The 400 Blows
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The 400 Blows is François Truffaut’s landmark 1959 coming-of-age film that helped launch the French New Wave and is celebrated for its intimate, realistic portrayal of adolescent alienation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The 400 Blows canonical | 34 |
| Les Quatre Cents Coups | 5 |
| "The 400 Blows" | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2172605 — 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: The 400 Blows Context triple: [French New Wave, notableWork, The 400 Blows]
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Bande à part
Bande à part is a 1964 French New Wave crime drama film by Jean-Luc Godard, celebrated for its playful style, iconic dance scene, and unconventional approach to genre.
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La Peau de chagrin
La Peau de chagrin is a philosophical novel by Honoré de Balzac that explores themes of desire, power, and mortality through a magical talisman that grants wishes while shrinking with each use.
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Chaise cassée
Chaise cassée is the French title of the monumental Broken Chair sculpture, a giant wooden chair with a broken leg symbolizing opposition to land mines and armed violence, located in Geneva.
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L'Homme, cet inconnu
L'Homme, cet inconnu is a controversial 1935 book by Nobel Prize–winning surgeon Alexis Carrel that explores human biology, psychology, and society through a blend of scientific observation and speculative, often eugenic, ideas.
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Pierrot le Fou
Pierrot le Fou is a 1965 French New Wave crime-romance film by Jean-Luc Godard, known for its vibrant visual style, fragmented narrative, and exploration of existential themes.
- 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: The 400 Blows Target entity description: The 400 Blows is François Truffaut’s landmark 1959 coming-of-age film that helped launch the French New Wave and is celebrated for its intimate, realistic portrayal of adolescent alienation.
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A.
Bande à part
Bande à part is a 1964 French New Wave crime drama film by Jean-Luc Godard, celebrated for its playful style, iconic dance scene, and unconventional approach to genre.
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B.
La Peau de chagrin
La Peau de chagrin is a philosophical novel by Honoré de Balzac that explores themes of desire, power, and mortality through a magical talisman that grants wishes while shrinking with each use.
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C.
Chaise cassée
Chaise cassée is the French title of the monumental Broken Chair sculpture, a giant wooden chair with a broken leg symbolizing opposition to land mines and armed violence, located in Geneva.
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D.
L'Homme, cet inconnu
L'Homme, cet inconnu is a controversial 1935 book by Nobel Prize–winning surgeon Alexis Carrel that explores human biology, psychology, and society through a blend of scientific observation and speculative, often eugenic, ideas.
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E.
Pierrot le Fou
Pierrot le Fou is a 1965 French New Wave crime-romance film by Jean-Luc Godard, known for its vibrant visual style, fragmented narrative, and exploration of existential themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The 400 Blows Description of subject: The 400 Blows is François Truffaut’s landmark 1959 coming-of-age film that helped launch the French New Wave and is celebrated for its intimate, realistic portrayal of adolescent alienation.
Referenced by (41)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The 400 Blows
subject linked to:
François Truffaut’s “Une certaine tendance du cinéma français”
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