Monsieur Homais
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Monsieur Homais is the self-satisfied, bourgeois pharmacist in Gustave Flaubert’s novel "Madame Bovary," known for his pedantry, anticlerical views, and embodiment of provincial mediocrity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Monsieur Homais canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14179463 — 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: Monsieur Homais Context triple: [Madame Bovary, character, Monsieur Homais]
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A.
Abbé Birotteau
Abbé Birotteau is a timid, naive priest whose misfortunes and conflicts in provincial society form the core of Honoré de Balzac’s novella "Le Curé de Tours."
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B.
Félicien Menu de Ménil
Félicien Menu de Ménil was a French composer and early Esperantist known for creating influential musical works within the Esperanto movement.
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C.
Monsieur Vabre
Monsieur Vabre is a fictional bourgeois Parisian property owner in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," embodying the hypocrisies and moral decay of the 19th-century middle class.
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D.
Monsieur Quesnel
Monsieur Quesnel is a character in Ann Radcliffe’s Gothic novel "The Mysteries of Udolpho," known as Emily St. Aubert’s self-interested and unsympathetic relative.
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E.
Monsieur Purgon
Monsieur Purgon is the authoritarian, profit-driven physician in Molière’s comedy *Le Malade imaginaire*, embodying the satire of dogmatic and self-interested medical practice.
- 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: Monsieur Homais Target entity description: Monsieur Homais is the self-satisfied, bourgeois pharmacist in Gustave Flaubert’s novel "Madame Bovary," known for his pedantry, anticlerical views, and embodiment of provincial mediocrity.
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A.
Abbé Birotteau
Abbé Birotteau is a timid, naive priest whose misfortunes and conflicts in provincial society form the core of Honoré de Balzac’s novella "Le Curé de Tours."
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B.
Félicien Menu de Ménil
Félicien Menu de Ménil was a French composer and early Esperantist known for creating influential musical works within the Esperanto movement.
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C.
Monsieur Vabre
Monsieur Vabre is a fictional bourgeois Parisian property owner in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," embodying the hypocrisies and moral decay of the 19th-century middle class.
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D.
Monsieur Quesnel
Monsieur Quesnel is a character in Ann Radcliffe’s Gothic novel "The Mysteries of Udolpho," known as Emily St. Aubert’s self-interested and unsympathetic relative.
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E.
Monsieur Purgon
Monsieur Purgon is the authoritarian, profit-driven physician in Molière’s comedy *Le Malade imaginaire*, embodying the satire of dogmatic and self-interested medical practice.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.