Georges Perec
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Georges Perec was a French novelist and member of the Oulipo group, renowned for his experimental, constraint-based works such as the lipogrammatic novel "La Disparition."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Georges Perec canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6336256 — 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: Georges Perec Context triple: [Éditions du Seuil, hasPublishedAuthor, Georges Perec]
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A.
Jean Echenoz
Jean Echenoz is a contemporary French novelist known for his inventive, witty narratives and acclaimed works such as "Cherokee," "I'm Gone," and "Ravel."
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B.
Alain Robbe-Grillet
Alain Robbe-Grillet was a French novelist and filmmaker, a leading figure of the Nouveau Roman (New Novel) literary movement known for his experimental narrative techniques and influential theoretical writings.
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C.
Romain Gary
Romain Gary was a French novelist, diplomat, and aviator renowned for his literary versatility and for being the only author to win the Prix Goncourt twice under different names.
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D.
Nathalie Sarraute
Nathalie Sarraute was a French novelist and essayist associated with the Nouveau Roman movement, known for her innovative narrative techniques and psychological depth.
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E.
Patrick Modiano
Patrick Modiano is a French novelist renowned for his haunting explorations of memory, identity, and World War II-era France.
- 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: Georges Perec Target entity description: Georges Perec was a French novelist and member of the Oulipo group, renowned for his experimental, constraint-based works such as the lipogrammatic novel "La Disparition."
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A.
Jean Echenoz
Jean Echenoz is a contemporary French novelist known for his inventive, witty narratives and acclaimed works such as "Cherokee," "I'm Gone," and "Ravel."
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B.
Alain Robbe-Grillet
Alain Robbe-Grillet was a French novelist and filmmaker, a leading figure of the Nouveau Roman (New Novel) literary movement known for his experimental narrative techniques and influential theoretical writings.
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C.
Romain Gary
Romain Gary was a French novelist, diplomat, and aviator renowned for his literary versatility and for being the only author to win the Prix Goncourt twice under different names.
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D.
Nathalie Sarraute
Nathalie Sarraute was a French novelist and essayist associated with the Nouveau Roman movement, known for her innovative narrative techniques and psychological depth.
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E.
Patrick Modiano
Patrick Modiano is a French novelist renowned for his haunting explorations of memory, identity, and World War II-era France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Oulipo member
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essayist ⓘ human ⓘ novelist ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Prix Jean Vigo
NERFINISHED
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Prix Médicis NERFINISHED ⓘ Prix Renaudot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
Harry Mathews
NERFINISHED
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Jacques Roubaud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1936-03-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1982-03-03 ⓘ |
| employer | Bibliothèque nationale de France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French Jews ⓘ |
| familyName | Perec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
constraint-based literature
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experimental fiction ⓘ lipogram ⓘ |
| givenName | Georges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Oulipian writers
NERFINISHED
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constrained writing practices ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Italo Calvino
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Raymond Queneau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| memberOf | Oulipo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
Oulipo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
experimental literature ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ |
| name | Georges Perec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Espèces d’espaces
NERFINISHED
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Je me souviens NERFINISHED ⓘ La Disparition NERFINISHED ⓘ La Vie mode d’emploi NERFINISHED ⓘ Les Choses NERFINISHED ⓘ Un homme qui dort NERFINISHED ⓘ W ou le souvenir d’enfance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
archivist
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documentalist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
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Ivry-sur-Seine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| subjectOf | film "Un homme qui dort" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Georges Perec Description of subject: Georges Perec was a French novelist and member of the Oulipo group, renowned for his experimental, constraint-based works such as the lipogrammatic novel "La Disparition."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.