Mademoiselle Michonneau
E310125
Mademoiselle Michonneau is a suspicious and calculating lodger in Balzac’s novel "Le Père Goriot," known for her role as an informer whose actions help expose key secrets in the story.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mademoiselle Michonneau canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2901517 — 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: Mademoiselle Michonneau Context triple: [Le Père Goriot, containsCharacter, Mademoiselle Michonneau]
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A.
Mademoiselle de Lancey
Mademoiselle de Lancey is a portrait painting by the 19th-century French artist Carolus-Duran, exemplifying his elegant, realist style and refined depiction of high-society sitters.
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B.
Madame de Thianges
Madame de Thianges was a French noblewoman of the 17th century, best known as the sister of Louis XIV’s famous mistress Madame de Montespan and a member of the influential House of Rochechouart.
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C.
Madame de Menon
Madame de Menon is a virtuous and protective governess figure in Ann Radcliffe’s Gothic novel "A Sicilian Romance," serving as a moral guide and guardian to the young heroines.
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D.
Madame Merle
Madame Merle is a sophisticated, manipulative socialite in Henry James’s novel "The Portrait of a Lady," known for her calculated influence over the heroine Isabel Archer.
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E.
Mademoiselle de Blois
Mademoiselle de Blois, born Françoise Marie de Bourbon, was a legitimized daughter of King Louis XIV of France and his mistress Madame de Montespan who became Duchess of Orléans through marriage.
- 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: Mademoiselle Michonneau Target entity description: Mademoiselle Michonneau is a suspicious and calculating lodger in Balzac’s novel "Le Père Goriot," known for her role as an informer whose actions help expose key secrets in the story.
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A.
Mademoiselle de Lancey
Mademoiselle de Lancey is a portrait painting by the 19th-century French artist Carolus-Duran, exemplifying his elegant, realist style and refined depiction of high-society sitters.
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B.
Madame de Thianges
Madame de Thianges was a French noblewoman of the 17th century, best known as the sister of Louis XIV’s famous mistress Madame de Montespan and a member of the influential House of Rochechouart.
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C.
Madame de Menon
Madame de Menon is a virtuous and protective governess figure in Ann Radcliffe’s Gothic novel "A Sicilian Romance," serving as a moral guide and guardian to the young heroines.
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D.
Madame Merle
Madame Merle is a sophisticated, manipulative socialite in Henry James’s novel "The Portrait of a Lady," known for her calculated influence over the heroine Isabel Archer.
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E.
Mademoiselle de Blois
Mademoiselle de Blois, born Françoise Marie de Bourbon, was a legitimized daughter of King Louis XIV of France and his mistress Madame de Montespan who became Duchess of Orléans through marriage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in a novel
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Le Père Goriot ⓘ |
| appearsInLanguage | French ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Eugène de Rastignac
ⓘ
Jean-Joachim Goriot ⓘ Madame Vauquer ⓘ Vautrin ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
calculating
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suspicious ⓘ |
| createdBy | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| firstPublicationWork | Le Père Goriot ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1835 ⓘ |
| genre | realist literature ⓘ |
| householdRole | boarder at a Parisian boarding house ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
French realism
ⓘ
linked to:
French Realist movement
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| literaryStatus | minor character ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | morally ambiguous ⓘ |
| motivation | personal gain ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | helps expose key secrets ⓘ |
| nationality | French (fictional) ⓘ |
| occupation | lodger ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| residesAt | Maison Vauquer ⓘ |
| role | informer ⓘ |
| roleInPlot | contributes to the unmasking of Vautrin ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 19th-century Paris ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mademoiselle Michonneau Description of subject: Mademoiselle Michonneau is a suspicious and calculating lodger in Balzac’s novel "Le Père Goriot," known for her role as an informer whose actions help expose key secrets in the story.
Referenced by (3)
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