Mouche
E531312
Mouche is a central female character in Alejo Carpentier’s novel "Los pasos perdidos," representing modern, urban life and contrasting with the protagonist’s search for origins and authenticity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mouche canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5498074 — 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: Mouche Context triple: [Los pasos perdidos, hasCharacter, Mouche]
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A.
Musca
Musca is a small southern constellation representing a fly, located near the Southern Cross in the southern sky.
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B.
Angoumois
Angoumois is a historic province in western France centered around the town of Angoulême, known for its role in the old French provincial system.
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C.
Zibelle
Zibelle is a village in eastern Germany, historically part of Lusatia, known in this context as the place where physicist Walther Nernst died.
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D.
Moschiola
Moschiola is a genus of small, spotted chevrotains (mouse-deer) native to South and Southeast Asia.
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E.
Chauchoin
Chauchoin is the original French family surname of Hollywood actress Claudette Colbert.
- 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: Mouche Target entity description: Mouche is a central female character in Alejo Carpentier’s novel "Los pasos perdidos," representing modern, urban life and contrasting with the protagonist’s search for origins and authenticity.
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A.
Musca
Musca is a small southern constellation representing a fly, located near the Southern Cross in the southern sky.
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B.
Angoumois
Angoumois is a historic province in western France centered around the town of Angoulême, known for its role in the old French provincial system.
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C.
Zibelle
Zibelle is a village in eastern Germany, historically part of Lusatia, known in this context as the place where physicist Walther Nernst died.
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D.
Moschiola
Moschiola is a genus of small, spotted chevrotains (mouse-deer) native to South and Southeast Asia.
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E.
Chauchoin
Chauchoin is the original French family surname of Hollywood actress Claudette Colbert.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Los pasos perdidos ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
alienation
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authenticity ⓘ identity ⓘ modernity ⓘ urbanity ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
the protagonist’s search for authenticity
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the protagonist’s search for origins ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork | Cuba ⓘ |
| createdBy | Alejo Carpentier ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipToProtagonist | companion of the unnamed narrator ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Spanish ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | foil to the protagonist ⓘ |
| partOf | Latin American literary canon ⓘ |
| represents |
modern life
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urban life ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central character ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
artificiality of modern culture
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cosmopolitan lifestyle ⓘ distance from origins ⓘ |
| workGenre |
Latin American literature
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novel ⓘ |
| workMovement | magic realism ⓘ |
| workPublicationTitle | Los pasos perdidos ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1953 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mouche Description of subject: Mouche is a central female character in Alejo Carpentier’s novel "Los pasos perdidos," representing modern, urban life and contrasting with the protagonist’s search for origins and authenticity.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.