Charles Bovary
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Charles Bovary is the dull, well-meaning provincial doctor and husband of Emma in Gustave Flaubert’s novel "Madame Bovary."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Charles Bovary canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14179460 — 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: Charles Bovary Context triple: [Madame Bovary, character, Charles Bovary]
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A.
Ernest-Jean Sarrasine
Ernest-Jean Sarrasine is the passionate and impulsive sculptor protagonist of Honoré de Balzac’s novella "Sarrasine," whose tragic infatuation with a castrato singer drives the story’s dramatic conflict.
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B.
Lucien de Rubempré
Lucien de Rubempré is an ambitious but ultimately tragic young poet and social climber in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine, whose rise and fall epitomize the corrupting allure of Parisian high society.
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C.
Monsieur Homais
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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D.
Monsieur de Merret
Monsieur de Merret is a wealthy, authoritarian French landowner in Honoré de Balzac’s tale “La Grande Bretèche,” whose jealousy and harsh actions drive the story’s tragic events.
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E.
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."
- 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: Charles Bovary Target entity description: Charles Bovary is the dull, well-meaning provincial doctor and husband of Emma in Gustave Flaubert’s novel "Madame Bovary."
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A.
Ernest-Jean Sarrasine
Ernest-Jean Sarrasine is the passionate and impulsive sculptor protagonist of Honoré de Balzac’s novella "Sarrasine," whose tragic infatuation with a castrato singer drives the story’s dramatic conflict.
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B.
Lucien de Rubempré
Lucien de Rubempré is an ambitious but ultimately tragic young poet and social climber in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine, whose rise and fall epitomize the corrupting allure of Parisian high society.
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C.
Monsieur Homais
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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D.
Monsieur de Merret
Monsieur de Merret is a wealthy, authoritarian French landowner in Honoré de Balzac’s tale “La Grande Bretèche,” whose jealousy and harsh actions drive the story’s tragic events.
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E.
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."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.