Le Cousin Pons
E312773
Le Cousin Pons is a novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the tragic decline of an aging, impoverished art collector exploited by his greedy relatives and acquaintances.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Le Cousin Pons canonical | 14 |
| Cousin Pons | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2901471 — 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 Cousin Pons Context triple: [La Comédie humaine, hasPart, Le Cousin Pons]
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A.
La Cousine Bette
La Cousine Bette is a classic 1846 realist novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays jealousy, revenge, and social ambition within Parisian bourgeois society.
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B.
Le Père Goriot
Le Père Goriot is a classic 1835 realist novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the intertwined lives of Parisian society, focusing on themes of ambition, social climbing, and paternal sacrifice.
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C.
Scènes de la vie parisienne
Scènes de la vie parisienne is a section of Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that groups together his novels and stories depicting the manners, society, and everyday life of 19th-century Paris.
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D.
Scènes de la vie de province
Scènes de la vie de province is a series of interlinked novels by Honoré de Balzac depicting the social, political, and personal lives of characters in provincial France as part of his larger La Comédie humaine cycle.
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E.
Albertine
Albertine is a feminine given name, often used as a variant of names like Albert or Alberte and borne by various real and fictional figures.
- 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 Cousin Pons Target entity description: Le Cousin Pons is a novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the tragic decline of an aging, impoverished art collector exploited by his greedy relatives and acquaintances.
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A.
La Cousine Bette
La Cousine Bette is a classic 1846 realist novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays jealousy, revenge, and social ambition within Parisian bourgeois society.
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B.
Le Père Goriot
Le Père Goriot is a classic 1835 realist novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the intertwined lives of Parisian society, focusing on themes of ambition, social climbing, and paternal sacrifice.
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C.
Scènes de la vie parisienne
Scènes de la vie parisienne is a section of Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that groups together his novels and stories depicting the manners, society, and everyday life of 19th-century Paris.
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D.
Scènes de la vie de province
Scènes de la vie de province is a series of interlinked novels by Honoré de Balzac depicting the social, political, and personal lives of characters in provincial France as part of his larger La Comédie humaine cycle.
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E.
Albertine
Albertine is a feminine given name, often used as a variant of names like Albert or Alberte and borne by various real and fictional figures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| character |
Camusot de Marville
ⓘ
Madame Camusot de Marville ⓘ Madame Cibot ⓘ Rémonencq ⓘ |
| containsElement |
inheritance intrigue
ⓘ
legal maneuvering over property ⓘ tragic ending ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| depicts |
Parisian bourgeois society
ⓘ
corruption of family ties by money ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| form | prose fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
realist novel
ⓘ
social novel ⓘ |
| hasTitleInEnglish |
Cousin Pons
ⓘ
linked to:
Le Cousin Pons
|
| literaryCycle | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | French realism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Sylvain Pons
ⓘ
Wilhelm Schmucke ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of materialism in 19th-century Paris
ⓘ
detailed depiction of art collection and connoisseurship ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An aging, impoverished art collector is exploited by greedy relatives and acquaintances. ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | musician ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait |
aging
ⓘ
impoverished ⓘ |
| relatedWork | La Cousine Bette ⓘ |
| series | Scènes de la vie parisienne ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| theme |
art collecting
ⓘ
decline and death ⓘ friendship ⓘ greed ⓘ social hypocrisy ⓘ |
| workInLaComedieHumaine | late work ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Le Cousin Pons Description of subject: Le Cousin Pons is a novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the tragic decline of an aging, impoverished art collector exploited by his greedy relatives and acquaintances.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Le Cousin Pons