Maître Jacques
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Maître Jacques is a comic servant character in Molière’s play *L’Avare*, known for his grumbling nature and for being both coachman and cook to the miser Harpagon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maître Jacques canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5243719 — 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: Maître Jacques Context triple: [L’Avare, character, Maître Jacques]
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A.
Pierre Gringoire
Pierre Gringoire is a struggling poet and playwright who serves as a key viewpoint character and occasional comic figure in Victor Hugo’s novel "Notre-Dame de Paris."
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B.
L’Illustre Gaudissart
L’Illustre Gaudissart is a satirical short story by Honoré de Balzac that follows a boastful traveling salesman, showcasing Parisian manners and social types in 19th-century France.
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C.
Chevalier de Maison-Rouge
Chevalier de Maison-Rouge is a fictional royalist hero created by Alexandre Dumas, depicted as a daring and chivalrous defender of the French monarchy during the Revolution.
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D.
Jacques de Maleville
Jacques de Maleville was a French jurist and politician who played a key role as one of the principal drafters of France’s Civil Code under Napoleon.
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E.
Monsieur Beaucaire
Monsieur Beaucaire is a romantic historical novella by Booth Tarkington about a disguised French nobleman navigating love and honor in 18th-century English high society.
- 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: Maître Jacques Target entity description: Maître Jacques is a comic servant character in Molière’s play *L’Avare*, known for his grumbling nature and for being both coachman and cook to the miser Harpagon.
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A.
Pierre Gringoire
Pierre Gringoire is a struggling poet and playwright who serves as a key viewpoint character and occasional comic figure in Victor Hugo’s novel "Notre-Dame de Paris."
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B.
L’Illustre Gaudissart
L’Illustre Gaudissart is a satirical short story by Honoré de Balzac that follows a boastful traveling salesman, showcasing Parisian manners and social types in 19th-century France.
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C.
Chevalier de Maison-Rouge
Chevalier de Maison-Rouge is a fictional royalist hero created by Alexandre Dumas, depicted as a daring and chivalrous defender of the French monarchy during the Revolution.
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D.
Jacques de Maleville
Jacques de Maleville was a French jurist and politician who played a key role as one of the principal drafters of France’s Civil Code under Napoleon.
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E.
Monsieur Beaucaire
Monsieur Beaucaire is a romantic historical novella by Booth Tarkington about a disguised French nobleman navigating love and honor in 18th-century English high society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic servant
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ servant ⓘ theatrical character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
L’Avare
ⓘ
The Miser ⓘ
linked to:
L’Avare
|
| appearsInAct |
Act I of L’Avare
ⓘ
linked to:
L’Avare
later acts of L’Avare ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
complaining
ⓘ
cowardly ⓘ cunning ⓘ grumbling ⓘ |
| characterType | grumbling servant ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginWork | France ⓘ |
| creator | Molière ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
comic relief
ⓘ
servant who criticizes his master ⓘ |
| employer | Harpagon ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceWork | L’Avare, 1668 ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| medium | stage play ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| occupation |
coachman
ⓘ
cook ⓘ |
| relationshipWith | Harpagon ⓘ |
| roleInPlot |
character who is both coachman and cook to Harpagon
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servant who complains about his double duties ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfWork | 17th century ⓘ |
| workAuthor |
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, called Molière
ⓘ
linked to:
Molière
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maître Jacques Description of subject: Maître Jacques is a comic servant character in Molière’s play *L’Avare*, known for his grumbling nature and for being both coachman and cook to the miser Harpagon.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.