La Vendetta
E310108
La Vendetta is a novella by Honoré de Balzac that forms part of his vast literary cycle La Comédie humaine, exploring themes of family honor, revenge, and Corsican culture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Vendetta canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2901461 — 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: La Vendetta Context triple: [La Comédie humaine, hasPart, La Vendetta]
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A.
Revenge
Revenge was an English galleon of the Elizabethan navy, famed for its heroic last stand against a vastly superior Spanish fleet in 1591 under Sir Richard Grenville.
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B.
Revenge
Revenge is an American television drama series centered on a young woman who infiltrates an affluent Hamptons community to exact vengeance on those who destroyed her family.
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C.
Red Heat
Red Heat is a 1988 buddy-cop action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Belushi, directed by Walter Hill.
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D.
Carnage
Carnage is a 2011 dark comedy film directed by Roman Polanski, adapted from Yasmina Reza’s play "God of Carnage," in which Christoph Waltz stars as one of four parents whose polite meeting spirals into chaos.
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E.
Squadristi
The Squadristi were Italian Fascist paramilitary squads, known for their black-shirt uniforms and violent suppression of political opponents during the rise of Benito Mussolini.
- 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: La Vendetta Target entity description: La Vendetta is a novella by Honoré de Balzac that forms part of his vast literary cycle La Comédie humaine, exploring themes of family honor, revenge, and Corsican culture.
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A.
Revenge
Revenge was an English galleon of the Elizabethan navy, famed for its heroic last stand against a vastly superior Spanish fleet in 1591 under Sir Richard Grenville.
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B.
Revenge
Revenge is an American television drama series centered on a young woman who infiltrates an affluent Hamptons community to exact vengeance on those who destroyed her family.
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C.
Red Heat
Red Heat is a 1988 buddy-cop action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Belushi, directed by Walter Hill.
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D.
Carnage
Carnage is a 2011 dark comedy film directed by Roman Polanski, adapted from Yasmina Reza’s play "God of Carnage," in which Christoph Waltz stars as one of four parents whose polite meeting spirals into chaos.
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E.
Squadristi
The Squadristi were Italian Fascist paramilitary squads, known for their black-shirt uniforms and violent suppression of political opponents during the rise of Benito Mussolini.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novella ⓘ |
| author | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| explores |
clash between traditional Corsican values and Parisian society
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code of vendetta ⓘ conflict between love and family loyalty ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | periodical publication ⓘ |
| genre |
novella
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realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Bartolomeo di Piombo
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Ginevra di Piombo ⓘ Piombo family ⓘ Portenduère family ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| hasTheme | family tragedy ⓘ |
| hasTitleInOriginalLanguage | La Vendetta ⓘ |
| includedIn | collected editions of La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Realism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Corsican culture
ⓘ
family honor ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| partOfCycle |
Scènes de la vie privée
ⓘ
linked to:
Scènes de la vie privée et publique
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| period | 19th-century French literature ⓘ |
| setIn |
Corsica
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: La Vendetta Description of subject: La Vendetta is a novella by Honoré de Balzac that forms part of his vast literary cycle La Comédie humaine, exploring themes of family honor, revenge, and Corsican culture.
Referenced by (8)
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