Alcée Laballière
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Alcée Laballière is a central character in Kate Chopin’s fiction, often depicted as a wealthy, impulsive Creole planter whose romantic entanglements highlight themes of desire and social convention.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alcée Laballière canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3249738 — 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: Alcée Laballière Context triple: [At the ’Cadian Ball, mainCharacter, Alcée Laballière]
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A.
Louis Boisrond-Tonnerre
Louis Boisrond-Tonnerre was a Haitian writer, lawyer, and revolutionary best known for drafting the text of Haiti’s 1804 Declaration of Independence.
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B.
Edmond Beloin
Edmond Beloin was an American screenwriter and radio writer known for his work on Hollywood films and popular radio comedies in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Firmin Bourgeois
Firmin Bourgeois was a 19th-century French architect best known for designing the Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris.
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D.
Charles Léon
Charles Léon was the illegitimate son of Napoleon Bonaparte and a French servant, known primarily for his connection to the emperor.
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E.
Étienne Marcel
Étienne Marcel is a Paris Métro station in the city center, named after the 14th-century provost of the merchants of Paris and serving the busy Les Halles area.
- 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: Alcée Laballière Target entity description: Alcée Laballière is a central character in Kate Chopin’s fiction, often depicted as a wealthy, impulsive Creole planter whose romantic entanglements highlight themes of desire and social convention.
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A.
Louis Boisrond-Tonnerre
Louis Boisrond-Tonnerre was a Haitian writer, lawyer, and revolutionary best known for drafting the text of Haiti’s 1804 Declaration of Independence.
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B.
Edmond Beloin
Edmond Beloin was an American screenwriter and radio writer known for his work on Hollywood films and popular radio comedies in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Firmin Bourgeois
Firmin Bourgeois was a 19th-century French architect best known for designing the Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris.
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D.
Charles Léon
Charles Léon was the illegitimate son of Napoleon Bonaparte and a French servant, known primarily for his connection to the emperor.
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E.
Étienne Marcel
Étienne Marcel is a Paris Métro station in the city center, named after the 14th-century provost of the merchants of Paris and serving the busy Les Halles area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
“At the ’Cadian Ball”
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linked to:
At the ’Cadian Ball
“The Storm” ⓘ
linked to:
The Storm
|
| appearsInGenre | short story ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
desire
ⓘ
gender roles ⓘ marital infidelity ⓘ sexuality ⓘ social convention ⓘ |
| createdBy | Kate Chopin ⓘ |
| createdInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| culturalContext | post–Civil War Louisiana society ⓘ |
| engagesIn | extramarital affair ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Creole ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasFamilyBackground | Creole planter class ⓘ |
| languageContext |
Louisiana Creole society
ⓘ
linked to:
Creole and Cajun Louisiana
|
| literaryMovementContext |
American realism
ⓘ
local color fiction ⓘ |
| marriedTo | Clarisse ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
catalyst for exploring female desire
ⓘ
embodies conflict between passion and duty ⓘ |
| nationalContext |
American South
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
|
| occupation | planter ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
charming
ⓘ
flirtatious ⓘ impulsive ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
emotionally inconsistent
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sexually experienced ⓘ socially privileged ⓘ |
| reappearsIn |
“The Storm”
ⓘ
linked to:
The Storm
|
| regionalContext | Louisiana ⓘ |
| relatedWorkAuthor | author Kate Chopin is known for “The Awakening” ⓘ |
| romanticEntanglementWith |
Calixta
ⓘ
Clarisse ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | late 19th century Louisiana ⓘ |
| socialClass | wealthy ⓘ |
| usedByAuthorToCritique |
double standards for male and female sexuality
ⓘ
marriage norms ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alcée Laballière Description of subject: Alcée Laballière is a central character in Kate Chopin’s fiction, often depicted as a wealthy, impulsive Creole planter whose romantic entanglements highlight themes of desire and social convention.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.