Le Lys dans la vallée
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Le Lys dans la vallée is a 1835 novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays an intense, unfulfilled love affair set against the backdrop of French provincial society, and is considered one of his major works in La Comédie humaine.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Le Lys dans la vallée canonical | 13 |
| 1835 novel Le Lys dans la vallée | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T505511 — 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: Le Lys dans la vallée Context triple: [Honoré de Balzac, notableWork, Le Lys dans la vallée]
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Les Écréhous
Les Écréhous is a small, largely uninhabited group of islets and rocks in the English Channel, lying off the coast of Jersey and known for its wildlife and scenic seascapes.
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B.
Le Bonheur
Le Bonheur is a philosophical poetry collection by French poet and Nobel laureate Sully Prudhomme that meditates on the nature and pursuit of human happiness.
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C.
Les Rivières
Les Rivières is a borough of Quebec City known for its mix of residential neighborhoods, commercial areas, and light industrial zones.
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D.
The Yellow House
The Yellow House is a famous 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting his residence in Arles, France, and is considered a key work of Post-Impressionism.
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E.
La Grenouillère
La Grenouillère is an 1869 Impressionist painting by Claude Monet depicting a lively riverside bathing and boating resort on the Seine near Bougival, 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: Le Lys dans la vallée Target entity description: Le Lys dans la vallée is a 1835 novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays an intense, unfulfilled love affair set against the backdrop of French provincial society, and is considered one of his major works in La Comédie humaine.
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A.
Les Écréhous
Les Écréhous is a small, largely uninhabited group of islets and rocks in the English Channel, lying off the coast of Jersey and known for its wildlife and scenic seascapes.
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B.
Le Bonheur
Le Bonheur is a philosophical poetry collection by French poet and Nobel laureate Sully Prudhomme that meditates on the nature and pursuit of human happiness.
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C.
Les Rivières
Les Rivières is a borough of Quebec City known for its mix of residential neighborhoods, commercial areas, and light industrial zones.
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D.
The Yellow House
The Yellow House is a famous 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting his residence in Arles, France, and is considered a key work of Post-Impressionism.
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E.
La Grenouillère
La Grenouillère is an 1869 Impressionist painting by Claude Monet depicting a lively riverside bathing and boating resort on the Seine near Bougival, France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| belongsTo | 19th-century French novels ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
conflict between duty and passion
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idealized woman ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| cycle |
Scènes de la vie de province
ⓘ
surface form:
Scènes de la vie de campagne
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| firstPublicationMedium | Revue de Paris ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
constraints of marriage and society
ⓘ
moral conflict of the protagonist ⓘ |
| genre |
French literature
ⓘ
psychological novel ⓘ romantic novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
film adaptations
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television adaptations ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later French psychological novels ⓘ |
| hasLiterarySignificance | considered one of Balzac’s major works ⓘ |
| isPartOfSeries | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Realism ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
detailed description of landscape
ⓘ
introspective analysis of feelings ⓘ |
| locationOfFictionalSetting |
Touraine
ⓘ
Vallée de l’Indre ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
adultery
ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ social conventions ⓘ spiritual love ⓘ unfulfilled love ⓘ |
| majorCharacter |
Comte de Mortsauf
ⓘ
Félix de Vandenesse ⓘ Henriette de Mortsauf ⓘ Natalie de Manerville ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | retrospective account ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorCorpus | central work in Balzac’s rural novels ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1835 ⓘ |
| publisher | originally serialized in a periodical press ⓘ |
| setting | French provincial society ⓘ |
| structure | divided into several parts ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFictionalSetting | Restoration France ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | The Lily of the Valley ⓘ |
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Subject: Le Lys dans la vallée Description of subject: Le Lys dans la vallée is a 1835 novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays an intense, unfulfilled love affair set against the backdrop of French provincial society, and is considered one of his major works in La Comédie humaine.
Referenced by (14)
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this entity surface form:
1835 novel Le Lys dans la vallée