La Grande Bretèche
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La Grande Bretèche is a novella by Honoré de Balzac, known as a haunting tale of adultery, jealousy, and entombment within his larger La Comédie humaine cycle.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Grande Bretèche canonical | 5 |
| La Grande Bretèche (house) | 1 |
| La Grande Bretèche by Honoré de Balzac | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3111084 — 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 Grande Bretèche Context triple: [Scènes de la vie parisienne, hasPart, La Grande Bretèche]
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A.
La Sablonière
La Sablonière is one of the small islets within the Les Écréhous reef and island group off the coast of Jersey in the Channel Islands.
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B.
Grande Casse
Grande Casse is the highest peak in France’s Vanoise Massif, renowned among alpinists for its imposing limestone faces and classic mountaineering routes.
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C.
La Soupe
La Soupe is a somber, monochromatic painting by Pablo Picasso that exemplifies the emotional depth and social themes of his Blue Period.
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D.
La Bourboule
La Bourboule is a spa and tourist town in central France, known for its thermal baths and Belle Époque architecture in the Massif Central.
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E.
La Moisson
La Moisson is a painting by French Post-Impressionist artist Émile Bernard, exemplifying his early synthetist style and interest in rural, agrarian themes.
- 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 Grande Bretèche Target entity description: La Grande Bretèche is a novella by Honoré de Balzac, known as a haunting tale of adultery, jealousy, and entombment within his larger La Comédie humaine cycle.
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A.
La Sablonière
La Sablonière is one of the small islets within the Les Écréhous reef and island group off the coast of Jersey in the Channel Islands.
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B.
Grande Casse
Grande Casse is the highest peak in France’s Vanoise Massif, renowned among alpinists for its imposing limestone faces and classic mountaineering routes.
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C.
La Soupe
La Soupe is a somber, monochromatic painting by Pablo Picasso that exemplifies the emotional depth and social themes of his Blue Period.
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D.
La Bourboule
La Bourboule is a spa and tourist town in central France, known for its thermal baths and Belle Époque architecture in the Massif Central.
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E.
La Moisson
La Moisson is a painting by French Post-Impressionist artist Émile Bernard, exemplifying his early synthetist style and interest in rural, agrarian themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
novella ⓘ |
| author | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| cycle |
Scènes de la vie privée
ⓘ
linked to:
Scènes de la vie parisienne
|
| firstPublicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| genre |
gothic fiction
ⓘ
realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Doctor Bianchon
ⓘ
Madame de Merret ⓘ Monsieur de Merret ⓘ Spanish lover ⓘ narrator ⓘ |
| hasForm | short prose fiction ⓘ |
| hasLocationInFiction | dilapidated mansion ⓘ |
| hasMood |
macabre
ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ suspenseful ⓘ |
| hasMotive |
obsessive control
ⓘ
punishment for infidelity ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeDevice | story told by a doctor ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| hasStructure | story within a story ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
ruined house
ⓘ
walled-up room ⓘ |
| hasTitleInOriginalLanguage | La Grande Bretèche ⓘ |
| includedIn | Autre étude de femme ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
French realism
ⓘ
linked to:
French Realist movement
|
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century French literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
adultery
ⓘ
entombment ⓘ guilt ⓘ jealousy ⓘ revenge ⓘ secrecy ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | frame narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of marital jealousy
ⓘ
haunting atmosphere ⓘ motif of live entombment ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| setting |
France
ⓘ
Vendôme ⓘ
linked to:
Vendôme, France
|
| workIn | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: La Grande Bretèche Description of subject: La Grande Bretèche is a novella by Honoré de Balzac, known as a haunting tale of adultery, jealousy, and entombment within his larger La Comédie humaine cycle.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: La Grande Bretèche
linked to: La Grande Bretèche