Foedora
E1009619
Foedora is a central female character in Honoré de Balzac's novel "La Peau de chagrin," known as a cold, aristocratic beauty who embodies unattainable desire and social ambition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Foedora canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12884147 — 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: Foedora Context triple: [Raphaël de Valentin, romanticInterest, Foedora]
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FEDRO
FEDRO is the Swiss federal authority responsible for planning, constructing, operating, and maintaining the national road network.
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B.
Fazy
Fazy is a Swiss surname most notably borne by James Fazy, a 19th-century politician from Geneva.
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C.
Faydi
Faydi is a village located within the Shekhan District in the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq.
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D.
Tux
Tux is the penguin mascot of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins minor league ice hockey team.
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E.
Tux
Tux is a picturesque alpine municipality in the Austrian Tyrol, known for its high-altitude valleys, skiing, and hiking opportunities.
- 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: Foedora Target entity description: Foedora is a central female character in Honoré de Balzac's novel "La Peau de chagrin," known as a cold, aristocratic beauty who embodies unattainable desire and social ambition.
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A.
FEDRO
FEDRO is the Swiss federal authority responsible for planning, constructing, operating, and maintaining the national road network.
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B.
Fazy
Fazy is a Swiss surname most notably borne by James Fazy, a 19th-century politician from Geneva.
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C.
Faydi
Faydi is a village located within the Shekhan District in the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq.
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D.
Tux
Tux is a picturesque alpine municipality in the Austrian Tyrol, known for its high-altitude valleys, skiing, and hiking opportunities.
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E.
Tux
Tux is the penguin mascot of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins minor league ice hockey team.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
female character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
La Comédie humaine (cycle)
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linked to:
La Comédie humaine
La Peau de chagrin ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Parisian high society
ⓘ
aristocracy ⓘ salon culture ⓘ |
| characterRole |
antagonistic love interest
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central character ⓘ love interest ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| createdBy |
19th-century author
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Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Restoration and July Monarchy Paris ⓘ |
| describedAs |
aristocratic
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cold ⓘ great beauty ⓘ |
| emotionalDisposition |
calculating
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emotionally distant ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | non-historical ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | La Peau de chagrin ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
French literature
ⓘ
realist novel ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
French realism
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linked to:
French Realist movement
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| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
catalyst for Raphaël de Valentin’s despair
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tests Raphaël de Valentin’s will and desires ⓘ |
| partOf |
Balzac’s gallery of Parisian types
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linked to:
La Comédie humaine
|
| relationshipTo | Raphaël de Valentin ⓘ |
| relationshipType | object of desire for Raphaël de Valentin ⓘ |
| socialStatus |
aristocrat
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wealthy ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
materialism
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social ambition ⓘ unattainable desire ⓘ worldly success ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
desire and renunciation
ⓘ
illusion of social climbing ⓘ power of money ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1831 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Foedora Description of subject: Foedora is a central female character in Honoré de Balzac's novel "La Peau de chagrin," known as a cold, aristocratic beauty who embodies unattainable desire and social ambition.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.