Dumay
E1020365
Dumay is a loyal and steadfast former soldier who serves as a devoted protector and confidant to the Mignon family in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Modeste Mignon."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dumay canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13034759 — 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: Dumay Context triple: [Modeste Mignon, hasCharacter, Dumay]
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A.
Calixte
Calixte is a given name of Latin origin, commonly used in French-speaking regions and derived from the same root as Calixto.
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B.
Dugommier
Dugommier was a French Revolutionary general noted for his leadership in key campaigns such as the Siege of Toulon and the War of the Pyrenees.
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C.
Tanguy
Tanguy is a French surname most notably associated with Yves Tanguy, a prominent 20th-century Surrealist painter.
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D.
Preud'homme
Preud'homme is a Belgian surname most notably associated with Michel Preud'homme, a renowned former football goalkeeper and manager.
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E.
Marcelin
Marcelin is a French diminutive form of the given name Marcel, often used as an affectionate or familiar variant.
- 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: Dumay Target entity description: Dumay is a loyal and steadfast former soldier who serves as a devoted protector and confidant to the Mignon family in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Modeste Mignon."
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A.
Calixte
Calixte is a given name of Latin origin, commonly used in French-speaking regions and derived from the same root as Calixto.
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B.
Dugommier
Dugommier was a French Revolutionary general noted for his leadership in key campaigns such as the Siege of Toulon and the War of the Pyrenees.
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C.
Tanguy
Tanguy is a French surname most notably associated with Yves Tanguy, a prominent 20th-century Surrealist painter.
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D.
Preud'homme
Preud'homme is a Belgian surname most notably associated with Michel Preud'homme, a renowned former football goalkeeper and manager.
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E.
Marcelin
Marcelin is a French diminutive form of the given name Marcel, often used as an affectionate or familiar variant.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Modeste Mignon ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
devoted
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loyal ⓘ protective ⓘ steadfast ⓘ |
| creator | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Modeste Mignon ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century French literature ⓘ |
| loyalTo |
Charles Mignon
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Mignon family ⓘ Modeste Mignon ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| occupation |
confidant
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family protector ⓘ former soldier ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
confidant of the Mignon family
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protector of the Mignon family ⓘ supporting character ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Dumay Description of subject: Dumay is a loyal and steadfast former soldier who serves as a devoted protector and confidant to the Mignon family in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Modeste Mignon."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.