Baron de Nucingen
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Baron de Nucingen is a wealthy and influential banker in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine, emblematic of the financial power and social ambition of 19th-century Paris.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Baron de Nucingen canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2854605 — 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: Baron de Nucingen Context triple: [Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes, featuresCharacter, Baron de Nucingen]
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A.
Baron de Wolmar
Baron de Wolmar is a central figure in Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s epistolary novel "Julie, or the New Heloise," known as Julie’s rational, enlightened husband who embodies cold reason in contrast to passionate love.
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B.
Baron Franz von Teuffenbach
Baron Franz von Teuffenbach is a fictional aristocratic character known from film, depicted as a titled nobleman involved in high-society and political intrigue.
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C.
Baron von Gurnitz
Baron von Gurnitz is a fictional Nazi officer character known from film and television, notably portrayed by German actor Thomas Kretschmann.
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D.
Baron von Steingel
Baron von Steingel was a wealthy Baltic German noble and oil industrialist who commissioned the iconic Swallow’s Nest castle overlooking the Black Sea in Crimea.
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E.
Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg
Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg was a 16th-century German archbishop and prince-elector whose conversion to Protestantism and attempt to secularize his territory sparked the Cologne War within the Holy Roman Empire.
- 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: Baron de Nucingen Target entity description: Baron de Nucingen is a wealthy and influential banker in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine, emblematic of the financial power and social ambition of 19th-century Paris.
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A.
Baron de Wolmar
Baron de Wolmar is a central figure in Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s epistolary novel "Julie, or the New Heloise," known as Julie’s rational, enlightened husband who embodies cold reason in contrast to passionate love.
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B.
Baron Franz von Teuffenbach
Baron Franz von Teuffenbach is a fictional aristocratic character known from film, depicted as a titled nobleman involved in high-society and political intrigue.
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C.
Baron von Gurnitz
Baron von Gurnitz is a fictional Nazi officer character known from film and television, notably portrayed by German actor Thomas Kretschmann.
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D.
Baron von Steingel
Baron von Steingel was a wealthy Baltic German noble and oil industrialist who commissioned the iconic Swallow’s Nest castle overlooking the Black Sea in Crimea.
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E.
Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg
Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg was a 16th-century German archbishop and prince-elector whose conversion to Protestantism and attempt to secularize his territory sparked the Cologne War within the Holy Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
banker
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character in La Comédie humaine ⓘ fictional character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
La Comédie humaine
ⓘ
La Maison Nucingen ⓘ Le Père Goriot ⓘ Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Parisian high society
ⓘ
Restoration-era finance ⓘ stock market speculation ⓘ |
| business | Nucingen bank ⓘ |
| characteristic |
calculating
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cunning ⓘ ruthless in business ⓘ socially ambitious ⓘ |
| creator | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| employer | Nucingen bank ⓘ |
| familyName |
de Nucingen
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linked to:
Nucingen
|
| firstAppearanceIn | Le Père Goriot ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasBankingSpecialty |
high-risk speculation
ⓘ
state finance and public funds ⓘ |
| hasThemeRole |
embodiment of financial capitalism in La Comédie humaine
ⓘ
symbol of corrupting power of money ⓘ |
| interactsWith |
Eugène de Rastignac
ⓘ
Goriot ⓘ
linked to:
Le Père Goriot
Lucien de Rubempré ⓘ Vautrin ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Realism ⓘ |
| nationality | German ⓘ |
| notableFor |
financial influence in Paris
ⓘ
great wealth ⓘ speculative financial operations ⓘ |
| occupation | banker ⓘ |
| partOf | Balzac’s interconnected character system ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
pillar of the Parisian financial world
ⓘ
self-made financier ⓘ |
| represents |
financial power of 19th-century Paris
ⓘ
rise of banking capitalism ⓘ |
| residence | Paris ⓘ |
| settingCity | Paris ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 19th-century France ⓘ |
| socialClass | bourgeoisie ⓘ |
| spouse | Delphine de Nucingen ⓘ |
| title | Baron ⓘ |
| workLanguage | French ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Baron de Nucingen Description of subject: Baron de Nucingen is a wealthy and influential banker in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine, emblematic of the financial power and social ambition of 19th-century Paris.
Referenced by (6)
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