Le Bal de Sceaux
E310106
Le Bal de Sceaux is a short novel by Honoré de Balzac that explores themes of social ambition and romantic disillusionment within the French aristocracy.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Le Bal de Sceaux canonical | 2 |
| Les Deux Diane | 1 |
| The Ball at Sceaux | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2901458 — 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: Le Bal de Sceaux Context triple: [La Comédie humaine, hasPart, Le Bal de Sceaux]
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A.
Le Chevalier de la Charrette
Le Chevalier de la Charrette is a 12th-century Arthurian romance by Chrétien de Troyes that famously introduces and centers on the exploits and courtly love of Sir Lancelot.
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B.
La Male Regle
La Male Regle is a semi-autobiographical Middle English poem by Thomas Hoccleve that humorously recounts his youthful misbehavior and financial irresponsibility.
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C.
La Damoiselle élue
La Damoiselle élue is a lyrical cantata for female voices and orchestra by Claude Debussy, inspired by Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s poem “The Blessed Damozel.”
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D.
Le Rondinelle
Le Rondinelle is the traditional nickname of Italian football club Brescia Calcio, referring to the team and its players.
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E.
La Sablonière
La Sablonière is one of the small islets within the Les Écréhous reef and island group off the coast of Jersey in the Channel Islands.
- 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: Le Bal de Sceaux Target entity description: Le Bal de Sceaux is a short novel by Honoré de Balzac that explores themes of social ambition and romantic disillusionment within the French aristocracy.
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A.
Le Chevalier de la Charrette
Le Chevalier de la Charrette is a 12th-century Arthurian romance by Chrétien de Troyes that famously introduces and centers on the exploits and courtly love of Sir Lancelot.
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B.
La Male Regle
La Male Regle is a semi-autobiographical Middle English poem by Thomas Hoccleve that humorously recounts his youthful misbehavior and financial irresponsibility.
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C.
La Damoiselle élue
La Damoiselle élue is a lyrical cantata for female voices and orchestra by Claude Debussy, inspired by Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s poem “The Blessed Damozel.”
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D.
Le Rondinelle
Le Rondinelle is the traditional nickname of Italian football club Brescia Calcio, referring to the team and its players.
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E.
La Sablonière
La Sablonière is one of the small islets within the Les Écréhous reef and island group off the coast of Jersey in the Channel Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novella ⓘ |
| author | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| character |
Maximilien Longueville
ⓘ
Monsieur de Fontaine ⓘ Émilie de Fontaine ⓘ |
| containsElement |
critique of aristocratic values
ⓘ
romantic plot ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| cycleWithinLaComédieHumaine |
Scènes de la vie privée et publique
ⓘ
surface form:
Scènes de la vie privée
|
| depicts | French Restoration society ⓘ |
| explores |
conflict between love and social rank
ⓘ
illusions of nobility and birth ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serial publication ⓘ |
| focusesOn | marriage market in high society ⓘ |
| genre |
novel of manners
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realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasApproximateLength | novella-length text ⓘ |
| hasForm | short novel ⓘ |
| hasTitleInEnglish |
Le Bal de Sceaux
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Ball at Sceaux
|
| literaryMovement | French realism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
appearance versus reality
ⓘ
class prejudice ⓘ marriage and social status ⓘ romantic disillusionment ⓘ social ambition ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| protagonist | Émilie de Fontaine ⓘ |
| series | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| settingCountry | France ⓘ |
| settingSocialClass | French aristocracy ⓘ |
| workInAuthorCareer | early work of Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| workStyle | psychological analysis of characters ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Les Deux Diane
this entity surface form:
The Ball at Sceaux