Monsieur de Merret
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Monsieur de Merret is a wealthy, authoritarian French landowner in Honoré de Balzac’s tale “La Grande Bretèche,” whose jealousy and harsh actions drive the story’s tragic events.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Monsieur de Merret canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13034939 — 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.
Target entity: Monsieur de Merret Context triple: [La Grande Bretèche, hasCharacter, Monsieur de Merret]
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Monsieur Vabre
Monsieur Vabre is a fictional bourgeois Parisian property owner in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," embodying the hypocrisies and moral decay of the 19th-century middle class.
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Monsieur Valmondé
Monsieur Valmondé is a wealthy Louisiana plantation owner and the adoptive father of Désirée in Kate Chopin’s short story "Désirée’s Baby."
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Monsieur de Fontaine
Monsieur de Fontaine is a conservative, aristocratic royalist and wealthy father figure in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Le Bal de Sceaux," embodying the values and social ambitions of the restored French nobility.
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Monsieur Josserand
Monsieur Josserand is a bourgeois, status-conscious Parisian father in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," embodying the hypocrisies and social ambitions of the middle class in Second Empire France.
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E.
Monsieur Bonacieux
Monsieur Bonacieux is a minor but pivotal character in Alexandre Dumas' novel "The Three Musketeers," known as Constance Bonacieux's older, miserly husband and d'Artagnan's landlord in Paris.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Monsieur de Merret Target entity description: Monsieur de Merret is a wealthy, authoritarian French landowner in Honoré de Balzac’s tale “La Grande Bretèche,” whose jealousy and harsh actions drive the story’s tragic events.
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A.
Monsieur Vabre
Monsieur Vabre is a fictional bourgeois Parisian property owner in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," embodying the hypocrisies and moral decay of the 19th-century middle class.
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B.
Monsieur Valmondé
Monsieur Valmondé is a wealthy Louisiana plantation owner and the adoptive father of Désirée in Kate Chopin’s short story "Désirée’s Baby."
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C.
Monsieur de Fontaine
Monsieur de Fontaine is a conservative, aristocratic royalist and wealthy father figure in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Le Bal de Sceaux," embodying the values and social ambitions of the restored French nobility.
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D.
Monsieur Josserand
Monsieur Josserand is a bourgeois, status-conscious Parisian father in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," embodying the hypocrisies and social ambitions of the middle class in Second Empire France.
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E.
Monsieur Bonacieux
Monsieur Bonacieux is a minor but pivotal character in Alexandre Dumas' novel "The Three Musketeers," known as Constance Bonacieux's older, miserly husband and d'Artagnan's landlord in Paris.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French landowner
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsAs | husband of the lady who owns La Grande Bretèche ⓘ |
| appearsIn | La Grande Bretèche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInCollection | La Comédie humaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
cruelty
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jealousy ⓘ marital infidelity ⓘ revenge ⓘ secrecy ⓘ |
| createdBy | Honoré de Balzac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdInYearApprox | 1831 ⓘ |
| drivesPlotThrough |
cruel decisions
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jealousy ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century French literature ⓘ |
| marriedTo | Madame de Merret NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | catalyst for the tragic fate of the lovers in La Grande Bretèche ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| occupation | landowner ⓘ |
| owns | La Grande Bretèche (house) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Balzac’s cycle La Comédie humaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
authoritarian
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harsh ⓘ jealous ⓘ |
| relationshipToNarrative | subject of the backstory recounted in La Grande Bretèche GENERATED ⓘ |
| residence | La Grande Bretèche (house) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central figure in the tragedy of La Grande Bretèche ⓘ |
| socialStatus | wealthy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Monsieur de Merret Description of subject: Monsieur de Merret is a wealthy, authoritarian French landowner in Honoré de Balzac’s tale “La Grande Bretèche,” whose jealousy and harsh actions drive the story’s tragic events.
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