Le Déserteur
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Le Déserteur is a famous 1954 anti-war song by Boris Vian, written as a poignant open letter from a conscientious objector to the French president.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Le Déserteur canonical | 2 |
| Der Deserteur | 1 |
| El desertor | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10205442 — 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 Déserteur Context triple: [Boris Vian, notableWork, Le Déserteur]
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A.
The Deserter
"The Deserter" is a 1933 Soviet silent film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin that explores class struggle and industrial labor conflicts in Germany.
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B.
The Deserter
The Deserter is a notable work by Edward Lewis, likely recognized as a significant contribution to his literary or artistic output.
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C.
Die Soldaten
Die Soldaten is a seminal 18th-century German play by Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz that portrays the moral decay and social consequences of militarism and class oppression.
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D.
A Soldier’s Declaration
A Soldier’s Declaration is a famous 1917 statement by British war poet and soldier Siegfried Sassoon condemning the continuation of World War I as unjust and needlessly destructive.
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E.
The Soldier
The Soldier is a famous World War I sonnet by English poet Rupert Brooke that idealistically reflects on patriotism, sacrifice, and the notion of an English soldier’s death abroad.
- 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 Déserteur Target entity description: Le Déserteur is a famous 1954 anti-war song by Boris Vian, written as a poignant open letter from a conscientious objector to the French president.
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A.
The Deserter
"The Deserter" is a 1933 Soviet silent film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin that explores class struggle and industrial labor conflicts in Germany.
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B.
The Deserter
The Deserter is a notable work by Edward Lewis, likely recognized as a significant contribution to his literary or artistic output.
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C.
Die Soldaten
Die Soldaten is a seminal 18th-century German play by Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz that portrays the moral decay and social consequences of militarism and class oppression.
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D.
A Soldier’s Declaration
A Soldier’s Declaration is a famous 1917 statement by British war poet and soldier Siegfried Sassoon condemning the continuation of World War I as unjust and needlessly destructive.
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E.
The Soldier
The Soldier is a famous World War I sonnet by English poet Rupert Brooke that idealistically reflects on patriotism, sacrifice, and the notion of an English soldier’s death abroad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| addresseeInLyrics | President of the French Republic ⓘ |
| composer | Boris Vian ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | under copyright in many jurisdictions as of early 21st century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Boris Vian ⓘ |
| form | open letter ⓘ |
| genre |
anti-war song
ⓘ
chanson ⓘ protest song ⓘ |
| hasCensorshipStatus | subject to censorship in France ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
became a symbol of French pacifist movement
ⓘ
widely performed in anti-war demonstrations ⓘ |
| hasLyricsOpeningLine | Monsieur le Président, je vous fais une lettre ⓘ |
| hasNotableCoverVersionBy |
Joan Baez
ⓘ
Mouloudji ⓘ Nana Mouskouri ⓘ Peter, Paul and Mary ⓘ Serge Reggiani ⓘ |
| hasNotableLine |
Je ne suis pas sur terre pour tuer de pauvres gens
ⓘ
Que je vais déserter ⓘ |
| hasStructure | verses and refrain ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
Der Deserteur
ⓘ
linked to:
Le Déserteur
El desertor ⓘ
linked to:
Le Déserteur
The Deserter ⓘ |
| inception | 1954 ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| lyricalContent |
announcement of refusal to go to war
ⓘ
explanation of personal suffering caused by war ⓘ promise to hide and flee instead of fighting ⓘ |
| lyricist | Boris Vian ⓘ |
| mainCharacterRole | conscripted soldier ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| originalMediumOfRelease | recorded music ⓘ |
| partOf | French protest song tradition ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1954 ⓘ |
| setInContextOf |
Indochina War
ⓘ
linked to:
First Indochina War
post-World War II France ⓘ |
| theme |
conscientious objection
ⓘ
critique of war ⓘ desertion ⓘ individual moral responsibility ⓘ pacifism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Le Déserteur Description of subject: Le Déserteur is a famous 1954 anti-war song by Boris Vian, written as a poignant open letter from a conscientious objector to the French president.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Le Déserteur
linked to: Le Déserteur