Madame Sans-Gêne
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Madame Sans-Gêne is an opera by Italian composer Umberto Giordano, based on the story of a blunt, outspoken laundress who rises to prominence during the French Revolution and Napoleonic era.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Madame Sans-Gêne canonical | 3 |
| Madame Sans-Gêne (fictional character based on her) | 1 |
| the play "Madame Sans-Gêne" (uncredited inspiration) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13848140 — 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 Sans-Gêne Context triple: [Umberto Giordano, composed, Madame Sans-Gêne]
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A.
Madame Pernelle
Madame Pernelle is a domineering, moralizing matriarch in Molière’s comedy "Tartuffe," known for her blind admiration of the hypocrite Tartuffe and harsh criticism of her own family.
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B.
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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C.
Madame de Rubempré
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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D.
Madame Anaïs
Madame Anaïs is a sophisticated and enigmatic brothel madam who plays a pivotal role in Luis Buñuel’s film "Belle de Jour."
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E.
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.
- 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 Sans-Gêne Target entity description: Madame Sans-Gêne is an opera by Italian composer Umberto Giordano, based on the story of a blunt, outspoken laundress who rises to prominence during the French Revolution and Napoleonic era.
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A.
Madame Pernelle
Madame Pernelle is a domineering, moralizing matriarch in Molière’s comedy "Tartuffe," known for her blind admiration of the hypocrite Tartuffe and harsh criticism of her own family.
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B.
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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C.
Madame de Rubempré
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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D.
Madame Anaïs
Madame Anaïs is a sophisticated and enigmatic brothel madam who plays a pivotal role in Luis Buñuel’s film "Belle de Jour."
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.