Secrétaire perpétuel
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Secrétaire perpétuel is the French title for the lifelong chief officer and spokesperson of the Académie française, responsible for overseeing its activities and representing the institution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Secrétaire perpétuel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6877572 — 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: Secrétaire perpétuel Context triple: [Perpetual Secretary of the Académie française, hasGenderedForms, Secrétaire perpétuel]
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A.
Le Bal de Sceaux
Le Bal de Sceaux is a short novel by Honoré de Balzac that explores themes of social ambition and romantic disillusionment within the French aristocracy.
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B.
Monsieur le Garde des Sceaux
Monsieur le Garde des Sceaux is the formal French style of address for the Keeper of the Seals, a high-ranking official historically responsible for the custody of the royal or state seals and often associated with the office of the Minister of Justice.
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C.
Les Heures Claires
Les Heures Claires is the original French name of the iconic modernist Villa Savoye designed by Le Corbusier near Paris.
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D.
La Réjouissance
La Réjouissance is a jubilant, celebratory movement from George Frideric Handel’s orchestral suite Music for the Royal Fireworks, known for its triumphant, dance-like character.
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E.
The Ghosts of Versailles
The Ghosts of Versailles is an American opera by John Corigliano with a libretto by William M. Hoffman that blends comedy, drama, and the supernatural in a meta-theatrical reimagining of Beaumarchais’s Figaro plays.
- 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: Secrétaire perpétuel Target entity description: Secrétaire perpétuel is the French title for the lifelong chief officer and spokesperson of the Académie française, responsible for overseeing its activities and representing the institution.
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A.
Le Bal de Sceaux
Le Bal de Sceaux is a short novel by Honoré de Balzac that explores themes of social ambition and romantic disillusionment within the French aristocracy.
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B.
Monsieur le Garde des Sceaux
Monsieur le Garde des Sceaux is the formal French style of address for the Keeper of the Seals, a high-ranking official historically responsible for the custody of the royal or state seals and often associated with the office of the Minister of Justice.
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C.
Les Heures Claires
Les Heures Claires is the original French name of the iconic modernist Villa Savoye designed by Le Corbusier near Paris.
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D.
La Réjouissance
La Réjouissance is a jubilant, celebratory movement from George Frideric Handel’s orchestral suite Music for the Royal Fireworks, known for its triumphant, dance-like character.
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E.
The Ghosts of Versailles
The Ghosts of Versailles is an American opera by John Corigliano with a libretto by William M. Hoffman that blends comedy, drama, and the supernatural in a meta-theatrical reimagining of Beaumarchais’s Figaro plays.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic office
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leadership role ⓘ official position ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Académie française NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
French cultural policy
ⓘ
regulation of the French language ⓘ |
| category |
French honorary titles
ⓘ
positions in the Académie française ⓘ |
| confersOnHolder |
authority to speak on behalf of the Académie française
ⓘ
responsibility for institutional continuity of the Académie française ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| field |
French language
ⓘ
academia ⓘ literature ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
prestigious position in French cultural life
ⓘ
traditionally held by a member of the Académie française ⓘ |
| hasDuties |
communicating decisions of the Académie française
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coordinating work on the French language dictionary ⓘ maintaining records and minutes of the Académie française ⓘ organizing meetings of the Académie française ⓘ |
| hasScope |
external relations of the Académie française
ⓘ
internal administration of the Académie française ⓘ |
| hasTitleInEnglish | Perpetual Secretary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 17th century ⓘ |
| isPositionIn | French learned society ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Académie française NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLabel | Secrétaire perpétuel ⓘ |
| officeHolderOf | Académie française NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | governance structure of the Académie française ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
overseeing the activities of the Académie française
ⓘ
representing the Académie française publicly ⓘ |
| role |
chief officer of the Académie française
ⓘ
representative of the Académie française ⓘ spokesperson of the Académie française ⓘ |
| seat | Institut de France, Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | elected by members of the Académie française ⓘ |
| termLength | lifelong ⓘ |
| tradition | office normally retained until death or resignation ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Académie française
NERFINISHED
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French academies ⓘ |
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