L'Amant
E786187
L'Amant is a semi-autobiographical novel by Marguerite Duras that recounts a passionate adolescent love affair in colonial French Indochina.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| L'Amant canonical | 1 |
| L’Amant | 1 |
| L’Amant de la Chine du Nord | 1 |
| Marguerite Duras’s 1984 novel "L’Amant" | 1 |
| The Lover (L'Amant) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9233714 — 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: L'Amant Context triple: [Marguerite Duras, notableWork, L'Amant]
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A.
Une femme amoureuse
"Une femme amoureuse" is a popular French song performed by Mireille Mathieu, known for its romantic theme and powerful vocal delivery.
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B.
Plaisir d’amour
"Plaisir d’amour" is a classic 18th-century French love song, widely known through numerous interpretations including a popular rendition by Nana Mouskouri.
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C.
Le Mariage
Le Mariage is a comic novel by Diane Johnson that satirically explores Franco-American cultural clashes through the story of an impending Parisian wedding.
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D.
Les Amants
Les Amants is a 1958 French romantic drama film directed by Louis Malle, noted for its controversial portrayal of female desire and its role in challenging cinematic censorship standards.
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E.
Éloge de l’amour
Éloge de l’amour is a 2001 French film by Jean-Luc Godard that meditates on memory, history, and the nature of love through an experimental, essay-like narrative style.
- 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: L'Amant Target entity description: L'Amant is a semi-autobiographical novel by Marguerite Duras that recounts a passionate adolescent love affair in colonial French Indochina.
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A.
Une femme amoureuse
"Une femme amoureuse" is a popular French song performed by Mireille Mathieu, known for its romantic theme and powerful vocal delivery.
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B.
Plaisir d’amour
"Plaisir d’amour" is a classic 18th-century French love song, widely known through numerous interpretations including a popular rendition by Nana Mouskouri.
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C.
Le Mariage
Le Mariage is a comic novel by Diane Johnson that satirically explores Franco-American cultural clashes through the story of an impending Parisian wedding.
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D.
Les Amants
Les Amants is a 1958 French romantic drama film directed by Louis Malle, noted for its controversial portrayal of female desire and its role in challenging cinematic censorship standards.
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E.
Éloge de l’amour
Éloge de l’amour is a 2001 French film by Jean-Luc Godard that meditates on memory, history, and the nature of love through an experimental, essay-like narrative style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | The Lover (1992 film) ⓘ |
| author | Marguerite Duras ⓘ |
| awarded | Prix Goncourt ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticalReception | internationally acclaimed ⓘ |
| filmDirector | Jean-Jacques Annaud ⓘ |
| filmScreenwriter |
Gérard Brach
ⓘ
Jean-Jacques Annaud ⓘ Marguerite Duras ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical fiction
ⓘ
coming-of-age novel ⓘ romantic novel ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Nouveau Roman ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
wealthy Chinese lover
ⓘ
young French schoolgirl ⓘ |
| motif |
ferry
ⓘ
hat ⓘ river crossing ⓘ silence ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | non-linear ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | one of Marguerite Duras's most famous works ⓘ |
| protagonist | unnamed French adolescent girl ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| publisher | Les Éditions de Minuit ⓘ |
| sales | bestseller in France ⓘ |
| setting |
French Indochina
ⓘ
Saigon ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | late 1920s ⓘ |
| theme |
adolescent sexuality
ⓘ
class difference ⓘ colonialism ⓘ desire ⓘ family dysfunction ⓘ female subjectivity ⓘ memory ⓘ poverty ⓘ race and identity ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | The Lover ⓘ |
| translatedInto |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Japanese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: L'Amant Description of subject: L'Amant is a semi-autobiographical novel by Marguerite Duras that recounts a passionate adolescent love affair in colonial French Indochina.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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