Alcan (original French edition)
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Alcan (original French edition) is the French publishing house that originally issued Henri Bergson’s seminal philosophical work "Time and Free Will."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alcan (original French edition) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13359822 — 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: Alcan (original French edition) Context triple: [Time and Free Will, publisher, Alcan (original French edition)]
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A.
Ouvrage Soetrich
Ouvrage Soetrich is a major Maginot Line fortification in northeastern France that formed part of the defensive system protecting the Thionville sector before and during World War II.
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B.
La Jeunesse
La Jeunesse was an influential early 20th-century Chinese magazine that championed vernacular literature, science, and democratic and anti-traditional ideas, helping to spark the New Culture and May Fourth movements.
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C.
Dangereuse de l’Isle Bouchard
Dangereuse de l’Isle Bouchard was a prominent 12th-century French noblewoman best known as the influential mistress of Duke William IX of Aquitaine and grandmother of Eleanor of Aquitaine.
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D.
La Pila
La Pila is a small village on Elba Island in Tuscany, Italy, forming one of the hamlets of the municipality of Campo nell’Elba.
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E.
Les Escoumins
Les Escoumins is a small coastal municipality in Quebec, Canada, known for its whale-watching opportunities and rich marine environment along the St. Lawrence River.
- 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: Alcan (original French edition) Target entity description: Alcan (original French edition) is the French publishing house that originally issued Henri Bergson’s seminal philosophical work "Time and Free Will."
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A.
Ouvrage Soetrich
Ouvrage Soetrich is a major Maginot Line fortification in northeastern France that formed part of the defensive system protecting the Thionville sector before and during World War II.
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B.
La Jeunesse
La Jeunesse was an influential early 20th-century Chinese magazine that championed vernacular literature, science, and democratic and anti-traditional ideas, helping to spark the New Culture and May Fourth movements.
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C.
Dangereuse de l’Isle Bouchard
Dangereuse de l’Isle Bouchard was a prominent 12th-century French noblewoman best known as the influential mistress of Duke William IX of Aquitaine and grandmother of Eleanor of Aquitaine.
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D.
La Pila
La Pila is a small village on Elba Island in Tuscany, Italy, forming one of the hamlets of the municipality of Campo nell’Elba.
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E.
Les Escoumins
Les Escoumins is a small coastal municipality in Quebec, Canada, known for its whale-watching opportunities and rich marine environment along the St. Lawrence River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French publisher
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publishing house ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
French academic community
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French philosophy ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| fieldOfPublication |
humanities
ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ social sciences ⓘ |
| genrePublished |
non-fiction
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philosophy books ⓘ scholarly monographs ⓘ |
| hasPublicationFormat | book ⓘ |
| languageOfPublication | French ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| notableFor | publishing seminal philosophical texts ⓘ |
| notableWorkPublished | Time and Free Will NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatesInLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalPublisherOf |
Essai sur les données immédiates de la conscience
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Time and Free Will NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitlePublished |
Essai sur les données immédiates de la conscience
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Temps et libre arbitre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publishedAuthor | Henri Bergson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleIn | dissemination of Bergson’s philosophy ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
academic works
ⓘ
philosophical works ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alcan (original French edition) Description of subject: Alcan (original French edition) is the French publishing house that originally issued Henri Bergson’s seminal philosophical work "Time and Free Will."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.