Comment c’est
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Comment c’est is a French-language prose work by Samuel Beckett that explores fragmented consciousness and minimalist narrative form.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Comment c’est canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5203326 — 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: Comment c’est Context triple: [How It Is, originalTitle, Comment c’est]
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A.
Je te dis vous
"Je te dis vous" is a 1993 studio album by French singer Patricia Kaas that blends chanson, pop, and jazz influences and helped solidify her international success.
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B.
D’eux
D’eux is a hugely successful French-language studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, widely regarded as one of the best-selling Francophone albums of all time.
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C.
Honi soit qui mal y pense
"Honi soit qui mal y pense" is a medieval French phrase meaning "Shame on him who thinks evil of it," best known as the chivalric motto of England’s Order of the Garter.
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D.
Le Bon Sens
Le Bon Sens is an 18th-century philosophical work by Baron d'Holbach that presents a rigorous materialist and atheist critique of religion and superstition.
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E.
Voulez-Vous
"Voulez-Vous" is a disco-driven ABBA song known for its energetic rhythm and prominent use in the musical and film adaptation of Mamma Mia!.
- 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: Comment c’est Target entity description: Comment c’est is a French-language prose work by Samuel Beckett that explores fragmented consciousness and minimalist narrative form.
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A.
Je te dis vous
"Je te dis vous" is a 1993 studio album by French singer Patricia Kaas that blends chanson, pop, and jazz influences and helped solidify her international success.
-
B.
D’eux
D’eux is a hugely successful French-language studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, widely regarded as one of the best-selling Francophone albums of all time.
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C.
Honi soit qui mal y pense
"Honi soit qui mal y pense" is a medieval French phrase meaning "Shame on him who thinks evil of it," best known as the chivalric motto of England’s Order of the Garter.
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D.
Le Bon Sens
Le Bon Sens is an 18th-century philosophical work by Baron d'Holbach that presents a rigorous materialist and atheist critique of religion and superstition.
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E.
Voulez-Vous
"Voulez-Vous" is a disco-driven ABBA song known for its energetic rhythm and prominent use in the musical and film adaptation of Mamma Mia!.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French-language literary work
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novel ⓘ prose work ⓘ |
| author | Samuel Beckett ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | in copyright ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Samuel Beckett ⓘ |
| genre |
experimental fiction
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modernist literature ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Pim
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unnamed narrator ⓘ |
| hasForm | unpunctuated blocks of text ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
existential experience
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fragmented consciousness ⓘ human condition ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | How It Is ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
James Joyce
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modernist narrative techniques ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| narrativeForm |
fragmented narrative
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stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| narrativePerson | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| notableFor |
absence of conventional plot
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experimental use of syntax ⓘ radical reduction of narrative elements ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Comment c’est ⓘ |
| partOf |
Samuel Beckett’s prose works
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linked to:
Samuel Beckett’s trilogy
|
| publicationDate | 1961 ⓘ |
| publisher | Les Éditions de Minuit ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Malone Dies
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Molloy ⓘ The Unnamable ⓘ |
| setting | indeterminate landscape ⓘ |
| structure | three-part structure ⓘ |
| style |
minimalist
ⓘ
repetitive prose ⓘ |
| theme |
consciousness
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isolation ⓘ language and its limits ⓘ memory ⓘ suffering ⓘ |
| titleInEnglish | How It Is ⓘ |
| translatedBy | Samuel Beckett ⓘ |
| translatedInto | English ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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