Honoré de Balzac’s novel Illusions perdues
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Honoré de Balzac’s novel *Illusions perdues* is a major 19th-century French realist work that follows a young poet’s rise and moral corruption in the worlds of provincial printing, Parisian journalism, and high society.
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| Honoré de Balzac’s novel Illusions perdues canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15176555 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Honoré de Balzac’s novel Illusions perdues Context triple: [Xavier Giannoli, basedOn, Honoré de Balzac’s novel Illusions perdues]
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Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary is a landmark 1857 realist novel by Gustave Flaubert that portrays the tragic life and romantic disillusionment of Emma Bovary, a provincial doctor's wife.
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Les Illusions perdues (Lost Illusions)
Les Illusions perdues (Lost Illusions) is a Romantic-era painting by Swiss artist Charles Gleyre, known for its melancholic mood and idealized, dreamlike depiction of youthful reverie and disillusionment.
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Sentimental Education
Sentimental Education is a 19th-century novel by Gustave Flaubert that follows a young man's disillusioning romantic and social experiences amid the political upheavals of mid-19th-century France.
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Madame de Rubempré
Madame de Rubempré is a character in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine, known as the socially ambitious mother of Lucien de Rubempré in the novel "Illusions perdues."
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rise and fall of Lucien de Rubempré
The rise and fall of Lucien de Rubempré is the tragic arc of an ambitious young poet whose pursuit of social ascent in Balzac’s Comédie Humaine leads to moral compromise, manipulation, and ultimate ruin.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Honoré de Balzac’s novel Illusions perdues Target entity description: Honoré de Balzac’s novel *Illusions perdues* is a major 19th-century French realist work that follows a young poet’s rise and moral corruption in the worlds of provincial printing, Parisian journalism, and high society.
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A.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary is a landmark 1857 realist novel by Gustave Flaubert that portrays the tragic life and romantic disillusionment of Emma Bovary, a provincial doctor's wife.
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B.
Les Illusions perdues (Lost Illusions)
Les Illusions perdues (Lost Illusions) is a Romantic-era painting by Swiss artist Charles Gleyre, known for its melancholic mood and idealized, dreamlike depiction of youthful reverie and disillusionment.
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C.
Sentimental Education
Sentimental Education is a 19th-century novel by Gustave Flaubert that follows a young man's disillusioning romantic and social experiences amid the political upheavals of mid-19th-century France.
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D.
Madame de Rubempré
Madame de Rubempré is a character in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine, known as the socially ambitious mother of Lucien de Rubempré in the novel "Illusions perdues."
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E.
rise and fall of Lucien de Rubempré
The rise and fall of Lucien de Rubempré is the tragic arc of an ambitious young poet whose pursuit of social ascent in Balzac’s Comédie Humaine leads to moral compromise, manipulation, and ultimate ruin.
- F. None of above. chosen
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