Madame Duval
E941624
French character
comic character
fictional character
grandmother character
literary character
supporting character
Madame Duval is a comic, vulgar, and socially pretentious French grandmother figure in Fanny Burney’s novel "Evelina."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Madame Duval canonical | 2 |
| Madame Duval (in Evelina) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11699810 — 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: Madame Duval Context triple: [Evelina, hasCharacter, Madame Duval]
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A.
Jeanne Duval
Jeanne Duval was a Haitian-born actress and dancer best known as the longtime muse and lover of French poet Charles Baudelaire, who immortalized her in many of his works.
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B.
Ninon Dolbin
Ninon Dolbin was the second wife of German-Swiss writer Hermann Hesse, known for supporting and managing aspects of his literary life.
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C.
Marie Duval
Marie Duval is the mother of Mireille Duval Jameson, a character from the animated series "Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir."
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D.
Françoise Lebrun
Françoise Lebrun is a French actress best known for her work in 1970s auteur cinema, particularly her acclaimed performance in Jean Eustache’s film "The Mother and the Whore."
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E.
Fernande de Latour
Fernande de Latour was a co-founder of California’s historic Beaulieu Vineyard, helping establish one of Napa Valley’s earliest and most influential wineries.
- 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: Madame Duval Target entity description: Madame Duval is a comic, vulgar, and socially pretentious French grandmother figure in Fanny Burney’s novel "Evelina."
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A.
Jeanne Duval
Jeanne Duval was a Haitian-born actress and dancer best known as the longtime muse and lover of French poet Charles Baudelaire, who immortalized her in many of his works.
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B.
Ninon Dolbin
Ninon Dolbin was the second wife of German-Swiss writer Hermann Hesse, known for supporting and managing aspects of his literary life.
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C.
Marie Duval
Marie Duval is the mother of Mireille Duval Jameson, a character from the animated series "Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir."
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D.
Françoise Lebrun
Françoise Lebrun is a French actress best known for her work in 1970s auteur cinema, particularly her acclaimed performance in Jean Eustache’s film "The Mother and the Whore."
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E.
Fernande de Latour
Fernande de Latour was a co-founder of California’s historic Beaulieu Vineyard, helping establish one of Napa Valley’s earliest and most influential wineries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French character
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comic character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ grandmother character ⓘ literary character ⓘ supporting character ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Madame Duval (in Evelina)
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linked to:
Madame Duval
|
| appearsIn | Evelina ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
manners and class
ⓘ
social satire ⓘ |
| characterFunction | foil to more refined characters ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalActivity | England ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Fanny Burney
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linked to:
Frances Burney
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| culturalContext | 18th-century British literature ⓘ |
| describedAs |
comic
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socially pretentious ⓘ vulgar ⓘ |
| familyRole | grandmother ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Evelina ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
epistolary novel
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novel ⓘ |
| languageOfDialogue | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 18th century ⓘ |
| literaryWorkPublicationYear | 1778 ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | to expose vulgarity and pretension ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| originalLanguageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
affected
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ridiculous ⓘ social climber ⓘ |
| relativeOf | Evelina ⓘ |
| roleInWork | grandmother of Evelina ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | 18th-century England ⓘ |
| usedFor |
comic relief
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satire of social pretension ⓘ |
| workAuthor | Frances Burney ⓘ |
| workAuthorGender | female ⓘ |
| workAuthorNationality | British ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Madame Duval Description of subject: Madame Duval is a comic, vulgar, and socially pretentious French grandmother figure in Fanny Burney’s novel "Evelina."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Madame Duval