Lescaut
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Lescaut is a character in the story of Manon Lescaut, typically portrayed as her cousin and a morally ambiguous figure involved in schemes and gambling.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lescaut canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12326465 — 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: Lescaut Context triple: [Manon Lescaut, character, Lescaut]
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A.
Manon Lescaut
Manon Lescaut is an Italian opera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini, based on Abbé Prévost’s novel about the tragic love affair between the young chevalier Des Grieux and the alluring Manon.
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B.
Chancer
Chancer is a British television drama series from the early 1990s, centered on a charismatic but morally ambiguous conman navigating high-stakes business and personal intrigues.
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C.
Mademoiselle de Nantes
Mademoiselle de Nantes was the eldest legitimized daughter of King Louis XIV of France and his mistress Madame de Montespan, known for her prominent role in the French court of Versailles.
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D.
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes is a major novel in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that explores the intertwined worlds of Parisian high society, crime, and prostitution in the early 19th century.
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E.
L'Amant
L'Amant is a semi-autobiographical novel by Marguerite Duras that recounts a passionate adolescent love affair in colonial French Indochina.
- 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: Lescaut Target entity description: Lescaut is a character in the story of Manon Lescaut, typically portrayed as her cousin and a morally ambiguous figure involved in schemes and gambling.
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A.
Manon Lescaut
Manon Lescaut is an Italian opera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini, based on Abbé Prévost’s novel about the tragic love affair between the young chevalier Des Grieux and the alluring Manon.
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B.
Chancer
Chancer is a British television drama series from the early 1990s, centered on a charismatic but morally ambiguous conman navigating high-stakes business and personal intrigues.
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C.
Mademoiselle de Nantes
Mademoiselle de Nantes was the eldest legitimized daughter of King Louis XIV of France and his mistress Madame de Montespan, known for her prominent role in the French court of Versailles.
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D.
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes is a major novel in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that explores the intertwined worlds of Parisian high society, crime, and prostitution in the early 19th century.
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E.
L'Amant
L'Amant is a semi-autobiographical novel by Marguerite Duras that recounts a passionate adolescent love affair in colonial French Indochina.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.