The Counterfeiters
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The Counterfeiters is a 1925 novel by French author André Gide that is celebrated for its innovative metafictional structure and exploration of moral ambiguity and authenticity.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Counterfeiters canonical | 3 |
| Les Faux-monnayeurs | 1 |
| The Counterfeiters (1961 film) | 1 |
| The Counterfeiters: An Historical Comedy | 1 |
| The Counterfeiters’ Journal | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7012226 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Counterfeiters Context triple: [André Gide, notableWork, The Counterfeiters]
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A.
The Heist
The Heist is the Grammy-winning debut studio album by American hip-hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, featuring hits like "Thrift Shop" and "Can't Hold Us."
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B.
The Defrauders
The Defrauders is the English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Mutaffifin, a chapter of the Qur’an that condemns fraudulent dealings and moral corruption.
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C.
The Forger
The Forger is a crime drama film starring Scott Clinton Reeves that centers on an art forger drawn into a dangerous scheme involving counterfeit masterpieces.
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D.
The Banker
The Banker is a 2020 drama film based on a true story, following two African American entrepreneurs in the 1960s who enlist a working-class white man to pose as the head of their business empire to circumvent racist housing and banking policies.
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E.
How to Steal a Million
How to Steal a Million is a 1966 romantic comedy heist film starring Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole, centered on an art forgery scheme in Paris.
- 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: The Counterfeiters Target entity description: The Counterfeiters is a 1925 novel by French author André Gide that is celebrated for its innovative metafictional structure and exploration of moral ambiguity and authenticity.
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A.
The Heist
The Heist is the Grammy-winning debut studio album by American hip-hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, featuring hits like "Thrift Shop" and "Can't Hold Us."
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B.
The Defrauders
The Defrauders is the English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Mutaffifin, a chapter of the Qur’an that condemns fraudulent dealings and moral corruption.
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C.
The Forger
The Forger is a crime drama film starring Scott Clinton Reeves that centers on an art forger drawn into a dangerous scheme involving counterfeit masterpieces.
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D.
The Banker
The Banker is a 2020 drama film based on a true story, following two African American entrepreneurs in the 1960s who enlist a working-class white man to pose as the head of their business empire to circumvent racist housing and banking policies.
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E.
How to Steal a Million
How to Steal a Million is a 1966 romantic comedy heist film starring Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole, centered on an art forgery scheme in Paris.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptedInto |
The Counterfeiters (1961 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Counterfeiters
The Counterfeiters (2010 TV film) ⓘ |
| author | André Gide ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| explores | tension between reality and fiction ⓘ |
| feature | metafictional structure ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| genre |
metafiction
ⓘ
modernist novel ⓘ philosophical novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Comte de Passavant
ⓘ
Georges Molinier ⓘ Laura ⓘ Vincent Molinier ⓘ |
| hasCompanionWork |
The Counterfeiters’ Journal
ⓘ
linked to:
The Counterfeiters
|
| hasISBN | 9782070368074 ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Bernard Profitendieu
ⓘ
Olivier Molinier ⓘ Édouard ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeDevice | author-character overlap ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | approximately 500 ⓘ |
| includedIn | 20th-century French literature canon ⓘ |
| influenced | postmodern fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| narrativeForm |
multiple viewpoints
ⓘ
novel-within-a-novel ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative narrative technique
ⓘ
self-reflexive commentary on novel-writing ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Les Faux-monnayeurs
ⓘ
linked to:
The Counterfeiters
|
| publicationYear | 1925 ⓘ |
| publisher | Gallimard ⓘ |
| setting | France ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| structure |
embedded author’s journal
ⓘ
interwoven plots ⓘ |
| theme |
adolescence
ⓘ
art and creation ⓘ authenticity ⓘ counterfeiting as metaphor ⓘ family relationships ⓘ homosexuality ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | contemporary to its publication ⓘ |
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Subject: The Counterfeiters Description of subject: The Counterfeiters is a 1925 novel by French author André Gide that is celebrated for its innovative metafictional structure and exploration of moral ambiguity and authenticity.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Counterfeiters
subject linked to:
Gide
linked to: The Counterfeiters
linked to: The Counterfeiters
linked to: The Counterfeiters