Leblanc
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Leblanc is an alias used by Jean Valjean, the protagonist of Victor Hugo's novel "Les Misérables," to conceal his identity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leblanc canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6439350 — 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: Leblanc Context triple: [Jean Valjean, hasAlias, Leblanc]
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A.
Lebrun
Lebrun is a French surname borne by various notable figures in politics, arts, and other fields.
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B.
Ganthier
Ganthier is a commune in western Haiti known for its rural character and proximity to the capital, Port-au-Prince.
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C.
Breuillet
Breuillet is a commune in the Essonne department in the Île-de-France region of northern France.
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D.
Montesson
Montesson is a suburban commune in the Yvelines department of north-central France, located to the northwest of Paris along the Seine River.
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E.
Marignier
Marignier is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department of southeastern France, situated in the French Alps.
- 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: Leblanc Target entity description: Leblanc is an alias used by Jean Valjean, the protagonist of Victor Hugo's novel "Les Misérables," to conceal his identity.
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A.
Lebrun
Lebrun is a French surname borne by various notable figures in politics, arts, and other fields.
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B.
Ganthier
Ganthier is a commune in western Haiti known for its rural character and proximity to the capital, Port-au-Prince.
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C.
Breuillet
Breuillet is a commune in the Essonne department in the Île-de-France region of northern France.
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D.
Montesson
Montesson is a suburban commune in the Yvelines department of north-central France, located to the northwest of Paris along the Seine River.
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E.
Marignier
Marignier is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department of southeastern France, situated in the French Alps.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Alias
ⓘ
Fictional identity ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Monsieur Leblanc ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Les Misérables ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Cosette
ⓘ
Javert ⓘ
linked to:
Javert in Les Misérables
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| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Victor Hugo ⓘ |
| genre |
Historical novel
ⓘ
Literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Victor Hugo ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse |
Les Misérables universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Les Misérables franchise
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| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| medium | Novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | Protect Jean Valjean from recognition ⓘ |
| partOf | Les Misérables narrative ⓘ |
| usedAgainst | Suspicion from authorities ⓘ |
| usedBy | Jean Valjean ⓘ |
| usedDuring | Jean Valjean's life in Paris ⓘ |
| usedFor | Concealing identity ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Leblanc Description of subject: Leblanc is an alias used by Jean Valjean, the protagonist of Victor Hugo's novel "Les Misérables," to conceal his identity.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.