Les Fâcheux
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Les Fâcheux is a 1924 neoclassical ballet choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska, noted for its witty, stylized reinterpretation of Molière’s comedy within the Ballets Russes repertoire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Les Fâcheux canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9225692 — 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 Fâcheux Context triple: [Bronislava Nijinska, notableWork, Les Fâcheux]
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A.
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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B.
Coup de torchon
Coup de torchon is a 1981 French black comedy crime film directed by Bertrand Tavernier, adapted from Jim Thompson’s novel "Pop. 1280" and acclaimed for its darkly satirical portrayal of moral decay in a colonial African town.
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C.
L’Air de la Misère
L’Air de la Misère is a French song from the musical *Les Misérables* that served as the basis for the English solo number "On My Own."
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D.
La Rabouilleuse
La Rabouilleuse is a novel by Honoré de Balzac, part of his La Comédie humaine cycle, that explores themes of inheritance, family conflict, and social ambition in post-Napoleonic France.
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E.
La Braconne
La Braconne is a French film featuring actress Rachida Brakni in a prominent role.
- 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 Fâcheux Target entity description: Les Fâcheux is a 1924 neoclassical ballet choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska, noted for its witty, stylized reinterpretation of Molière’s comedy within the Ballets Russes repertoire.
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A.
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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B.
Coup de torchon
Coup de torchon is a 1981 French black comedy crime film directed by Bertrand Tavernier, adapted from Jim Thompson’s novel "Pop. 1280" and acclaimed for its darkly satirical portrayal of moral decay in a colonial African town.
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C.
L’Air de la Misère
L’Air de la Misère is a French song from the musical *Les Misérables* that served as the basis for the English solo number "On My Own."
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D.
La Rabouilleuse
La Rabouilleuse is a novel by Honoré de Balzac, part of his La Comédie humaine cycle, that explores themes of inheritance, family conflict, and social ambition in post-Napoleonic France.
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E.
La Braconne
La Braconne is a French film featuring actress Rachida Brakni in a prominent role.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ballet ⓘ |
| artForm |
ballet theatre
ⓘ
dance ⓘ |
| artisticMovement | neoclassicism in ballet ⓘ |
| associatedCompany |
Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes
ⓘ
linked to:
Ballets Russes
|
| basedOn | Les Fâcheux (play) ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Molière ⓘ |
| choreographer | Bronislava Nijinska ⓘ |
| choreographyBy | Bronislava Nijinska ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| dramaturgicalApproach | reinterpretation of a spoken comedy into dance ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1924 ⓘ |
| genre | neoclassical ballet ⓘ |
| hasTitleInFrench | Les Fâcheux ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early 20th-century neoclassical ballet ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Molière’s comedy Les Fâcheux ⓘ |
| language | none (wordless ballet) ⓘ |
| movementVocabulary |
classical ballet technique
ⓘ
stylized character dance ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | comic ballet ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of neoclassical style into Ballets Russes repertoire
ⓘ
witty stylization of Molière’s characters ⓘ |
| originalMedium | theatrical ballet ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOfRepertoire | Ballets Russes ⓘ |
| performedBy | Ballets Russes ⓘ |
| premiereYear | 1924 ⓘ |
| style |
neoclassical
ⓘ
witty stylized reinterpretation of comedy ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | social bores and nuisances ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Les Fâcheux Description of subject: Les Fâcheux is a 1924 neoclassical ballet choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska, noted for its witty, stylized reinterpretation of Molière’s comedy within the Ballets Russes repertoire.
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