Manès Sperber
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Manès Sperber was an Austrian-French novelist, essayist, and psychologist known for his autobiographical and political writings, particularly his critical reflections on totalitarianism and his break with communism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Manès Sperber canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2683686 — 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: Manès Sperber Context triple: [Vienna Central Cemetery, burialPlaceOf, Manès Sperber]
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A.
Jacques Schiffrin
Jacques Schiffrin was a prominent French publisher best known for founding the prestigious Bibliothèque de la Pléiade series at Éditions Gallimard.
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B.
Richard Ben-Veniste
Richard Ben-Veniste is an American lawyer and former Watergate prosecutor who served as a Democratic member of the 9/11 Commission.
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C.
Norbert Hornstein
Norbert Hornstein is an American linguist and syntactician known for his influential work in generative grammar and his advocacy of minimalist approaches to linguistic theory.
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D.
Bernard Weber
Bernard Weber is a Swiss-born filmmaker and entrepreneur best known for founding the New7Wonders campaigns that organized global votes to select new world wonders.
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E.
Jean-Paul Agon
Jean-Paul Agon is a French business executive best known for serving as the longtime CEO and later chairman of global cosmetics giant L'Oréal.
- 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: Manès Sperber Target entity description: Manès Sperber was an Austrian-French novelist, essayist, and psychologist known for his autobiographical and political writings, particularly his critical reflections on totalitarianism and his break with communism.
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A.
Jacques Schiffrin
Jacques Schiffrin was a prominent French publisher best known for founding the prestigious Bibliothèque de la Pléiade series at Éditions Gallimard.
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B.
Richard Ben-Veniste
Richard Ben-Veniste is an American lawyer and former Watergate prosecutor who served as a Democratic member of the 9/11 Commission.
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C.
Norbert Hornstein
Norbert Hornstein is an American linguist and syntactician known for his influential work in generative grammar and his advocacy of minimalist approaches to linguistic theory.
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D.
Bernard Weber
Bernard Weber is a Swiss-born filmmaker and entrepreneur best known for founding the New7Wonders campaigns that organized global votes to select new world wonders.
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E.
Jean-Paul Agon
Jean-Paul Agon is a French business executive best known for serving as the longtime CEO and later chairman of global cosmetics giant L'Oréal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essayist
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human ⓘ novelist ⓘ psychologist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Austria
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France ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Jews
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surface form:
Jewish people
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| familyName | Sperber ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
literature
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psychology ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical novel
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political essay ⓘ psychological essay ⓘ |
| givenName | Manès ⓘ |
| influenced | post-war European intellectuals ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Alfred Adler
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Marxism ⓘ Sigmund Freud ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
French
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
individual and power
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moral responsibility ⓘ political commitment and disillusionment ⓘ |
| movement | anti-totalitarianism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
autobiographical writings
ⓘ
break with communism ⓘ critique of totalitarianism ⓘ political essays ⓘ |
| notableWork |
All Our Yesterdays
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Gods, Heroes and Adversaries ⓘ Like a Tear in the Ocean ⓘ The Burned Bramble ⓘ |
| occupation |
essayist
ⓘ
novelist ⓘ psychologist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Paris
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Vienna ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology | anti-communism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workFocus |
European intellectual history
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Stalinism ⓘ totalitarian regimes ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
analytical
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autobiographical ⓘ politically engaged ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Manès Sperber Description of subject: Manès Sperber was an Austrian-French novelist, essayist, and psychologist known for his autobiographical and political writings, particularly his critical reflections on totalitarianism and his break with communism.
Referenced by (1)
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