Jean-Joachim Goriot
E310120
Jean-Joachim Goriot is the tragic, self-sacrificing former vermicelli manufacturer in Balzac’s novel who ruins himself out of obsessive devotion to his ungrateful daughters.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jean-Joachim Goriot canonical | 8 |
| Anastasie Goriot | 1 |
| Goriot | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2901499 — 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: Jean-Joachim Goriot Context triple: [Le Père Goriot, mainCharacter, Jean-Joachim Goriot]
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A.
Eugénie Grandet
Eugénie Grandet is a classic 1833 realist novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the emotional and social struggles of a young woman in a provincial French town dominated by greed and miserliness.
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B.
Esther Gobseck
Esther Gobseck is a tragic courtesan in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine, best known as the central figure of the novel "Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes."
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C.
Monsieur Bonacieux
Monsieur Bonacieux is a minor but pivotal character in Alexandre Dumas' novel "The Three Musketeers," known as Constance Bonacieux's older, miserly husband and d'Artagnan's landlord in Paris.
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D.
Monsieur Paul
Monsieur Paul is an upscale French restaurant located in the France Pavilion at EPCOT in Walt Disney World Resort, known for its refined cuisine and elegant dining experience.
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E.
Son Excellence Eugène Rougon
Son Excellence Eugène Rougon is a political novel by Émile Zola that explores power, ambition, and corruption within the Second French Empire as part of his Rougon-Macquart series.
- 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: Jean-Joachim Goriot Target entity description: Jean-Joachim Goriot is the tragic, self-sacrificing former vermicelli manufacturer in Balzac’s novel who ruins himself out of obsessive devotion to his ungrateful daughters.
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A.
Eugénie Grandet
Eugénie Grandet is a classic 1833 realist novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the emotional and social struggles of a young woman in a provincial French town dominated by greed and miserliness.
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B.
Esther Gobseck
Esther Gobseck is a tragic courtesan in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine, best known as the central figure of the novel "Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes."
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C.
Monsieur Bonacieux
Monsieur Bonacieux is a minor but pivotal character in Alexandre Dumas' novel "The Three Musketeers," known as Constance Bonacieux's older, miserly husband and d'Artagnan's landlord in Paris.
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D.
Monsieur Paul
Monsieur Paul is an upscale French restaurant located in the France Pavilion at EPCOT in Walt Disney World Resort, known for its refined cuisine and elegant dining experience.
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E.
Son Excellence Eugène Rougon
Son Excellence Eugène Rougon is a political novel by Émile Zola that explores power, ambition, and corruption within the Second French Empire as part of his Rougon-Macquart series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Le Père Goriot
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Goriot
Le Père Goriot ⓘ
surface form:
Père Goriot
|
| appearsIn |
La Comédie humaine
ⓘ
Le Père Goriot ⓘ |
| appearsInCycle | Scènes de la vie privée ⓘ |
| causeOfRuin | financial sacrifices for his daughters ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
devoted father
ⓘ
generous ⓘ obsessively devoted ⓘ self-sacrificing ⓘ tragic ⓘ |
| closeRelationshipWith | Eugène de Rastignac ⓘ |
| creator | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| deathCircumstances | dies poor and largely abandoned by his daughters ⓘ |
| diesIn | Le Père Goriot ⓘ |
| familyRole | father ⓘ |
| formerWealthStatus | rich ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasDaughter |
Anastasie de Restaud
ⓘ
Delphine de Nucingen ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| laterWealthStatus | impoverished ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
French Realist movement
ⓘ
surface form:
French realism
|
| maritalStatus | widower ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| occupation | vermicelli manufacturer ⓘ |
| partOf | Balzac’s La Comédie humaine character network ⓘ |
| residence | Maison Vauquer ⓘ |
| residenceCity | Paris ⓘ |
| setIn | Restoration France ⓘ |
| socialClass | bourgeoisie ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
self-destructive parental devotion
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victim of social climbing ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
corruption of Parisian society
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filial ingratitude ⓘ paternal love ⓘ social ambition ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| workOfFictionGenre | realist novel ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jean-Joachim Goriot Description of subject: Jean-Joachim Goriot is the tragic, self-sacrificing former vermicelli manufacturer in Balzac’s novel who ruins himself out of obsessive devotion to his ungrateful daughters.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Goriot
this entity surface form:
Anastasie Goriot