Bel Ami
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Bel Ami is an 1885 novel by French author Guy de Maupassant that follows the ruthless social and sexual rise of an ambitious former soldier in Parisian high society.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bel Ami canonical | 1 |
| Bel Ami (1939 film) | 1 |
| Bel Ami (2012 film) | 1 |
| The Affairs of Bel Ami | 1 |
| The Private Affairs of Bel Ami | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20367454 — 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: Bel Ami Context triple: [James Lance, notableWork, Bel Ami]
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A.
The Maid of Artois
The Maid of Artois is a 19th-century English opera in three acts, composed by Michael William Balfe with a libretto by Alfred Bunn and first performed in 1836.
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B.
Hôtel Tassel
Hôtel Tassel is a pioneering Brussels townhouse widely regarded as one of the first and most influential examples of Art Nouveau architecture, designed by Victor Horta in the 1890s.
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C.
La Vie parisienne
La Vie parisienne is a celebrated French operetta, with a libretto by Ludovic Halévy, that satirically portrays the lively social life and manners of 19th-century Paris.
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D.
L'Amant
L'Amant is a semi-autobiographical novel by Marguerite Duras that recounts a passionate adolescent love affair in colonial French Indochina.
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E.
Maître Derville
Maître Derville is a shrewd and principled Parisian lawyer in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Le Colonel Chabert," known for his role in uncovering the truth behind the colonel’s presumed death and lost identity.
- 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: Bel Ami Target entity description: Bel Ami is an 1885 novel by French author Guy de Maupassant that follows the ruthless social and sexual rise of an ambitious former soldier in Parisian high society.
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A.
The Maid of Artois
The Maid of Artois is a 19th-century English opera in three acts, composed by Michael William Balfe with a libretto by Alfred Bunn and first performed in 1836.
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B.
Hôtel Tassel
Hôtel Tassel is a pioneering Brussels townhouse widely regarded as one of the first and most influential examples of Art Nouveau architecture, designed by Victor Horta in the 1890s.
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C.
La Vie parisienne
La Vie parisienne is a celebrated French operetta, with a libretto by Ludovic Halévy, that satirically portrays the lively social life and manners of 19th-century Paris.
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D.
L'Amant
L'Amant is a semi-autobiographical novel by Marguerite Duras that recounts a passionate adolescent love affair in colonial French Indochina.
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E.
Maître Derville
Maître Derville is a shrewd and principled Parisian lawyer in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Le Colonel Chabert," known for his role in uncovering the truth behind the colonel’s presumed death and lost identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bel Ami
linked to: Bel Ami
linked to: Bel Ami
linked to: Bel Ami