Germinal
E371734
Germinal is the seventh month of the French Republican Calendar, corresponding roughly to late March and early April and associated with the sprouting of plants in spring.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Germinal canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3590416 — 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: Germinal Context triple: [French Republican Calendar, monthName7, Germinal]
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A.
Récoltes et Semailles
Récoltes et Semailles is an extensive, reflective manuscript by mathematician Alexander Grothendieck that blends autobiographical narrative with a critical examination of his own work and the culture of modern mathematics.
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B.
Les Rougon-Macquart
Les Rougon-Macquart is a twenty-novel cycle by Émile Zola that traces the lives of a fictional French family to explore heredity, environment, and society during the Second French Empire.
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C.
Les Engagés
Les Engagés is a centrist, reformist political party in Belgium that emerged from the rebranding of the former Christian democratic party cdH.
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D.
Pillars of Society
"Pillars of Society" is a satirical 1926 painting by German artist George Grosz that harshly criticizes the hypocrisy and corruption of Weimar-era political and social elites.
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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: Germinal Target entity description: Germinal is the seventh month of the French Republican Calendar, corresponding roughly to late March and early April and associated with the sprouting of plants in spring.
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A.
Récoltes et Semailles
Récoltes et Semailles is an extensive, reflective manuscript by mathematician Alexander Grothendieck that blends autobiographical narrative with a critical examination of his own work and the culture of modern mathematics.
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B.
Les Rougon-Macquart
Les Rougon-Macquart is a twenty-novel cycle by Émile Zola that traces the lives of a fictional French family to explore heredity, environment, and society during the Second French Empire.
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C.
Les Engagés
Les Engagés is a centrist, reformist political party in Belgium that emerged from the rebranding of the former Christian democratic party cdH.
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D.
Pillars of Society
"Pillars of Society" is a satirical 1926 painting by German artist George Grosz that harshly criticizes the hypocrisy and corruption of Weimar-era political and social elites.
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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 (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
calendar month
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month of the French Republican Calendar ⓘ |
| abolishedInYear | 1805 ⓘ |
| associatedWithSeason | spring ⓘ |
| calendarReform | part of attempt to de-Christianize the calendar ⓘ |
| calendarType |
revolutionary calendar
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solar calendar ⓘ |
| correspondsRoughlyToGregorianPeriod |
early April
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late March ⓘ |
| dayCount | 30 ⓘ |
| dayLengthUnit | 10-day week (décade) ⓘ |
| dividedInto | three décades ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from Latin "germen" meaning "germ" or "sprout" ⓘ |
| follows | Ventôse ⓘ |
| hasSymbolicMeaning |
beginning of growth
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renewal ⓘ |
| introducedBy | French National Convention ⓘ |
| introducedInContext | French Revolution ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1793 ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| namedAfter | sprouting of plants ⓘ |
| partOf | French Republican Calendar ⓘ |
| positionInSequence | 7 ⓘ |
| precedes | Floréal ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Gregorian calendar months March and April ⓘ |
| theme |
agriculture
ⓘ
plant growth ⓘ |
| typicalEndGregorianRange | around April 19 ⓘ |
| typicalStartGregorianRange | around March 21 ⓘ |
| usedBetweenYears | 1793–1805 ⓘ |
| usedInCountry | France ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Germinal Description of subject: Germinal is the seventh month of the French Republican Calendar, corresponding roughly to late March and early April and associated with the sprouting of plants in spring.
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