La Cousine Bette (film, 1928)
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La Cousine Bette (1928) is a silent French film adaptation of Honoré de Balzac’s novel, depicting the schemes and jealousies of a vengeful spinster in 19th-century Parisian society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| La Cousine Bette (film, 1928) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2854665 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: La Cousine Bette (film, 1928) Context triple: [La Cousine Bette, hasAdaptation, La Cousine Bette (film, 1928)]
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Coquette (1929 film)
Coquette (1929 film) is a 1929 American drama and Mary Pickford’s first talking picture, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.
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B.
Camille (1926 film)
Camille (1926 film) is a 1926 American silent romantic drama adaptation of Alexandre Dumas fils' novel and play "La Dame aux Camélias," starring Norma Talmadge.
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C.
La Chinoise
La Chinoise is a 1967 French New Wave film by Jean-Luc Godard that satirically explores youthful Maoist radicalism in Paris on the eve of the 1968 student protests.
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D.
Au Bonheur des Dames
"Au Bonheur des Dames" is an 1883 novel by Émile Zola that portrays the rise of a Parisian department store and its transformative impact on commerce, urban life, and women's roles in society.
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E.
The Evening Air (L’Air du soir)
The Evening Air (L’Air du soir) is a Neo-Impressionist painting by Henri-Edmond Cross that exemplifies his luminous pointillist style and vibrant use of color to depict an atmospheric evening scene.
- 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: La Cousine Bette (film, 1928) Target entity description: La Cousine Bette (1928) is a silent French film adaptation of Honoré de Balzac’s novel, depicting the schemes and jealousies of a vengeful spinster in 19th-century Parisian society.
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A.
Coquette (1929 film)
Coquette (1929 film) is a 1929 American drama and Mary Pickford’s first talking picture, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.
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B.
Camille (1926 film)
Camille (1926 film) is a 1926 American silent romantic drama adaptation of Alexandre Dumas fils' novel and play "La Dame aux Camélias," starring Norma Talmadge.
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C.
La Chinoise
La Chinoise is a 1967 French New Wave film by Jean-Luc Godard that satirically explores youthful Maoist radicalism in Paris on the eve of the 1968 student protests.
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D.
Au Bonheur des Dames
"Au Bonheur des Dames" is an 1883 novel by Émile Zola that portrays the rise of a Parisian department store and its transformative impact on commerce, urban life, and women's roles in society.
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E.
The Evening Air (L’Air du soir)
The Evening Air (L’Air du soir) is a Neo-Impressionist painting by Henri-Edmond Cross that exemplifies his luminous pointillist style and vibrant use of color to depict an atmospheric evening scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French film
ⓘ
film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf |
La Cousine Bette
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surface form:
La Cousine Bette (novel)
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| adaptationType | literary adaptation ⓘ |
| basedOn | La Cousine Bette ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| depictsSocialClass |
French aristocracy
ⓘ
Parisian bourgeoisie ⓘ |
| depictsTheme |
family conflict
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jealousy ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| era | silent era ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
historical film ⓘ |
| language | French intertitles ⓘ |
| mainCharacterDescription | vengeful spinster ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | schemes and intrigues in Parisian society ⓘ |
| productionType | feature film ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1928 ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| title | La Cousine Bette ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: La Cousine Bette (film, 1928) Description of subject: La Cousine Bette (1928) is a silent French film adaptation of Honoré de Balzac’s novel, depicting the schemes and jealousies of a vengeful spinster in 19th-century Parisian society.
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