Le Cimetière marin
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Le Cimetière marin is a renowned philosophical poem by Paul Valéry that meditates on death, consciousness, and the sea from the vantage point of a sunlit cemetery in Sète.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Le Cimetière marin canonical | 4 |
| "Le Cimetière marin" | 1 |
| Cimetière marin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8881754 — 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 Cimetière marin Context triple: [Paul Valéry, notableWork, Le Cimetière marin]
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A.
D’entre les morts
D’entre les morts is a 1954 French crime novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac that served as the literary basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s film Vertigo.
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B.
Les Abymes
Les Abymes is a major urban commune in the French Caribbean territory of Guadeloupe, forming part of the Pointe-à-Pitre metropolitan area and serving as an important economic and transportation hub.
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C.
Le Gibet
Le Gibet is the haunting, tolling-bell-centered middle movement of Maurice Ravel’s piano suite Gaspard de la nuit, renowned for its eerie atmosphere and technical subtlety.
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D.
La Canebière
La Canebière is Marseille’s historic main boulevard, known for its shops, cafés, and role as a central artery linking the Old Port to the rest of the city.
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E.
La Mort
La Mort is the final section of Charles Baudelaire’s poetry collection Les Fleurs du mal, in which he explores death as both an existential horror and a possible escape from suffering.
- 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 Cimetière marin Target entity description: Le Cimetière marin is a renowned philosophical poem by Paul Valéry that meditates on death, consciousness, and the sea from the vantage point of a sunlit cemetery in Sète.
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A.
D’entre les morts
D’entre les morts is a 1954 French crime novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac that served as the literary basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s film Vertigo.
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B.
Les Abymes
Les Abymes is a major urban commune in the French Caribbean territory of Guadeloupe, forming part of the Pointe-à-Pitre metropolitan area and serving as an important economic and transportation hub.
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C.
Le Gibet
Le Gibet is the haunting, tolling-bell-centered middle movement of Maurice Ravel’s piano suite Gaspard de la nuit, renowned for its eerie atmosphere and technical subtlety.
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D.
La Canebière
La Canebière is Marseille’s historic main boulevard, known for its shops, cafés, and role as a central artery linking the Old Port to the rest of the city.
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E.
La Mort
La Mort is the final section of Charles Baudelaire’s poetry collection Les Fleurs du mal, in which he explores death as both an existential horror and a possible escape from suffering.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French poem
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philosophical poem ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| author | Paul Valéry ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticalReputation |
classic of modern French poetry
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major work of Paul Valéry ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1920 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Nouvelle Revue Française ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric poetry
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meditative poetry ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Mediterranean Sea
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body and soul dualism ⓘ cemetery ⓘ sunlight ⓘ tombs ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
The Cemetery by the Sea
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linked to:
The Graveyard by the Sea
The Graveyard by the Sea ⓘ |
| imagery |
light and shadow imagery
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sea imagery ⓘ stone and marble imagery ⓘ |
| influenced | 20th-century French poetry ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| lineCountPerStanza | 6 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Modernism
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Symbolism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
consciousness
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death ⓘ life and death contrast ⓘ mortality ⓘ philosophical reflection ⓘ the sea ⓘ time ⓘ |
| meter | alexandrine ⓘ |
| notableLine |
Ce toit tranquille, où marchent des colombes
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Le vent se lève!... Il faut tenter de vivre! ⓘ |
| numberOfStanzas | 24 ⓘ |
| partOf | Charmes ⓘ |
| philosophicalInfluence |
Henri Bergson
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René Descartes ⓘ |
| publicationForm | poetry collection ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Sète
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marine cemetery of Sète ⓘ
linked to:
Cimetière marin de Sète
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| subjectOf |
numerous literary studies
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philosophical commentaries ⓘ |
| tone |
contemplative
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meditative ⓘ |
| verseForm | regular stanzas ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Le Cimetière marin Description of subject: Le Cimetière marin is a renowned philosophical poem by Paul Valéry that meditates on death, consciousness, and the sea from the vantage point of a sunlit cemetery in Sète.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry
linked to: Le Cimetière marin
linked to: Le Cimetière marin