L’Argent
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L’Argent is an 1891 novel by Émile Zola that explores the corrupting power of finance and speculation within the broader Rougon-Macquart series.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| L’Argent canonical | 4 |
| L'Argent | 1 |
| L’Argent (1928 film) | 1 |
| L’Argent (1983 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3234626 — 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: L’Argent Context triple: [Les Rougon-Macquart, hasPart, L’Argent]
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A.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a 1948 American adventure-drama film directed by John Huston, renowned for its gritty portrayal of greed and moral decay among gold prospectors in Mexico.
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B.
Los Olvidados
Los Olvidados is a landmark 1950 Mexican film by Luis Buñuel that blends social realism and surrealism to depict the harsh lives of marginalized youth in Mexico City.
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C.
Oro y Plata
Oro y Plata is the Spanish-language state motto of Montana, meaning "Gold and Silver" and reflecting the state's historic mining heritage.
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D.
Léon
Léon is a French surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, arts, and academia.
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E.
The Road to El Dorado
The Road to El Dorado is a 2000 animated adventure-comedy film from DreamWorks that follows two Spanish con artists who stumble upon the legendary city of gold and are mistaken for gods.
- 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: L’Argent Target entity description: L’Argent is an 1891 novel by Émile Zola that explores the corrupting power of finance and speculation within the broader Rougon-Macquart series.
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A.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a 1948 American adventure-drama film directed by John Huston, renowned for its gritty portrayal of greed and moral decay among gold prospectors in Mexico.
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B.
Los Olvidados
Los Olvidados is a landmark 1950 Mexican film by Luis Buñuel that blends social realism and surrealism to depict the harsh lives of marginalized youth in Mexico City.
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C.
Oro y Plata
Oro y Plata is the Spanish-language state motto of Montana, meaning "Gold and Silver" and reflecting the state's historic mining heritage.
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D.
Léon
Léon is a French surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, arts, and academia.
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E.
The Road to El Dorado
The Road to El Dorado is a 2000 animated adventure-comedy film from DreamWorks that follows two Spanish con artists who stumble upon the legendary city of gold and are mistaken for gods.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Émile Zola ⓘ |
| belongsTo | French naturalist canon ⓘ |
| centralTopic |
banking
ⓘ
financial speculation ⓘ stock exchange ⓘ |
| characterTypeFocus |
financiers
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speculators ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| explores |
impact of finance on society
ⓘ
moral consequences of financial speculation ⓘ relationship between money and power ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | serial ⓘ |
| followedBy | La Débâcle ⓘ |
| genre |
naturalist novel
ⓘ
realist novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
L’Argent
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
L’Argent (1928 film)
L’Argent self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
L’Argent (1983 film)
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| hasSubject |
economic crisis
ⓘ
social inequality ⓘ stock market manipulation ⓘ |
| hasTitleInEnglish | Money ⓘ |
| influencedBy | contemporary financial scandals in France ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Naturalism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century literature ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique | detailed social observation ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
capitalism
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corruption ⓘ finance ⓘ greed ⓘ speculation ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of modern finance
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depiction of Parisian financial circles ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf |
Les Rougon-Macquart
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surface form:
Rougon-Macquart cycle
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| positionInSeries | 18 ⓘ |
| precededBy |
La Bête Humaine
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surface form:
La Bête humaine
|
| protagonist | Aristide Saccard ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1891 ⓘ |
| publisher | Charpentier ⓘ |
| series | Les Rougon-Macquart ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
Second Empire of France
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surface form:
Second French Empire
|
| workInAuthorCorpus | late work of Émile Zola ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: L’Argent Description of subject: L’Argent is an 1891 novel by Émile Zola that explores the corrupting power of finance and speculation within the broader Rougon-Macquart series.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
L'Argent
this entity surface form:
L’Argent (1928 film)
this entity surface form:
L’Argent (1983 film)