Baron de Wolmar
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Baron de Wolmar is a central figure in Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s epistolary novel "Julie, or the New Heloise," known as Julie’s rational, enlightened husband who embodies cold reason in contrast to passionate love.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Baron de Wolmar canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2279530 — 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: Baron de Wolmar Context triple: [Julie, or the New Heloise, mainCharacter, Baron de Wolmar]
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A.
Baron Franz von Teuffenbach
Baron Franz von Teuffenbach is a fictional aristocratic character known from film, depicted as a titled nobleman involved in high-society and political intrigue.
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B.
Baron von Gurnitz
Baron von Gurnitz is a fictional Nazi officer character known from film and television, notably portrayed by German actor Thomas Kretschmann.
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C.
Baron von Steingel
Baron von Steingel was a wealthy Baltic German noble and oil industrialist who commissioned the iconic Swallow’s Nest castle overlooking the Black Sea in Crimea.
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D.
Dietrich von Saucken
Dietrich von Saucken was a German general of the Wehrmacht during World War II, noted for his leadership on the Eastern Front and his reputation as a skilled yet independently minded commander.
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E.
Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg
Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg was a 16th-century German archbishop and prince-elector whose conversion to Protestantism and attempt to secularize his territory sparked the Cologne War within the Holy Roman Empire.
- 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: Baron de Wolmar Target entity description: Baron de Wolmar is a central figure in Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s epistolary novel "Julie, or the New Heloise," known as Julie’s rational, enlightened husband who embodies cold reason in contrast to passionate love.
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A.
Baron Franz von Teuffenbach
Baron Franz von Teuffenbach is a fictional aristocratic character known from film, depicted as a titled nobleman involved in high-society and political intrigue.
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B.
Baron von Gurnitz
Baron von Gurnitz is a fictional Nazi officer character known from film and television, notably portrayed by German actor Thomas Kretschmann.
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C.
Baron von Steingel
Baron von Steingel was a wealthy Baltic German noble and oil industrialist who commissioned the iconic Swallow’s Nest castle overlooking the Black Sea in Crimea.
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D.
Dietrich von Saucken
Dietrich von Saucken was a German general of the Wehrmacht during World War II, noted for his leadership on the Eastern Front and his reputation as a skilled yet independently minded commander.
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E.
Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg
Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg was a 16th-century German archbishop and prince-elector whose conversion to Protestantism and attempt to secularize his territory sparked the Cologne War within the Holy Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Julie, or the New Heloise
ⓘ
Julie, or the New Heloise ⓘ
surface form:
La Nouvelle Héloïse
|
| associatedWithTheme |
Enlightenment morality
ⓘ
marriage ⓘ reason versus passion ⓘ social order ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
calculating
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cold ⓘ enlightened ⓘ rational ⓘ self-controlled ⓘ |
| conflictType | internal conflict between reason and feeling (in others) ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Saint-Preux
ⓘ
passionate love ⓘ |
| createdBy | Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ |
| embodies |
Enlightenment rationality
ⓘ
reason ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Julie, or the New Heloise
ⓘ
surface form:
Julie, or the New Heloise universe
|
| firstPublicationOfWork | 1761 ⓘ |
| governs | Clarens household ⓘ |
| hasRole | Julie's husband ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
didactic figure
ⓘ
embodiment of Enlightenment ideals ⓘ |
| medium | letters ⓘ |
| moralPosition | secular virtue ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central figure ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | Russian (often interpreted as such or foreign noble) ⓘ |
| readerReception |
interpreted as Rousseau’s critique of pure rationalism
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often criticized as cold and inhuman ⓘ |
| relationshipToJulie | protector ⓘ |
| relationshipToSaint-Preux | Julie's rival in love ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity |
Clarens, Switzerland
ⓘ
surface form:
Clarens
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| socialStatus | aristocrat ⓘ |
| spouseOf | Julie d’Étanges ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
calculated virtue
ⓘ
rational social organization ⓘ |
| workIsInGenre | epistolary novel ⓘ |
| workIsInMovement | Enlightenment literature ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Baron de Wolmar Description of subject: Baron de Wolmar is a central figure in Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s epistolary novel "Julie, or the New Heloise," known as Julie’s rational, enlightened husband who embodies cold reason in contrast to passionate love.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Julie d’Étanges