Pelléas et Mélisande
E260432
Pelléas et Mélisande is an opera by Claude Debussy that is celebrated as a landmark of musical Impressionism and French lyric drama.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pelléas et Mélisande canonical | 7 |
| Pelléas et Mélisande (play) | 1 |
| Pelléas et Mélisande (stage performances) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2385258 — 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: Pelléas et Mélisande Context triple: [Claude Debussy, notableWork, Pelléas et Mélisande]
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A.
Orphée et Eurydice
Orphée et Eurydice is a renowned opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and celebrated for its reformist, emotionally direct style.
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B.
L’Après-midi d’un faune
L’Après-midi d’un faune is a symbolist poem by Stéphane Mallarmé that portrays the dreamy, sensual reverie of a faun reflecting on his encounters with nymphs.
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C.
Gaspard de la nuit
Gaspard de la nuit is a notoriously difficult three-movement piano suite by Maurice Ravel, inspired by Aloysius Bertrand’s dark, fantastical prose poems.
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D.
Pierre; or, The Ambiguities
Pierre; or, The Ambiguities is a dark, psychologically complex novel by Herman Melville that explores identity, morality, and family secrets in a Gothic, experimental style.
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E.
Parsifal
Parsifal is Richard Wagner’s final opera, a music drama that blends Arthurian legend and Christian mysticism in a meditative exploration of redemption and compassion.
- 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: Pelléas et Mélisande Target entity description: Pelléas et Mélisande is an opera by Claude Debussy that is celebrated as a landmark of musical Impressionism and French lyric drama.
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A.
Orphée et Eurydice
Orphée et Eurydice is a renowned opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and celebrated for its reformist, emotionally direct style.
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B.
L’Après-midi d’un faune
L’Après-midi d’un faune is a symbolist poem by Stéphane Mallarmé that portrays the dreamy, sensual reverie of a faun reflecting on his encounters with nymphs.
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C.
Gaspard de la nuit
Gaspard de la nuit is a notoriously difficult three-movement piano suite by Maurice Ravel, inspired by Aloysius Bertrand’s dark, fantastical prose poems.
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D.
Pierre; or, The Ambiguities
Pierre; or, The Ambiguities is a dark, psychologically complex novel by Herman Melville that explores identity, morality, and family secrets in a Gothic, experimental style.
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E.
Parsifal
Parsifal is Richard Wagner’s final opera, a music drama that blends Arthurian legend and Christian mysticism in a meditative exploration of redemption and compassion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pelléas et Mélisande Description of subject: Pelléas et Mélisande is an opera by Claude Debussy that is celebrated as a landmark of musical Impressionism and French lyric drama.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Opéra-Comique, Paris, France
subject linked to:
Achille-Claude
linked to: Pelléas et Mélisande
linked to: Pelléas et Mélisande