Ruy Blas
E206971
Ruy Blas is a Romantic drama play by Victor Hugo that tells the tragic story of a noble-hearted servant who rises to power in the Spanish court through deception and unrequited love.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ruy Blas canonical | 4 |
| Ruy Blas (Cocteau adaptation) | 1 |
| Ruy Blas (film) | 1 |
| Ruy Blas (opera) | 1 |
| Ruy Blas (overture) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1841387 — 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: Ruy Blas Context triple: [Victor Hugo, notableWork, Ruy Blas]
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A.
Barré Lyndon
Barré Lyndon was a British playwright and screenwriter best known for adapting works for film, including contributing to the screenplay of the Academy Award–winning drama "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952).
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B.
Leonore
Leonore is a given name, typically considered a variant of Eleanor, used for girls in various European languages.
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C.
Les Femmes savantes
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Ruy Blas Target entity description: Ruy Blas is a Romantic drama play by Victor Hugo that tells the tragic story of a noble-hearted servant who rises to power in the Spanish court through deception and unrequited love.
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A.
Barré Lyndon
Barré Lyndon was a British playwright and screenwriter best known for adapting works for film, including contributing to the screenplay of the Academy Award–winning drama "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952).
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B.
Leonore
Leonore is a given name, typically considered a variant of Eleanor, used for girls in various European languages.
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C.
Les Femmes savantes
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Romantic drama
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play ⓘ stage work ⓘ |
| antagonist | Don Salluste de Bazan ⓘ |
| author | Victor Hugo ⓘ |
| centralConflict | tension between personal integrity and political intrigue ⓘ |
| centralRelationship | love between Ruy Blas and the Queen of Spain ⓘ |
| character |
Don César de Bazan
ⓘ
Don Salluste de Bazan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Victor Hugo ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | five-act play ⓘ |
| dramaticStyle | melodramatic elements ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCity | Paris ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace | Comédie-Française ⓘ |
| genre |
Romanticism
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Ruy Blas
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Ruy Blas (film)
Ruy Blas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Ruy Blas (opera)
Ruy Blas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Ruy Blas (overture)
|
| hasTitleCharacter | Ruy Blas self-link ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Romanticism
ⓘ
surface form:
Romanticism in literature
|
| literaryForm | tragic drama ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | French Romantic drama ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Queen of Spain
ⓘ
Ruy Blas self-link ⓘ |
| movement | French Romantic theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | verse ⓘ |
| notableFor | critique of aristocracy and court politics ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| period | 19th-century French literature ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A noble-hearted servant is manipulated into impersonating a nobleman, rises to power at the Spanish court, falls in love with the queen, and meets a tragic end. ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | servant ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait | noble-hearted ⓘ |
| setting |
Spain
ⓘ
Spanish court ⓘ |
| theme |
class conflict
ⓘ
identity and disguise ⓘ political corruption ⓘ social injustice ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
| tone | tragic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ruy Blas Description of subject: Ruy Blas is a Romantic drama play by Victor Hugo that tells the tragic story of a noble-hearted servant who rises to power in the Spanish court through deception and unrequited love.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ruy Blas (opera)
this entity surface form:
Ruy Blas (film)
this entity surface form:
Ruy Blas (overture)
this entity surface form:
Ruy Blas (Cocteau adaptation)