Le Mistral
E237767
Le Mistral was the original name of the iconic English-language Parisian bookshop later known as Shakespeare and Company.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Le Mistral canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2128151 — 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: Le Mistral Context triple: [Shakespeare and Company (Paris bookshop), originalName, Le Mistral]
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A.
L’Aube
L’Aube is the original French title of Elie Wiesel’s novel "Dawn," which explores a young Holocaust survivor’s moral struggle as he prepares to execute a British officer in postwar Palestine.
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B.
Les Déferlantes Sud de France
Les Déferlantes Sud de France is a major summer music festival in southern France, known for hosting prominent international and French artists in a scenic open-air setting.
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C.
La Moisson
La Moisson is a painting by French Post-Impressionist artist Émile Bernard, exemplifying his early synthetist style and interest in rural, agrarian themes.
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D.
Les Nuits d’été
Les Nuits d’été is a song cycle for voice and orchestra by Hector Berlioz, celebrated for its lyrical Romantic settings of poems by Théophile Gautier.
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E.
La Sablonière
La Sablonière is one of the small islets within the Les Écréhous reef and island group off the coast of Jersey in the Channel Islands.
- 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: Le Mistral Target entity description: Le Mistral was the original name of the iconic English-language Parisian bookshop later known as Shakespeare and Company.
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A.
L’Aube
L’Aube is the original French title of Elie Wiesel’s novel "Dawn," which explores a young Holocaust survivor’s moral struggle as he prepares to execute a British officer in postwar Palestine.
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B.
Les Déferlantes Sud de France
Les Déferlantes Sud de France is a major summer music festival in southern France, known for hosting prominent international and French artists in a scenic open-air setting.
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C.
La Moisson
La Moisson is a painting by French Post-Impressionist artist Émile Bernard, exemplifying his early synthetist style and interest in rural, agrarian themes.
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D.
Les Nuits d’été
Les Nuits d’été is a song cycle for voice and orchestra by Hector Berlioz, celebrated for its lyrical Romantic settings of poems by Théophile Gautier.
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E.
La Sablonière
La Sablonière is one of the small islets within the Les Écréhous reef and island group off the coast of Jersey in the Channel Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bookshop
ⓘ
independent bookstore ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Beat Generation writers ⓘ |
| city | Paris ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| foundedBy | George Whitman ⓘ |
| founderNationality | American ⓘ |
| heritage | continuation of Left Bank literary tradition ⓘ |
| knownFor |
bohemian literary atmosphere
ⓘ
serving expatriate writers in Paris ⓘ |
| languageOfService | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Latin Quarter of Paris
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin Quarter
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| locatedNear |
Notre-Dame Cathedral
ⓘ
Seine ⓘ
linked to:
River Seine
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| location | Paris ⓘ |
| openingYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| operatedAs | English-language bookshop ⓘ |
| originalNameOf |
Shakespeare and Company (Paris bookshop)
ⓘ
linked to:
Shakespeare and Company bookshop
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| renamedAs |
Shakespeare and Company (Paris bookshop)
ⓘ
linked to:
Shakespeare and Company bookshop
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| renamedInHonorOf |
Sylvia Beach
ⓘ
original Shakespeare and Company (1919–1941) ⓘ
linked to:
Shakespeare and Company bookshop
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| renamingYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
English-language literature
ⓘ
second-hand books ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 37 rue de la Bûcherie ⓘ |
| successor |
Shakespeare and Company (Paris bookshop)
ⓘ
linked to:
Shakespeare and Company bookshop
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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
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Input
Subject: Le Mistral Description of subject: Le Mistral was the original name of the iconic English-language Parisian bookshop later known as Shakespeare and Company.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Shakespeare and Company bookshop