Madame de Brinvilliers
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Madame de Brinvilliers was a 17th-century French noblewoman infamous for poisoning several members of her family, whose sensational trial became a landmark case in the history of criminal justice and toxicology.
All labels observed (1)
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| Madame de Brinvilliers canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21130080 — 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 Brinvilliers Context triple: [Chambre Ardente trials, significantFigure, Madame de Brinvilliers]
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A.
Madame de Mortsauf
Madame de Mortsauf is a central, tragic noblewoman in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine, known for her repressed passion, moral rigidity, and unhappy marriage in the novel "Le Lys dans la vallée."
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B.
Lisa de Cazotte
Lisa de Cazotte was an American television producer best known for her work on daytime soap operas.
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C.
Lucy Richer
Lucy Richer is a British television producer and BBC drama executive known for overseeing high-profile series such as "Years and Years."
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D.
Françoise d’Aubigné
Françoise d’Aubigné, better known as Madame de Maintenon, was the second, secret wife of King Louis XIV of France and a powerful influence at his court.
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E.
Camille Raquin
Camille Raquin is a sickly, self-absorbed husband whose murder by his wife Thérèse and her lover drives the plot of Émile Zola’s naturalist novel "Thérèse Raquin."
- 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 Brinvilliers Target entity description: Madame de Brinvilliers was a 17th-century French noblewoman infamous for poisoning several members of her family, whose sensational trial became a landmark case in the history of criminal justice and toxicology.
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A.
Madame de Mortsauf
Madame de Mortsauf is a central, tragic noblewoman in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine, known for her repressed passion, moral rigidity, and unhappy marriage in the novel "Le Lys dans la vallée."
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B.
Lisa de Cazotte
Lisa de Cazotte was an American television producer best known for her work on daytime soap operas.
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C.
Lucy Richer
Lucy Richer is a British television producer and BBC drama executive known for overseeing high-profile series such as "Years and Years."
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D.
Françoise d’Aubigné
Françoise d’Aubigné, better known as Madame de Maintenon, was the second, secret wife of King Louis XIV of France and a powerful influence at his court.
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E.
Camille Raquin
Camille Raquin is a sickly, self-absorbed husband whose murder by his wife Thérèse and her lover drives the plot of Émile Zola’s naturalist novel "Thérèse Raquin."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.