Madame Claës
E1012833
Madame Claës is a central figure in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "La Recherche de l’absolu," embodying the emotional and moral counterpoint to her husband’s obsessive scientific quest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Madame Claës canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12960025 — 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 Claës Context triple: [La Recherche de l’absolu, mainCharacter, Madame Claës]
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Madame Hedouin
Madame Hédouin is a business-savvy, independent shop owner in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," representing the emerging class of self-reliant bourgeois women in 19th-century Paris.
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B.
Madame Campardon
Madame Campardon is a bourgeois Parisian woman in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," emblematic of the era’s domestic hypocrisies and social pretenses.
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C.
Madame Vabre
Madame Vabre is a fictional bourgeois woman in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," representing the hypocrisies and moral decay of Parisian middle-class society in the 19th century.
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D.
Madame Josserand
Madame Josserand is a domineering, socially ambitious bourgeois matron in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," obsessed with arranging advantageous marriages for her daughters.
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E.
Léontine Gruvelle
Léontine Gruvelle was a French woman best known as the wife and muse of Italian painter Giuseppe De Nittis, active in Parisian artistic circles of the late 19th century.
- 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 Claës Target entity description: Madame Claës is a central figure in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "La Recherche de l’absolu," embodying the emotional and moral counterpoint to her husband’s obsessive scientific quest.
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A.
Madame Hedouin
Madame Hédouin is a business-savvy, independent shop owner in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," representing the emerging class of self-reliant bourgeois women in 19th-century Paris.
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B.
Madame Campardon
Madame Campardon is a bourgeois Parisian woman in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," emblematic of the era’s domestic hypocrisies and social pretenses.
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C.
Madame Vabre
Madame Vabre is a fictional bourgeois woman in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," representing the hypocrisies and moral decay of Parisian middle-class society in the 19th century.
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D.
Madame Josserand
Madame Josserand is a domineering, socially ambitious bourgeois matron in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," obsessed with arranging advantageous marriages for her daughters.
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E.
Léontine Gruvelle
Léontine Gruvelle was a French woman best known as the wife and muse of Italian painter Giuseppe De Nittis, active in Parisian artistic circles of the late 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Balzac character
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female character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
La Recherche de l’absolu
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La Recherche de l’absolu (novel) ⓘ
linked to:
La Recherche de l’absolu
|
| appearsInLiteraryCycle |
Scènes de la vie privée
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linked to:
Scènes de la vie privée et publique
|
| appearsInSectionOf | Études philosophiques ⓘ |
| belongsToWorkCycle | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalResidence | Belgium ⓘ |
| createdBy | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | realist novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
devoted wife
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dutiful mother ⓘ emotionally sensitive ⓘ long‑suffering ⓘ morally steadfast ⓘ pious ⓘ self‑sacrificing ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Claës ⓘ |
| hasRole |
central figure in La Recherche de l’absolu
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emotional counterpoint to Balthazar Claës ⓘ moral counterpoint to Balthazar Claës ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Balthazar Claës ⓘ |
| hasThemeRelation |
conflict between family duty and scientific obsession
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domestic tragedy ⓘ marital loyalty ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| isContrastedWith | Balthazar Claës’s obsessive scientific ambition ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
to embody traditional family and religious values
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to highlight the human cost of Balthazar Claës’s quest for the absolute ⓘ |
| setIn | Flemish bourgeois milieu ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Madame Claës Description of subject: Madame Claës is a central figure in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "La Recherche de l’absolu," embodying the emotional and moral counterpoint to her husband’s obsessive scientific quest.
Referenced by (1)
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