Les Femmes savantes
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Les Femmes savantes is a satirical comedy play by Molière that mocks pretentious intellectualism and affected learning in 17th-century French bourgeois society.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Les Femmes savantes canonical | 1 |
| Les Femmes savantes (stage role) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T987117 — 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: Les Femmes savantes Context triple: [Molière, notableWork, Les Femmes savantes]
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A.
Les Précieuses ridicules
Les Précieuses ridicules is a one-act satirical comedy by Molière that mocks the affected manners and pretentious language of Parisian salon society in the 17th century.
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B.
Le Malade imaginaire
Le Malade imaginaire is a 1673 comedic play by Molière that satirizes hypochondria and the medical profession through the story of a wealthy, obsessively ill man.
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C.
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme is a comedic play by Molière that satirizes social climbing and pretentiousness in 17th-century French bourgeois society.
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D.
L’École des femmes
L’École des femmes is a 1662 comedic play by Molière that satirizes male jealousy and the social constraints placed on women in 17th-century French society.
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E.
Le Neveu de Rameau
Le Neveu de Rameau is a philosophical dialogue by Denis Diderot that satirically explores morality, society, and genius through a conversation between a philosopher and the eccentric nephew of composer Jean-Philippe Rameau.
- 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: Les Femmes savantes Target entity description: Les Femmes savantes is a satirical comedy play by Molière that mocks pretentious intellectualism and affected learning in 17th-century French bourgeois society.
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A.
Les Précieuses ridicules
Les Précieuses ridicules is a one-act satirical comedy by Molière that mocks the affected manners and pretentious language of Parisian salon society in the 17th century.
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B.
Le Malade imaginaire
Le Malade imaginaire is a 1673 comedic play by Molière that satirizes hypochondria and the medical profession through the story of a wealthy, obsessively ill man.
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C.
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme is a comedic play by Molière that satirizes social climbing and pretentiousness in 17th-century French bourgeois society.
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D.
L’École des femmes
L’École des femmes is a 1662 comedic play by Molière that satirizes male jealousy and the social constraints placed on women in 17th-century French society.
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E.
Le Neveu de Rameau
Le Neveu de Rameau is a philosophical dialogue by Denis Diderot that satirically explores morality, society, and genius through a conversation between a philosopher and the eccentric nephew of composer Jean-Philippe Rameau.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
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satirical comedy ⓘ stage work ⓘ |
| author | Molière ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Molière ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | comedy of manners ⓘ |
| dramaticGenre | high comedy ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType |
bourgeois family
ⓘ
learned woman ⓘ pedant ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1672 ⓘ |
| firstPerformedAt | Paris ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| hasCharacterRole |
authoritarian father
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charlatan scholar ⓘ marriageable daughters ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
later comedies of manners
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satirical theatre about intellectuals ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
education of women
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marriage ⓘ social pretension ⓘ |
| hasTitleInEnglish |
The Pretentious Young Ladies
ⓘ
surface form:
The Learned Ladies
|
| historicalContext | reign of Louis XIV ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | 17th-century French bourgeoisie ⓘ |
| isPartOfOeuvreOf | Molière ⓘ |
| literaryForm | dramatic verse ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | French classical theatre ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | French neoclassical drama ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
affected learning
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bourgeois society ⓘ pretentious intellectualism ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
clash between genuine and false learning
ⓘ
domestic conflict ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | French classical repertoire ⓘ |
| performanceTradition | Comédie-Française repertoire ⓘ |
| satirizes |
learned affectation
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pseudo-intellectuals ⓘ salon culture ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 17th-century France ⓘ |
| structure | five-act play ⓘ |
| verseForm | rhymed alexandrines ⓘ |
| workPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
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Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Les Femmes savantes (stage role)