Théodore de Sérannes
E1531596
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Théodore de Sérannes is the cross-dressing, gender-disguised heroine at the center of Théophile Gautier’s novel "Mademoiselle de Maupin," whose fluid identity drives the book’s exploration of beauty, desire, and androgyny.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Théodore de Sérannes canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22251348 — 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: Théodore de Sérannes Context triple: [Mademoiselle de Maupin, mainCharacter, Théodore de Sérannes]
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A.
Étienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne
Étienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne was an 18th-century French cardinal and statesman who served as Louis XVI’s finance minister and played a key role in the political crisis leading up to the French Revolution.
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B.
Pierre-Joseph de Sailly
Pierre-Joseph de Sailly was a French naval officer who served as a commander during the late-18th-century maritime conflict between France and the United States known as the Quasi-War.
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C.
Charles de l’Écluse
Charles de l’Écluse, better known by his Latinized name Carolus Clusius, was a pioneering 16th-century Flemish botanist whose work in plant classification and cultivation, especially of tulips, greatly advanced European horticulture and botanical science.
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D.
François de Noailles
François de Noailles was a prominent French nobleman and diplomat of the influential Noailles family, active in European politics during the 16th century.
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E.
Philippe Duplessis-Mornay
Philippe Duplessis-Mornay was a prominent French Huguenot theologian, writer, and statesman of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, often called the “Huguenot pope” for his leading role in Protestant thought and politics.
- 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: Théodore de Sérannes Target entity description: Théodore de Sérannes is the cross-dressing, gender-disguised heroine at the center of Théophile Gautier’s novel "Mademoiselle de Maupin," whose fluid identity drives the book’s exploration of beauty, desire, and androgyny.
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A.
Étienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne
Étienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne was an 18th-century French cardinal and statesman who served as Louis XVI’s finance minister and played a key role in the political crisis leading up to the French Revolution.
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B.
Pierre-Joseph de Sailly
Pierre-Joseph de Sailly was a French naval officer who served as a commander during the late-18th-century maritime conflict between France and the United States known as the Quasi-War.
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C.
Charles de l’Écluse
Charles de l’Écluse, better known by his Latinized name Carolus Clusius, was a pioneering 16th-century Flemish botanist whose work in plant classification and cultivation, especially of tulips, greatly advanced European horticulture and botanical science.
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D.
François de Noailles
François de Noailles was a prominent French nobleman and diplomat of the influential Noailles family, active in European politics during the 16th century.
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E.
Philippe Duplessis-Mornay
Philippe Duplessis-Mornay was a prominent French Huguenot theologian, writer, and statesman of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, often called the “Huguenot pope” for his leading role in Protestant thought and politics.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.