Maison Vauquer
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Maison Vauquer is a shabby Parisian boarding house that serves as a central setting in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Le Père Goriot."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maison Vauquer canonical | 4 |
| Madame Vauquer’s boarding house | 1 |
| Vauquer boarding house | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12960218 — 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: Maison Vauquer Context triple: [Jean-Joachim Goriot, residence, Maison Vauquer]
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A.
Bistrot Chez Rémy
Bistrot Chez Rémy is a Ratatouille-themed restaurant in Disneyland Paris that immerses guests in a “shrunk to the size of a rat” dining experience inspired by the Pixar film.
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B.
Les Halles Boulangerie-Patisserie
Les Halles Boulangerie-Patisserie is a popular French-style bakery and café at EPCOT in Walt Disney World, known for its pastries, sandwiches, and other classic French treats.
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C.
Moulin de la Galette
Moulin de la Galette is a historic windmill and former dance hall in Paris’s Montmartre district, long celebrated as a lively social hub and a favorite subject of Impressionist painters.
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D.
Salle des Capucines
Salle des Capucines was the original name of the historic Parisian opera house now known as the Palais Garnier, a landmark of 19th-century French architecture and culture.
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E.
Bardot Brasserie
Bardot Brasserie is a French-inspired restaurant by chef Michael Mina in Las Vegas, known for its classic Parisian brasserie ambiance and elevated bistro cuisine.
- 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: Maison Vauquer Target entity description: Maison Vauquer is a shabby Parisian boarding house that serves as a central setting in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Le Père Goriot."
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A.
Bistrot Chez Rémy
Bistrot Chez Rémy is a Ratatouille-themed restaurant in Disneyland Paris that immerses guests in a “shrunk to the size of a rat” dining experience inspired by the Pixar film.
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B.
Les Halles Boulangerie-Patisserie
Les Halles Boulangerie-Patisserie is a popular French-style bakery and café at EPCOT in Walt Disney World, known for its pastries, sandwiches, and other classic French treats.
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C.
Moulin de la Galette
Moulin de la Galette is a historic windmill and former dance hall in Paris’s Montmartre district, long celebrated as a lively social hub and a favorite subject of Impressionist painters.
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D.
Salle des Capucines
Salle des Capucines was the original name of the historic Parisian opera house now known as the Palais Garnier, a landmark of 19th-century French architecture and culture.
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E.
Bardot Brasserie
Bardot Brasserie is a French-inspired restaurant by chef Michael Mina in Las Vegas, known for its classic Parisian brasserie ambiance and elevated bistro cuisine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional boarding house
ⓘ
literary location ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Vauquer boarding house
ⓘ
linked to:
Maison Vauquer
|
| appearsInCycle |
Scènes de la vie privée
ⓘ
linked to:
Scènes de la vie privée et publique
|
| associatedTheme |
ambition and social climbing
ⓘ
family breakdown ⓘ money and corruption ⓘ |
| createdBy | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| describedAs |
cheap boarding house
ⓘ
gloomy ⓘ shabby ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDateOfWork | 1835 ⓘ |
| hasAtmosphere | stale and oppressive ⓘ |
| hasCuisine | poor quality food ⓘ |
| hasInterior |
dingy common dining room
ⓘ
small, uncomfortable bedrooms ⓘ |
| hasOwner | Madame Vauquer ⓘ |
| hasTenants |
impoverished aristocrats
ⓘ
middle-class lodgers ⓘ students ⓘ |
| housesCharacter |
Eugène de Rastignac
ⓘ
Jean-Joachim Goriot ⓘ Madame Couture ⓘ Mademoiselle Michonneau ⓘ Poiret ⓘ Vautrin ⓘ Victorine Taillefer ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Realism ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Faubourg Saint-Marcel
ⓘ
France ⓘ Paris ⓘ Rue Neuve-Sainte-Geneviève NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInWork | Le Père Goriot ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
place where Rastignac observes Parisian society
ⓘ
site of Vautrin’s intrigues ⓘ stage for Goriot’s decline ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | concentrates multiple social classes in one space ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | pension bourgeoise ⓘ |
| runBy | Madame Vauquer ⓘ |
| servesAs | central setting of Le Père Goriot ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
poverty
ⓘ
social decay ⓘ social stratification in Restoration France ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maison Vauquer Description of subject: Maison Vauquer is a shabby Parisian boarding house that serves as a central setting in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Le Père Goriot."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.