Jacques de Mortsauf
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Jacques de Mortsauf is a fictional character from Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Le Lys dans la vallée," depicted as the fragile and ailing son of the Comte and Comtesse de Mortsauf.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jacques de Mortsauf canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13194676 — 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: Jacques de Mortsauf Context triple: [Comte de Mortsauf, hasChild, Jacques de Mortsauf]
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A.
Jacques de Fariaux
Jacques de Fariaux was a 17th-century French military officer best known for commanding the defending forces during the 1673 siege of Maastricht in the Franco-Dutch War.
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B.
Jacques d’Euse
Jacques d’Euse, later known as Pope John XXII, was a 14th-century French pontiff of the Avignon Papacy noted for his centralizing church reforms and conflicts over doctrine and secular authority.
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C.
Jacques de Maleville
Jacques de Maleville was a French jurist and politician who played a key role as one of the principal drafters of France’s Civil Code under Napoleon.
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D.
Guillaume de Berghes
Guillaume de Berghes was a prominent early modern Catholic prelate who served as bishop in the Low Countries, notably holding the episcopal see of Ypres.
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E.
Antoine de Caux
Antoine de Caux was a military commander known for leading forces during the Siege of Acre.
- 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: Jacques de Mortsauf Target entity description: Jacques de Mortsauf is a fictional character from Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Le Lys dans la vallée," depicted as the fragile and ailing son of the Comte and Comtesse de Mortsauf.
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A.
Jacques de Fariaux
Jacques de Fariaux was a 17th-century French military officer best known for commanding the defending forces during the 1673 siege of Maastricht in the Franco-Dutch War.
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B.
Jacques d’Euse
Jacques d’Euse, later known as Pope John XXII, was a 14th-century French pontiff of the Avignon Papacy noted for his centralizing church reforms and conflicts over doctrine and secular authority.
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C.
Jacques de Maleville
Jacques de Maleville was a French jurist and politician who played a key role as one of the principal drafters of France’s Civil Code under Napoleon.
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D.
Guillaume de Berghes
Guillaume de Berghes was a prominent early modern Catholic prelate who served as bishop in the Low Countries, notably holding the episcopal see of Ypres.
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E.
Antoine de Caux
Antoine de Caux was a military commander known for leading forces during the Siege of Acre.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Le Lys dans la vallée ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Clochegourde ⓘ |
| associatedRegion | Touraine ⓘ |
| characterRole | supporting character ⓘ |
| createdBy | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| familyName | de Mortsauf ⓘ |
| father | Comte de Mortsauf ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasThemeRelation |
family relationships
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illness ⓘ maternal devotion ⓘ |
| healthStatus |
ailing
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frail ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century French literature ⓘ |
| mother |
Comtesse de Mortsauf
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Henriette de Mortsauf ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| partOf |
La Comédie humaine
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Scènes de la vie de campagne ⓘ |
| partOfWork | Le Lys dans la vallée ⓘ |
| sibling | Madeleine de Mortsauf ⓘ |
| workCycle | Scènes de la vie de campagne ⓘ |
| workGenre | novel ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1836 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jacques de Mortsauf Description of subject: Jacques de Mortsauf is a fictional character from Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Le Lys dans la vallée," depicted as the fragile and ailing son of the Comte and Comtesse de Mortsauf.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.