Amélie Poulain
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Amélie Poulain is the shy, imaginative Parisian waitress at the heart of the whimsical French film "Amélie," known for secretly improving the lives of those around her.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Amélie Poulain canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3452200 — 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: Amélie Poulain Context triple: [Audrey Tautou, portrayed, Amélie Poulain]
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A.
Amélie Noellie Parayre
Amélie Noellie Parayre was the wife and early business manager of French artist Henri Matisse, supporting his career and running his Parisian studio and gallery.
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B.
Adeline Hulot
Adeline Hulot is a central character in Honoré de Balzac's novel "La Cousine Bette," known for her gentle, self-sacrificing nature amid the moral and social decay of her family.
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C.
Amélie Lang
Amélie Lang, better known by her pseudonym Fernande Olivier, was a French artist’s model and memoirist most famous as Pablo Picasso’s early muse and companion during his formative Paris years.
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D.
Sophie Neveu
Sophie Neveu is a French cryptologist and the granddaughter of a murdered Louvre curator who becomes Robert Langdon’s key partner in unraveling religious and historical mysteries in Dan Brown’s novel "The Da Vinci Code."
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E.
Pierrette
Pierrette is a French feminine given name, traditionally considered the female form of Pierre.
- 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: Amélie Poulain Target entity description: Amélie Poulain is the shy, imaginative Parisian waitress at the heart of the whimsical French film "Amélie," known for secretly improving the lives of those around her.
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A.
Amélie Noellie Parayre
Amélie Noellie Parayre was the wife and early business manager of French artist Henri Matisse, supporting his career and running his Parisian studio and gallery.
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B.
Adeline Hulot
Adeline Hulot is a central character in Honoré de Balzac's novel "La Cousine Bette," known for her gentle, self-sacrificing nature amid the moral and social decay of her family.
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C.
Amélie Lang
Amélie Lang, better known by her pseudonym Fernande Olivier, was a French artist’s model and memoirist most famous as Pablo Picasso’s early muse and companion during his formative Paris years.
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D.
Sophie Neveu
Sophie Neveu is a French cryptologist and the granddaughter of a murdered Louvre curator who becomes Robert Langdon’s key partner in unraveling religious and historical mysteries in Dan Brown’s novel "The Da Vinci Code."
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E.
Pierrette
Pierrette is a French feminine given name, traditionally considered the female form of Pierre.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ waitress ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Amélie ⓘ |
| characterArc | learns to pursue her own happiness ⓘ |
| characterIn | Amélie ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence | France ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Guillaume Laurant
ⓘ
Jean-Pierre Jeunet ⓘ |
| eyeColor | brown ⓘ |
| familyName | Poulain ⓘ |
| favoriteActivity |
daydreaming
ⓘ
helping others anonymously ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Amélie universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Amélie
|
| filmGenreContext |
fantasy
ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Amélie ⓘ |
| knownFor |
elaborate schemes to help others
ⓘ
whimsical view of everyday life ⓘ |
| languageOfCharacter | French ⓘ |
| livesInNeighborhood | Montmartre ⓘ |
| livesInTypeOfPlace | small Montmartre apartment ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Nino Quincampoix ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableAction |
guides a blind man through the streets describing the surroundings
ⓘ
plays matchmaker for people around her ⓘ returns a childhood treasure box to its owner ⓘ |
| notableFor | secretly improving the lives of people around her ⓘ |
| notableObjectAssociated |
garden gnome
ⓘ
photo booth album ⓘ |
| occupation | waitress ⓘ |
| originalTitleOfWork |
Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain
ⓘ
linked to:
Amélie
|
| parent |
Amandine Poulain
ⓘ
Raphaël Poulain ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
imaginative
ⓘ
introverted ⓘ shy ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Audrey Tautou ⓘ |
| residence | Paris ⓘ |
| settingCity | Paris ⓘ |
| settingCountry | France ⓘ |
| speaksLanguage | French ⓘ |
| workLocation | Café des 2 Moulins ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstAppearance | 2001 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Amélie Poulain Description of subject: Amélie Poulain is the shy, imaginative Parisian waitress at the heart of the whimsical French film "Amélie," known for secretly improving the lives of those around her.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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