Un début dans la vie
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Un début dans la vie is a novella by Honoré de Balzac that follows a young man's early professional and social struggles, forming part of his larger Comédie humaine cycle.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Un début dans la vie canonical | 5 |
| Un début dans la vie (novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3111076 — 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: Un début dans la vie Context triple: [Scènes de la vie parisienne, hasPart, Un début dans la vie]
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A.
L’écriture ou la vie
L’écriture ou la vie is a memoir by Jorge Semprún in which he reflects on his survival of Nazi concentration camps and the struggle between bearing witness through writing and the desire to live beyond trauma.
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B.
Der Start ins Leben
"Der Start ins Leben" is a literary work by German author Monika Mann, likely reflecting her characteristic introspective and autobiographical style shaped by her experiences as a member of the Mann family.
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C.
La Jeunesse
La Jeunesse was an influential early 20th-century Chinese magazine that championed vernacular literature, science, and democratic and anti-traditional ideas, helping to spark the New Culture and May Fourth movements.
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D.
Une enfant du siècle
"Une enfant du siècle" is a concept-driven electro-pop album by French singer Alizée, inspired by the life and persona of 20th-century icon Edie Sedgwick.
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E.
Le Bonheur
Le Bonheur is a philosophical poetry collection by French poet and Nobel laureate Sully Prudhomme that meditates on the nature and pursuit of human happiness.
- 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: Un début dans la vie Target entity description: Un début dans la vie is a novella by Honoré de Balzac that follows a young man's early professional and social struggles, forming part of his larger Comédie humaine cycle.
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A.
L’écriture ou la vie
L’écriture ou la vie is a memoir by Jorge Semprún in which he reflects on his survival of Nazi concentration camps and the struggle between bearing witness through writing and the desire to live beyond trauma.
-
B.
Der Start ins Leben
"Der Start ins Leben" is a literary work by German author Monika Mann, likely reflecting her characteristic introspective and autobiographical style shaped by her experiences as a member of the Mann family.
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C.
La Jeunesse
La Jeunesse was an influential early 20th-century Chinese magazine that championed vernacular literature, science, and democratic and anti-traditional ideas, helping to spark the New Culture and May Fourth movements.
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D.
Une enfant du siècle
"Une enfant du siècle" is a concept-driven electro-pop album by French singer Alizée, inspired by the life and persona of 20th-century icon Edie Sedgwick.
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E.
Le Bonheur
Le Bonheur is a philosophical poetry collection by French poet and Nobel laureate Sully Prudhomme that meditates on the nature and pursuit of human happiness.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novella ⓘ |
| author | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| depicts |
early professional struggles of a young man
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social climbing in Restoration-era France ⓘ |
| genre |
bildungsroman
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realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Comte de Sérisy
ⓘ
linked to:
Comte de Sérizy
Georges Marest ⓘ Madame Clapart ⓘ Moreau ⓘ Oscar Husson ⓘ |
| literaryCycle | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
French realism
ⓘ
linked to:
French Realist movement
|
| mainCharacter | Oscar Husson ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Un début dans la vie ⓘ |
| partOf | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| settingLocation | France ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| theme |
coming of age
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illusion and disillusionment ⓘ professional failure ⓘ provincial vs. Parisian society ⓘ social ambition ⓘ social hierarchy ⓘ |
| workInSeries | Scènes de la vie privée ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Un début dans la vie Description of subject: Un début dans la vie is a novella by Honoré de Balzac that follows a young man's early professional and social struggles, forming part of his larger Comédie humaine cycle.
Referenced by (6)
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linked to: Un début dans la vie