La Barbe bleue
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La Barbe bleue is a classic French fairy tale, most famously retold by Charles Perrault, about a wealthy nobleman with a blue beard who murders his wives and the young bride who discovers his secret.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Barbe bleue canonical | 2 |
| Barbe bleue | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12772014 — 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: La Barbe bleue Context triple: [Histoires ou contes du temps passé, containsWork, La Barbe bleue]
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A.
La Fille du puisatier
La Fille du puisatier is a French drama film, adapted from Marcel Pagnol’s work, that tells the story of a well-digger’s daughter facing love, class differences, and social judgment in rural Provence on the eve of World War II.
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B.
Ariane et Barbe-bleue
Ariane et Barbe-bleue is an early 20th-century French opera, based on the Bluebeard fairy tale and noted for its symbolist libretto and richly orchestrated score.
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C.
L’Oiseau bleu
L’Oiseau bleu is a symbolist play by Belgian writer Maurice Maeterlinck that follows two children on a fantastical quest for the Blue Bird of Happiness.
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D.
Mademoiselle Blanche
Mademoiselle Blanche is a cunning, fortune-seeking French adventuress in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel "The Gambler," known for manipulating wealthy men to secure her social and financial ambitions.
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E.
L'Oiseau bleu
L'Oiseau bleu is a notable Cubist painting by French artist Jean Metzinger, exemplifying his innovative approach to form, color, and fragmented perspective.
- 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: La Barbe bleue Target entity description: La Barbe bleue is a classic French fairy tale, most famously retold by Charles Perrault, about a wealthy nobleman with a blue beard who murders his wives and the young bride who discovers his secret.
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A.
La Fille du puisatier
La Fille du puisatier is a French drama film, adapted from Marcel Pagnol’s work, that tells the story of a well-digger’s daughter facing love, class differences, and social judgment in rural Provence on the eve of World War II.
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B.
Ariane et Barbe-bleue
Ariane et Barbe-bleue is an early 20th-century French opera, based on the Bluebeard fairy tale and noted for its symbolist libretto and richly orchestrated score.
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C.
L’Oiseau bleu
L’Oiseau bleu is a symbolist play by Belgian writer Maurice Maeterlinck that follows two children on a fantastical quest for the Blue Bird of Happiness.
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D.
Mademoiselle Blanche
Mademoiselle Blanche is a cunning, fortune-seeking French adventuress in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel "The Gambler," known for manipulating wealthy men to secure her social and financial ambitions.
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E.
L'Oiseau bleu
L'Oiseau bleu is a notable Cubist painting by French artist Jean Metzinger, exemplifying his innovative approach to form, color, and fragmented perspective.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French fairy tale
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fairy tale ⓘ literary work ⓘ |
| antagonist | Bluebeard ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Charles Perrault's Contes de ma mère l'Oye cycle
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linked to:
Perrault
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| author |
Charles Perrault
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linked to:
Perrault
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| characteristic |
contains a secret room filled with corpses
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features a serial wife-murderer ⓘ features a test of obedience ⓘ uses a magical or incriminating key ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | short prose tale ⓘ |
| firstPublicationLanguage | French ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Histoires ou contes du temps passé ⓘ |
| genre |
fairy tale
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folk tale ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Barbe-bleue (opéra bouffe by Jacques Offenbach)
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Bluebeard (opera by Paul Dukas) ⓘ
linked to:
opera "Ariane et Barbe-bleue"
Bluebeard's Castle (opera by Béla Bartók) ⓘ
linked to:
Duke Bluebeard's Castle
ballet adaptations ⓘ numerous film adaptations ⓘ numerous stage adaptations ⓘ |
| influenced |
Gothic literature depictions of murderous husbands
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later Bluebeard variants in European folklore ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | French literary fairy tale tradition ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Bluebeard
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Bluebeard's young wife ⓘ |
| moral | Curiosity and disobedience can be dangerous but resourcefulness and courage can save one from peril. ⓘ |
| motif |
forbidden door or room
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murdered wives ⓘ rescue at the last moment ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| plotElement |
forbidden chamber
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key stained with blood ⓘ rescue by the heroine's brothers ⓘ threat of execution ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A wealthy nobleman with a blue beard forbids his new wife to open one room in his castle; she disobeys and discovers the murdered bodies of his previous wives. ⓘ |
| protagonist | Bluebeard's young wife ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Cinderella
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Little Red Riding Hood ⓘ Puss in Boots ⓘ
linked to:
Puss in Boots (fairy tale character)
Sleeping Beauty ⓘ |
| theme |
curiosity
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disobedience ⓘ female agency ⓘ forbidden knowledge ⓘ marriage ⓘ violence against women ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: La Barbe bleue Description of subject: La Barbe bleue is a classic French fairy tale, most famously retold by Charles Perrault, about a wealthy nobleman with a blue beard who murders his wives and the young bride who discovers his secret.
Referenced by (3)
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linked to: La Barbe bleue