Roger Caillois
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Roger Caillois was a French intellectual, writer, and sociologist known for his influential work on games, the sacred, and the fantastical, as well as his involvement in mid-20th-century literary and philosophical circles.
All labels observed (1)
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| Roger Caillois canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8042893 — 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: Roger Caillois Context triple: [Surrealist Group in Paris, hasMember, Roger Caillois]
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Robert Hullot-Kentor
Robert Hullot-Kentor is a scholar and translator best known for his influential English translations and interpretations of Theodor W. Adorno’s works on aesthetics and critical theory.
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B.
Alain Cuny
Alain Cuny was a French actor known for his intense screen presence and collaborations with major European directors in mid-20th-century cinema.
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C.
Philippe Descola
Philippe Descola is a prominent French anthropologist renowned for his influential work on animism, ontologies, and the comparative study of human–nature relations.
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D.
Julien Benda
Julien Benda was a French philosopher and novelist best known for his 1927 essay "La Trahison des clercs" ("The Treason of the Intellectuals"), which criticized intellectuals for abandoning universal values in favor of political passions.
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E.
Claude Lacombe
Claude Lacombe is a French scientist and UFO researcher who leads the government’s investigation into alien encounters in the film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."
- 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: Roger Caillois Target entity description: Roger Caillois was a French intellectual, writer, and sociologist known for his influential work on games, the sacred, and the fantastical, as well as his involvement in mid-20th-century literary and philosophical circles.
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A.
Robert Hullot-Kentor
Robert Hullot-Kentor is a scholar and translator best known for his influential English translations and interpretations of Theodor W. Adorno’s works on aesthetics and critical theory.
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B.
Alain Cuny
Alain Cuny was a French actor known for his intense screen presence and collaborations with major European directors in mid-20th-century cinema.
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C.
Philippe Descola
Philippe Descola is a prominent French anthropologist renowned for his influential work on animism, ontologies, and the comparative study of human–nature relations.
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D.
Julien Benda
Julien Benda was a French philosopher and novelist best known for his 1927 essay "La Trahison des clercs" ("The Treason of the Intellectuals"), which criticized intellectuals for abandoning universal values in favor of political passions.
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E.
Claude Lacombe
Claude Lacombe is a French scientist and UFO researcher who leads the government’s investigation into alien encounters in the film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essayist
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human ⓘ intellectual ⓘ literary critic ⓘ sociologist ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | France ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1913-03-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1978-12-21 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Paris
NERFINISHED
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École Normale Supérieure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | UNESCO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
anthropology of the sacred
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fantastical literature ⓘ game studies ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| genre |
essay
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fantastic literature studies ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
comparative literature
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sociology of culture ⓘ |
| influenced |
anthropology of play
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cultural studies ⓘ game studies ⓘ literary theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Georges Bataille
NERFINISHED
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Marcel Mauss NERFINISHED ⓘ surrealist movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Émile Durkheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned | French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie française
NERFINISHED
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Collège de sociologie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | surrealism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Au cœur du fantastique
NERFINISHED
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Bellone ou la pente de la guerre NERFINISHED ⓘ Le Fleuve Alphée NERFINISHED ⓘ Le Mythe et le sacré NERFINISHED ⓘ Le Mythe et l’homme NERFINISHED ⓘ L’Homme et le sacré NERFINISHED ⓘ L’Écriture des pierres NERFINISHED ⓘ Man, Play and Games NERFINISHED ⓘ Pierres réfléchies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitleOfWork | Les Jeux et les hommes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Reims NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Kremlin-Bicêtre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
UNESCO official
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editor ⓘ publisher ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workFocus |
myth
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stone imagery ⓘ the fantastical ⓘ the sacred NERFINISHED ⓘ theory of games ⓘ |
| workLocation | Paris ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Roger Caillois Description of subject: Roger Caillois was a French intellectual, writer, and sociologist known for his influential work on games, the sacred, and the fantastical, as well as his involvement in mid-20th-century literary and philosophical circles.
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