix Goncourt ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1908-01-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1986-04-14 ⓘ |
| describedBySource | French existentialist philosopher, novelist, and feminist theorist whose work, including "The Second Sex," profoundly influenced modern feminist thought ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Sorbonne
ⓘ
linked to:
Sorbonne University
University of Paris ⓘ
linked to:
La Sorbonne
|
| employer |
University of Paris
ⓘ
linked to:
La Sorbonne
|
| ethnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| familyName |
de Beauvoir
ⓘ
linked to:
Simone de Beauvoir
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| fieldOfWork |
existentialism
ⓘ
feminist theory ⓘ literature ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
ⓘ
essay ⓘ philosophical fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Simone ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| movement |
existentialism
ⓘ
second-wave feminism ⓘ |
| name | Simone de Beauvoir ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableWork |
All Men Are Mortal
ⓘ
La Force de l’âge ⓘ La Force des choses ⓘ Le Deuxième Sexe ⓘ
linked to:
The Second Sex
Les Mandarins ⓘ L’Invitée ⓘ Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter ⓘ Pour une morale de l’ambiguïté ⓘ She Came to Stay ⓘ The Ethics of Ambiguity ⓘ The Mandarins ⓘ The Second Sex ⓘ Tous les hommes sont mortels ⓘ |
| occupation |
philosopher
ⓘ
teacher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| partner | Jean-Paul Sartre ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial |
Cimetière du Montparnasse
ⓘ
linked to:
Montparnasse Cemetery
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| placeOfDeath |
France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| religion | atheism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Simone de Beauvoir Description of subject: Simone de Beauvoir was a French existentialist philosopher, novelist, and feminist theorist whose work, including "The Second Sex," profoundly influenced modern feminist thought.
Referenced by (82)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Simone de Beauvoir
subject linked to:
Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris (grave later lost)
linked to: Simone de Beauvoir
subject linked to:
journal Les Temps modernes
subject linked to:
journal Les Temps modernes