Les Cloches de Bâle
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Les Cloches de Bâle is a socially engaged early novel by French writer Louis Aragon that explores political awakening and class struggle in pre–World War I Europe.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Les Cloches de Bâle canonical | 1 |
| The Bells of Basel | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6941360 — 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: Les Cloches de Bâle Context triple: [Louis Aragon, notableWork, Les Cloches de Bâle]
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A.
L'Horloge Fleurie
L'Horloge Fleurie is a famous large outdoor flower clock in Geneva that combines horticulture and timekeeping as a symbol of the city’s watchmaking tradition.
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B.
Achter de Dom
Achter de Dom is a historic street in the center of Utrecht, Netherlands, located just behind the city’s iconic Dom Tower and cathedral complex.
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C.
Les Blanchisseuses
Les Blanchisseuses is a realist painting by Honoré Daumier depicting Parisian washerwomen engaged in their arduous daily labor, emblematic of his focus on social commentary and the working class.
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D.
Les Trois Villes
Les Trois Villes is a trilogy of novels by Émile Zola that explores social, political, and religious themes through the stories of three French cities: Lourdes, Rome, and Paris.
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E.
La cathédrale
"La Cathédrale" is a 1898 novel by French writer Joris-Karl Huysmans that explores Catholic mysticism and spiritual transformation through the protagonist’s immersion in the architecture and symbolism of Chartres Cathedral.
- 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: Les Cloches de Bâle Target entity description: Les Cloches de Bâle is a socially engaged early novel by French writer Louis Aragon that explores political awakening and class struggle in pre–World War I Europe.
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A.
L'Horloge Fleurie
L'Horloge Fleurie is a famous large outdoor flower clock in Geneva that combines horticulture and timekeeping as a symbol of the city’s watchmaking tradition.
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B.
Achter de Dom
Achter de Dom is a historic street in the center of Utrecht, Netherlands, located just behind the city’s iconic Dom Tower and cathedral complex.
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C.
Les Blanchisseuses
Les Blanchisseuses is a realist painting by Honoré Daumier depicting Parisian washerwomen engaged in their arduous daily labor, emblematic of his focus on social commentary and the working class.
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D.
Les Trois Villes
Les Trois Villes is a trilogy of novels by Émile Zola that explores social, political, and religious themes through the stories of three French cities: Lourdes, Rome, and Paris.
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E.
La cathédrale
"La Cathédrale" is a 1898 novel by French writer Joris-Karl Huysmans that explores Catholic mysticism and spiritual transformation through the protagonist’s immersion in the architecture and symbolism of Chartres Cathedral.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Louis Aragon ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| depicts |
European labor movement
ⓘ
bourgeois milieu ⓘ industrial working class ⓘ |
| explores |
conflict between personal life and political commitment
ⓘ
emergence of socialist consciousness ⓘ individual engagement in politics ⓘ |
| genre |
historical novel
ⓘ
political fiction ⓘ social realism ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
bourgeois intellectual
ⓘ
female protagonist ⓘ revolutionary activist ⓘ |
| hasIdeologicalContext | French Communist Party milieu ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | French political literature ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | third‑person narration ⓘ |
| hasSocialConcern |
anti‑capitalism
ⓘ
women’s emancipation ⓘ workers’ rights ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
French left‑wing literature
ⓘ
socialist realism ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
didactic
ⓘ
realist ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
bourgeois society critique
ⓘ
class struggle ⓘ feminism ⓘ political awakening ⓘ rise of socialism ⓘ workers’ movement ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | Louis Aragon’s early novels ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorCareer | early work of Louis Aragon ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation |
Marxist
ⓘ
communist ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | pre–World War I Europe ⓘ |
| titleTranslation |
The Bells of Basel
ⓘ
linked to:
Les Cloches de Bâle
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Les Cloches de Bâle Description of subject: Les Cloches de Bâle is a socially engaged early novel by French writer Louis Aragon that explores political awakening and class struggle in pre–World War I Europe.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Les Cloches de Bâle