La Terre
E339523
La Terre is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that portrays the brutal lives, struggles, and moral decay of French peasants in the 19th century countryside.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Earth | 3 |
| La Terre canonical | 3 |
| La Terre (2010 television film) | 1 |
| La Terre: description des phénomènes de la vie du globe | 1 |
| Zemlya | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3234623 — 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: La Terre Context triple: [Les Rougon-Macquart, hasPart, La Terre]
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A.
Terra
Terra is a sustainability-themed character created as one of the official mascots for Expo 2020 Dubai, symbolizing environmental awareness and ecological responsibility.
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B.
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only known world to support life, characterized by vast oceans, diverse ecosystems, and a protective atmosphere.
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C.
Verden
Verden is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany, known for its medieval cathedral and location along the Weser River.
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D.
Maa
Maa is a Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Maasai people of Kenya and Tanzania.
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E.
Tera
Tera is a West Chadic language spoken primarily in northeastern Nigeria by the Tera people.
- 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: La Terre Target entity description: La Terre is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that portrays the brutal lives, struggles, and moral decay of French peasants in the 19th century countryside.
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A.
Terra
Terra is a sustainability-themed character created as one of the official mascots for Expo 2020 Dubai, symbolizing environmental awareness and ecological responsibility.
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B.
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only known world to support life, characterized by vast oceans, diverse ecosystems, and a protective atmosphere.
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C.
Verden
Verden is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany, known for its medieval cathedral and location along the Weser River.
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D.
Maa
Maa is a Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Maasai people of Kenya and Tanzania.
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E.
Tera
Tera is a West Chadic language spoken primarily in northeastern Nigeria by the Tera people.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
naturalist novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| author | Émile Zola ⓘ |
| character |
Buteau
ⓘ
Fouan ⓘ Françoise ⓘ Hyacinthe Fouan ⓘ Jean Macquart ⓘ Lise ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| depicts |
French peasants
ⓘ
rural society ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Charpentier ⓘ |
| followedByInSeries | Le Rêve ⓘ |
| followsInSeries | La Joie de vivre ⓘ |
| genre |
naturalism
ⓘ
realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
La Terre (1921 film)
ⓘ
La Terre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
La Terre (2010 television film)
|
| hasSubject |
agriculture
ⓘ
family conflict ⓘ social criticism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
positivism
ⓘ
scientific determinism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Naturalism ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | naturalist ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
greed
ⓘ
inheritance conflicts ⓘ moral decay ⓘ peasant life ⓘ relationship to land ⓘ rural poverty ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial reception
ⓘ
graphic depictions of violence ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | La Terre self-link ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Les Rougon-Macquart ⓘ |
| protagonist | Jean Macquart ⓘ |
| publicationForm | book ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1887 ⓘ |
| seriesNumber | 15 ⓘ |
| settingCountry | France ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| settingRegion | Beauce ⓘ |
| timeOfAction |
Second Empire of France
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surface form:
Second French Empire
|
| workIn |
Les Rougon-Macquart
ⓘ
surface form:
Rougon-Macquart cycle
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: La Terre Description of subject: La Terre is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that portrays the brutal lives, struggles, and moral decay of French peasants in the 19th century countryside.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Earth
this entity surface form:
Zemlya
this entity surface form:
Earth
this entity surface form:
Earth
this entity surface form:
La Terre (2010 television film)
this entity surface form:
La Terre: description des phénomènes de la vie du globe