Bel-Ami
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Bel-Ami is a classic 1885 realist novel by Guy de Maupassant that follows the ruthless social and sexual ascent of an ambitious former soldier in Parisian society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bel-Ami canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9233669 — 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: Bel-Ami Context triple: [Guy de Maupassant, notableWork, Bel-Ami]
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Amuesha
Amuesha is another name for the Yaneshaʼ language, an Arawakan language spoken by the Yaneshaʼ (Amuesha) people of central Peru.
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B.
Hamutal
Hamutal was a queen of Judah, known as the mother of the last king of Judah, Zedekiah, during the final years before the Babylonian exile.
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C.
Amorina
Amorina is a 19th-century Swedish novel by Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, known for its romantic and psychological depth within early modern Swedish literature.
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D.
Ambiko
Ambiko is a small settlement in Ethiopia located near Ras Dashen, the country’s highest mountain in the Simien Mountains range.
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E.
Linbaba
Linbaba is the protagonist and narrator of Gregory David Roberts' novel "Shantaram," an Australian fugitive who builds a new life in the underworld of Bombay.
- 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: Bel-Ami Target entity description: Bel-Ami is a classic 1885 realist novel by Guy de Maupassant that follows the ruthless social and sexual ascent of an ambitious former soldier in Parisian society.
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A.
Amuesha
Amuesha is another name for the Yaneshaʼ language, an Arawakan language spoken by the Yaneshaʼ (Amuesha) people of central Peru.
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B.
Hamutal
Hamutal was a queen of Judah, known as the mother of the last king of Judah, Zedekiah, during the final years before the Babylonian exile.
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C.
Amorina
Amorina is a 19th-century Swedish novel by Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, known for its romantic and psychological depth within early modern Swedish literature.
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D.
Ambiko
Ambiko is a small settlement in Ethiopia located near Ras Dashen, the country’s highest mountain in the Simien Mountains range.
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E.
Linbaba
Linbaba is the protagonist and narrator of Gregory David Roberts' novel "Shantaram," an Australian fugitive who builds a new life in the underworld of Bombay.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
Bel Ami (1939 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Bel Ami
Bel Ami (1955 film) ⓘ Bel Ami (2012 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Bel Ami
Bel Ami (TV adaptations) ⓘ |
| author | Guy de Maupassant ⓘ |
| containsElement |
adultery
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political intrigue ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ satire of society ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| depicts |
Parisian bourgeois society
ⓘ
press and politics in 19th-century France ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serial publication ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium | newspaper ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
ⓘ
psychological novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType | antihero protagonist ⓘ |
| hasEnding | protagonist achieves high social status ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Realism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | considered one of Maupassant's major novels ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Georges Duroy ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Charles Forestier
ⓘ
Clotilde de Marelle ⓘ Madame Walter ⓘ Madeleine Forestier ⓘ Monsieur Walter ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Bel-Ami ⓘ |
| protagonistFullName | Georges Duroy ⓘ |
| protagonistNickname | Bel-Ami ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation |
former soldier
ⓘ
journalist ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1885 ⓘ |
| publisherCountryOfFirstEdition | France ⓘ |
| settingCountry | France ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| theme |
corruption
ⓘ
journalism ⓘ morality ⓘ power and influence ⓘ sexual ambition ⓘ social climbing ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | nickname of the protagonist ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bel-Ami Description of subject: Bel-Ami is a classic 1885 realist novel by Guy de Maupassant that follows the ruthless social and sexual ascent of an ambitious former soldier in Parisian society.
Referenced by (3)
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