La Conquête de Plassans
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La Conquête de Plassans is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola, part of his Rougon-Macquart series, that explores political and religious intrigue in a small Provençal town during the Second Empire.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| La Conquête de Plassans canonical | 8 |
| The Conquest of Plassans | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T545128 — 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: La Conquête de Plassans Context triple: [Émile Zola, notableWork, La Conquête de Plassans]
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A.
La Curée
La Curée is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that explores greed, corruption, and moral decay among Parisian high society during France’s Second Empire.
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Les Preuses
Les Preuses is one of the prestigious Grand Cru vineyard sites in Chablis, renowned for producing complex, age-worthy Chardonnay wines.
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C.
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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D.
Lion of Belfort
The Lion of Belfort is a monumental sandstone sculpture in Belfort, France, symbolizing French resistance during the Franco-Prussian War and created by Statue of Liberty sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi.
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E.
Le Siècle
Le Siècle was a prominent 19th-century French newspaper known for publishing major literary works and influencing public opinion in 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: La Conquête de Plassans Target entity description: La Conquête de Plassans is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola, part of his Rougon-Macquart series, that explores political and religious intrigue in a small Provençal town during the Second Empire.
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A.
La Curée
La Curée is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that explores greed, corruption, and moral decay among Parisian high society during France’s Second Empire.
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B.
Les Preuses
Les Preuses is one of the prestigious Grand Cru vineyard sites in Chablis, renowned for producing complex, age-worthy Chardonnay wines.
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C.
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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D.
Lion of Belfort
The Lion of Belfort is a monumental sandstone sculpture in Belfort, France, symbolizing French resistance during the Franco-Prussian War and created by Statue of Liberty sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi.
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E.
Le Siècle
Le Siècle was a prominent 19th-century French newspaper known for publishing major literary works and influencing public opinion in France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
naturalist novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Émile Zola ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| depicts |
political maneuvering under Napoleon III
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rise of clerical power in a provincial town ⓘ |
| explores |
impact of politics on provincial life
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psychological deterioration ⓘ role of the Catholic Church in society ⓘ |
| featuresFamily |
Rougon family
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surface form:
Mouret family
Rougon family ⓘ |
| fictionalTownBasedOn | Aix-en-Provence ⓘ |
| followedBy | La Faute de l’Abbé Mouret ⓘ |
| follows | La Curée ⓘ |
| genre |
political novel
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religious novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Abbé Faujas
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François Mouret ⓘ Marthe Rougon ⓘ Mouret family members ⓘ Rougon family members ⓘ |
| hasFictionalTown | Plassans ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| literaryCycleCreator | Émile Zola ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Naturalism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century French literature ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique | naturalist observation ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
clash between Church and State
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family conflict ⓘ political intrigue ⓘ power and manipulation ⓘ religious influence ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf |
Les Rougon-Macquart
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surface form:
Rougon-Macquart cycle
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| partOfProject |
Les Rougon-Macquart
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surface form:
Histoire naturelle et sociale d’une famille sous le Second Empire
|
| positionInSeries | fourth novel in Les Rougon-Macquart ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Abbé Faujas
ⓘ
François Mouret ⓘ Marthe Rougon ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| publisher | Georges Charpentier ⓘ |
| series | Les Rougon-Macquart ⓘ |
| settingCountry | France ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Plassans ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
Second Empire of France
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surface form:
Second French Empire
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| settingRegion | Provence ⓘ |
| titleTranslation |
La Conquête de Plassans
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Conquest of Plassans
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Subject: La Conquête de Plassans Description of subject: La Conquête de Plassans is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola, part of his Rougon-Macquart series, that explores political and religious intrigue in a small Provençal town during the Second Empire.
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this entity surface form:
The Conquest of Plassans