Alice Rivaz
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Alice Rivaz was a Swiss novelist and short story writer known for her introspective, socially engaged portrayals of women's lives in 20th-century Switzerland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alice Rivaz canonical | 17 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2175888 — 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: Alice Rivaz Context triple: [Cimetière des Rois, burialPlaceOf, Alice Rivaz]
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A.
Anna Reinhart
Anna Reinhart was the wife of Swiss Reformation leader Huldrych Zwingli and is known primarily for her association with his life and work in early 16th-century Zurich.
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B.
Jessica Szohr
Jessica Szohr is an American actress best known for her role as Vanessa Abrams on the television series "Gossip Girl" and later as a main cast member on the sci-fi comedy-drama "The Orville."
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C.
Elizabeth Roboz
Elizabeth Roboz was a Hungarian-American neurobiologist and biochemist known for her research on brain chemistry and her marriage to Hans Albert Einstein, the son of Albert Einstein.
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D.
Angelica Galante
Angelica Galante was the mother of the renowned Italian Baroque sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
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E.
Natalie Redwater
Natalie Redwater is a central protagonist in Cory Doctorow’s science fiction novel "Walkaway," representing the movement of people who abandon a collapsing capitalist society to build a post-scarcity world.
- 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: Alice Rivaz Target entity description: Alice Rivaz was a Swiss novelist and short story writer known for her introspective, socially engaged portrayals of women's lives in 20th-century Switzerland.
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A.
Anna Reinhart
Anna Reinhart was the wife of Swiss Reformation leader Huldrych Zwingli and is known primarily for her association with his life and work in early 16th-century Zurich.
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B.
Jessica Szohr
Jessica Szohr is an American actress best known for her role as Vanessa Abrams on the television series "Gossip Girl" and later as a main cast member on the sci-fi comedy-drama "The Orville."
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C.
Elizabeth Roboz
Elizabeth Roboz was a Hungarian-American neurobiologist and biochemist known for her research on brain chemistry and her marriage to Hans Albert Einstein, the son of Albert Einstein.
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D.
Angelica Galante
Angelica Galante was the mother of the renowned Italian Baroque sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
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E.
Natalie Redwater
Natalie Redwater is a central protagonist in Cory Doctorow’s science fiction novel "Walkaway," representing the movement of people who abandon a collapsing capitalist society to build a post-scarcity world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Swiss writer
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human ⓘ novelist ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| alternateName | Alice Golay (birth name) ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Switzerland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1901-08-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1998-02-27 ⓘ |
| describedBySource | Swiss literary criticism ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Conservatoire de Lausanne
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linked to:
Lausanne Conservatory
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| employer | International Labour Organization ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Romand ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
literature
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social issues ⓘ women’s writing ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
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novels ⓘ short stories ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | Swiss feminist literature ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | pianist (trained) ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
family relationships
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social constraints on women ⓘ women’s everyday lives ⓘ |
| movement | feminism ⓘ |
| name | Alice Rivaz ⓘ |
| nationality | Swiss ⓘ |
| notableFor |
introspective portrayals of women’s lives in 20th-century Switzerland
ⓘ
socially engaged literature ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Comptez vos jours
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Jette ton pain ⓘ La Paix des ruches ⓘ Nuages dans la main ⓘ Traces de vie ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil servant
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novelist ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| partOf | Francophone Swiss literature ⓘ |
| periodActive | 20th century ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Rovray, Vaud, Switzerland ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Lausanne, Switzerland ⓘ |
| residence |
Geneva, Switzerland
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linked to:
Geneva
Lausanne, Switzerland ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
introspective
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psychological realism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alice Rivaz Description of subject: Alice Rivaz was a Swiss novelist and short story writer known for her introspective, socially engaged portrayals of women's lives in 20th-century Switzerland.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Swiss writer Alice Rivaz
subject linked to:
Swiss writer Alice Rivaz
subject linked to:
Alice Golay (birth name)
subject linked to:
Alice Golay (birth name)