Hortense Hulot
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Hortense Hulot is a fictional character from Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Cousin Bette," known as the younger daughter of Baron Hulot and a central figure in the story’s familial and romantic intrigues.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hortense Hulot canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12826801 — 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: Hortense Hulot Context triple: [Baron Hector Hulot, child, Hortense Hulot]
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A.
Adeline Hulot
Adeline Hulot is a central character in Honoré de Balzac's novel "La Cousine Bette," known for her gentle, self-sacrificing nature amid the moral and social decay of her family.
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B.
Eugénie Hulot d’Osery
Eugénie Hulot d’Osery was the wife of French general Jean Victor Marie Moreau, known primarily for her connection to this prominent Napoleonic-era military figure.
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C.
Baron Hector Hulot
Baron Hector Hulot is a central figure in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "La Cousine Bette," portrayed as a once-distinguished but morally weak and womanizing government official whose excesses bring ruin upon his family.
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D.
Madame Hedouin
Madame Hédouin is a business-savvy, independent shop owner in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," representing the emerging class of self-reliant bourgeois women in 19th-century Paris.
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E.
Madame Vabre
Madame Vabre is a fictional bourgeois woman in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," representing the hypocrisies and moral decay of Parisian middle-class society in the 19th century.
- 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: Hortense Hulot Target entity description: Hortense Hulot is a fictional character from Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Cousin Bette," known as the younger daughter of Baron Hulot and a central figure in the story’s familial and romantic intrigues.
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A.
Adeline Hulot
Adeline Hulot is a central character in Honoré de Balzac's novel "La Cousine Bette," known for her gentle, self-sacrificing nature amid the moral and social decay of her family.
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B.
Eugénie Hulot d’Osery
Eugénie Hulot d’Osery was the wife of French general Jean Victor Marie Moreau, known primarily for her connection to this prominent Napoleonic-era military figure.
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C.
Baron Hector Hulot
Baron Hector Hulot is a central figure in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "La Cousine Bette," portrayed as a once-distinguished but morally weak and womanizing government official whose excesses bring ruin upon his family.
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D.
Madame Hedouin
Madame Hédouin is a business-savvy, independent shop owner in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," representing the emerging class of self-reliant bourgeois women in 19th-century Paris.
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E.
Madame Vabre
Madame Vabre is a fictional bourgeois woman in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," representing the hypocrisies and moral decay of Parisian middle-class society in the 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Cousin Bette NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
family ruin
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jealousy ⓘ marriage ⓘ social ambition ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Lisbeth Fischer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Honoré de Balzac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Hulot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Baron Hector Hulot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | La Comédie humaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationOfWork | 1846 ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Hortense NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLoveInterest | Wenceslas Steinbock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovementOfWork | French realism ⓘ |
| mother | Adeline Hulot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
heroine of a principal subplot
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victim of family financial ruin ⓘ |
| notableFor |
central role in familial intrigues in Cousin Bette
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romantic plotline involving Wenceslas Steinbock ⓘ |
| occupation | bourgeois young woman ⓘ |
| partOf | Hulot family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInFamily | younger daughter ⓘ |
| relative |
Cousin Bette
NERFINISHED
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Lisbeth Fischer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Paris ⓘ |
| sibling | Victorine Hulot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass | Parisian bourgeoisie ⓘ |
| spouse | Wenceslas Steinbock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trait |
devoted to her husband
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impulsive ⓘ romantic ⓘ |
| workGenre | realist novel ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hortense Hulot Description of subject: Hortense Hulot is a fictional character from Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Cousin Bette," known as the younger daughter of Baron Hulot and a central figure in the story’s familial and romantic intrigues.
Referenced by (1)
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