Michel Butor
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Michel Butor was a French novelist, essayist, and critic best known for his innovative, experimental narratives that helped define the Nouveau Roman movement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Michel Butor canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21474221 — 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: Michel Butor Context triple: [Nouveau Roman, notableAuthor, Michel Butor]
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A.
Michel Tournier
Michel Tournier was a renowned French writer and intellectual, best known for his philosophical novels and his influential role in promoting photography and visual culture.
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B.
Georges Perec
Georges Perec was a French novelist and member of the Oulipo group, renowned for his experimental, constraint-based works such as the lipogrammatic novel "La Disparition."
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C.
Claude Simon
Claude Simon was a French novelist and key figure of the Nouveau Roman movement, known for his experimental narrative style and complex, fragmented prose.
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D.
Alain Robbe-Grillet
Alain Robbe-Grillet was a French novelist and filmmaker, a leading figure of the Nouveau Roman (New Novel) literary movement known for his experimental narrative techniques and influential theoretical writings.
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E.
Jean d’Ormesson
Jean d’Ormesson was a prominent French novelist, journalist, and member of the Académie Française known for his elegant, erudite prose and reflections on history and philosophy.
- 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: Michel Butor Target entity description: Michel Butor was a French novelist, essayist, and critic best known for his innovative, experimental narratives that helped define the Nouveau Roman movement.
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A.
Michel Tournier
Michel Tournier was a renowned French writer and intellectual, best known for his philosophical novels and his influential role in promoting photography and visual culture.
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B.
Georges Perec
Georges Perec was a French novelist and member of the Oulipo group, renowned for his experimental, constraint-based works such as the lipogrammatic novel "La Disparition."
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C.
Claude Simon
Claude Simon was a French novelist and key figure of the Nouveau Roman movement, known for his experimental narrative style and complex, fragmented prose.
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D.
Alain Robbe-Grillet
Alain Robbe-Grillet was a French novelist and filmmaker, a leading figure of the Nouveau Roman (New Novel) literary movement known for his experimental narrative techniques and influential theoretical writings.
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E.
Jean d’Ormesson
Jean d’Ormesson was a prominent French novelist, journalist, and member of the Académie Française known for his elegant, erudite prose and reflections on history and philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.