Les Mandarins
E682730
Les Mandarins is a 1954 existentialist novel by Simone de Beauvoir that portrays the political and personal struggles of French intellectuals in the aftermath of World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Les Mandarins canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7692834 — 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 Mandarins Context triple: [Simone de Beauvoir, notableWork, Les Mandarins]
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A.
Les Gouttes d’Or
Les Gouttes d’Or is a prestigious Premier Cru vineyard in Meursault, Burgundy, renowned for producing refined, mineral-driven Chardonnay wines.
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B.
La Chinoise
La Chinoise is a 1967 French New Wave film by Jean-Luc Godard that satirically explores youthful Maoist radicalism in Paris on the eve of the 1968 student protests.
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C.
Les Foules
Les Foules is one of Charles Baudelaire’s poetic prose pieces from *Le Spleen de Paris*, exploring the poet’s mystical communion with urban crowds and the anonymity of city life.
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D.
Les Films du Siècle
Les Films du Siècle is a French film production company known for backing various French and international cinema projects.
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E.
Le Serpent qui danse
Le Serpent qui danse is a celebrated poem by Charles Baudelaire, renowned for its sensual, exotic imagery and portrayal of Jeanne Duval as a hypnotic, serpentine muse.
- 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 Mandarins Target entity description: Les Mandarins is a 1954 existentialist novel by Simone de Beauvoir that portrays the political and personal struggles of French intellectuals in the aftermath of World War II.
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A.
Les Gouttes d’Or
Les Gouttes d’Or is a prestigious Premier Cru vineyard in Meursault, Burgundy, renowned for producing refined, mineral-driven Chardonnay wines.
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B.
La Chinoise
La Chinoise is a 1967 French New Wave film by Jean-Luc Godard that satirically explores youthful Maoist radicalism in Paris on the eve of the 1968 student protests.
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C.
Les Foules
Les Foules is one of Charles Baudelaire’s poetic prose pieces from *Le Spleen de Paris*, exploring the poet’s mystical communion with urban crowds and the anonymity of city life.
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D.
Les Films du Siècle
Les Films du Siècle is a French film production company known for backing various French and international cinema projects.
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E.
Le Serpent qui danse
Le Serpent qui danse is a celebrated poem by Charles Baudelaire, renowned for its sensual, exotic imagery and portrayal of Jeanne Duval as a hypnotic, serpentine muse.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Simone de Beauvoir ⓘ |
| awarded | Prix Goncourt ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1954 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| explores |
feminist concerns
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postwar disillusionment ⓘ role of writers in politics ⓘ tension between private life and public commitment ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical fiction
ⓘ
political novel ⓘ roman à clef ⓘ |
| hasCharacterBasedOn |
Albert Camus
ⓘ
Jean-Paul Sartre ⓘ Simone de Beauvoir ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | The Mandarins ⓘ |
| hasSequel | none ⓘ |
| hasSettingCity | Paris ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
French literature
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existentialism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Anne Dubreuilh
ⓘ
Henri Perron ⓘ Lewis Brogan ⓘ Nadine Dubreuilh ⓘ Paula Mareuil ⓘ Robert Dubreuilh ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
aftermath of World War II
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existentialism ⓘ personal and political responsibility ⓘ political engagement of intellectuals ⓘ relationships and infidelity ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | multiple viewpoints ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of French left-wing intellectuals
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semi-autobiographical elements ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorWork | Simone de Beauvoir bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1954 ⓘ |
| publisher | Gallimard ⓘ |
| setInCountry | France ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | post-World War II ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Cold War politics
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Communism ⓘ French intellectual life ⓘ French politics ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted |
early 1950s
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late 1940s ⓘ |
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