Alphonse Karr
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Alphonse Karr was a 19th-century French journalist, novelist, and satirist best known for his sharp wit and the oft-quoted maxim "the more things change, the more they stay the same."
All labels observed (1)
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| Alphonse Karr canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9354039 — 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: Alphonse Karr Context triple: [Cimiez Monastery, burialPlaceOf, Alphonse Karr]
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A.
Léon Bloy
Léon Bloy was a French Catholic writer and polemicist known for his fervent religious convictions, apocalyptic vision, and scathing social criticism that deeply impacted thinkers like Jacques Maritain.
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B.
Maxime de Angelis
Maxime de Angelis is an individual known for being a defendant in the high-profile Hostages Trial.
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C.
Edgar Quinet
Edgar Quinet is a Paris Métro station in the Montparnasse area, named after the 19th-century French historian and intellectual Edgar Quinet.
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D.
Gustave Niebaum
Gustave Niebaum was a Finnish-born sea captain and wine entrepreneur best known for establishing the historic Inglenook Winery in Napa Valley, California.
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E.
Théodore Roussel
Théodore Roussel was a French-born British painter known for his atmospheric landscapes and intimate interior scenes, often associated with the late 19th-century London art world.
- 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: Alphonse Karr Target entity description: Alphonse Karr was a 19th-century French journalist, novelist, and satirist best known for his sharp wit and the oft-quoted maxim "the more things change, the more they stay the same."
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A.
Léon Bloy
Léon Bloy was a French Catholic writer and polemicist known for his fervent religious convictions, apocalyptic vision, and scathing social criticism that deeply impacted thinkers like Jacques Maritain.
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B.
Maxime de Angelis
Maxime de Angelis is an individual known for being a defendant in the high-profile Hostages Trial.
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C.
Edgar Quinet
Edgar Quinet is a Paris Métro station in the Montparnasse area, named after the 19th-century French historian and intellectual Edgar Quinet.
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D.
Gustave Niebaum
Gustave Niebaum was a Finnish-born sea captain and wine entrepreneur best known for establishing the historic Inglenook Winery in Napa Valley, California.
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E.
Théodore Roussel
Théodore Roussel was a French-born British painter known for his atmospheric landscapes and intimate interior scenes, often associated with the late 19th-century London art world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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journalist ⓘ novelist ⓘ satirist ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Saint-Raphaël NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1808-11-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1890-09-29 ⓘ |
| employer | Le Figaro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Karr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
journalism
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literature ⓘ |
| genre |
novel
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satire ⓘ |
| givenName | Alphonse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPartInHisName | Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | French satire ⓘ |
| knownFor |
maxim "plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose"
NERFINISHED
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satirical writing ⓘ sharp wit ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| name | Alphonse Karr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableIdea | "the more things change, the more they stay the same" ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Geneviève
NERFINISHED
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Le Chemin le plus court NERFINISHED ⓘ Les Guêpes NERFINISHED ⓘ Sous les tilleuls NERFINISHED ⓘ Voyage autour de mon jardin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
editor
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journalist ⓘ novelist ⓘ satirist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
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Saint-Raphaël NERFINISHED ⓘ Var ⓘ |
| positionHeld | editor of Le Figaro ⓘ |
| quote | plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose ⓘ |
| residence | Saint-Raphaël NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Alphonse Karr Description of subject: Alphonse Karr was a 19th-century French journalist, novelist, and satirist best known for his sharp wit and the oft-quoted maxim "the more things change, the more they stay the same."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.