Madame de Rubempré
E1027380
Madame de Rubempré is a character in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine, known as the socially ambitious mother of Lucien de Rubempré in the novel "Illusions perdues."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Madame de Rubempré canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13192962 — 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 de Rubempré Context triple: [Lucien de Rubempré, relative, Madame de Rubempré]
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A.
Mademoiselle Bourienne
Mademoiselle Bourienne is a minor character in Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace," known as the French companion to Princess Marya who becomes romantically entangled with Anatole Kuragin.
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B.
Madame de Garderobe
Madame de Garderobe is the flamboyant, opera-singing wardrobe character from Disney’s live-action adaptation of "Beauty and the Beast."
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C.
Mademoiselle de Nantes
Mademoiselle de Nantes was the eldest legitimized daughter of King Louis XIV of France and his mistress Madame de Montespan, known for her prominent role in the French court of Versailles.
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D.
Feu la mère de Madame
Feu la mère de Madame is a short one-act farce by French playwright Georges Feydeau that humorously portrays a late-night marital quarrel sparked by a trivial misunderstanding.
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E.
Mademoiselle de Lancey
Mademoiselle de Lancey is a portrait painting by the 19th-century French artist Carolus-Duran, exemplifying his elegant, realist style and refined depiction of high-society sitters.
- 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 de Rubempré Target entity description: Madame de Rubempré is a character in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine, known as the socially ambitious mother of Lucien de Rubempré in the novel "Illusions perdues."
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A.
Mademoiselle Bourienne
Mademoiselle Bourienne is a minor character in Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace," known as the French companion to Princess Marya who becomes romantically entangled with Anatole Kuragin.
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B.
Madame de Garderobe
Madame de Garderobe is the flamboyant, opera-singing wardrobe character from Disney’s live-action adaptation of "Beauty and the Beast."
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C.
Mademoiselle de Nantes
Mademoiselle de Nantes was the eldest legitimized daughter of King Louis XIV of France and his mistress Madame de Montespan, known for her prominent role in the French court of Versailles.
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D.
Feu la mère de Madame
Feu la mère de Madame is a short one-act farce by French playwright Georges Feydeau that humorously portrays a late-night marital quarrel sparked by a trivial misunderstanding.
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E.
Mademoiselle de Lancey
Mademoiselle de Lancey is a portrait painting by the 19th-century French artist Carolus-Duran, exemplifying his elegant, realist style and refined depiction of high-society sitters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in a novel
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Illusions perdues
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La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
France (fictional setting)
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linked to:
France (fictional)
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| createdBy | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Balzac’s La Comédie humaine
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linked to:
La Comédie humaine
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| hasChild | Lucien de Rubempré ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | de Rubempré ⓘ |
| hasGender | female ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith | Lucien de Rubempré ⓘ |
| hasRole | mother of Lucien de Rubempré ⓘ |
| hasSocialStatus | provincial bourgeoisie ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
aspiring to higher social rank
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socially ambitious ⓘ status-conscious ⓘ |
| isCharacterIn | French literature ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovementOfWork |
French realism
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linked to:
French Realist movement
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| narrativeFunction | influences Lucien de Rubempré’s social ambitions ⓘ |
| partOf | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes ⓘ |
| workPublicationAuthor | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| workPublicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Madame de Rubempré Description of subject: Madame de Rubempré is a character in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine, known as the socially ambitious mother of Lucien de Rubempré in the novel "Illusions perdues."
Referenced by (1)
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