Madame Josserand
E339529
Madame Josserand is a domineering, socially ambitious bourgeois matron in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," obsessed with arranging advantageous marriages for her daughters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Madame Josserand canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3234747 — 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: Madame Josserand Context triple: [Pot-Bouille, character, Madame Josserand]
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A.
Madame Moitessier
Madame Moitessier is a celebrated mid-19th-century portrait painting by French Neoclassical artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, renowned for its meticulous detail and idealized depiction of bourgeois elegance.
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B.
Marguerite Courtot
Marguerite Courtot was an American silent film actress known for her work in early 20th-century cinema, particularly in serials and adventure films.
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C.
Marguerite Gaudelet
Marguerite Gaudelet was the wife of French civil engineer Gustave Eiffel, famed designer of the Eiffel Tower.
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D.
Jeanne de Lartigue
Jeanne de Lartigue was the wife of French Enlightenment philosopher and political thinker Montesquieu.
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E.
Julie d’Étanges
Julie d’Étanges is the virtuous yet tragically fated heroine of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s epistolary novel "Julie, or the New Heloise," whose conflicted love and moral struggles embody Enlightenment debates about passion, duty, and social order.
- 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: Madame Josserand Target entity description: Madame Josserand is a domineering, socially ambitious bourgeois matron in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," obsessed with arranging advantageous marriages for her daughters.
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A.
Madame Moitessier
Madame Moitessier is a celebrated mid-19th-century portrait painting by French Neoclassical artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, renowned for its meticulous detail and idealized depiction of bourgeois elegance.
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B.
Marguerite Courtot
Marguerite Courtot was an American silent film actress known for her work in early 20th-century cinema, particularly in serials and adventure films.
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C.
Marguerite Gaudelet
Marguerite Gaudelet was the wife of French civil engineer Gustave Eiffel, famed designer of the Eiffel Tower.
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D.
Jeanne de Lartigue
Jeanne de Lartigue was the wife of French Enlightenment philosopher and political thinker Montesquieu.
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E.
Julie d’Étanges
Julie d’Étanges is the virtuous yet tragically fated heroine of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s epistolary novel "Julie, or the New Heloise," whose conflicted love and moral struggles embody Enlightenment debates about passion, duty, and social order.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bourgeois matron
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Pot-Bouille ⓘ |
| appearsInSeries | Les Rougon-Macquart ⓘ |
| authorIntention | satire of bourgeois marriage market ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
authoritarian
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calculating ⓘ domineering ⓘ manipulative ⓘ socially ambitious ⓘ |
| concern | family social advancement ⓘ |
| createdBy | Émile Zola ⓘ |
| familyName | Josserand ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Les Rougon-Macquart ⓘ |
| firstPublicationOfWork | 1882 ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Berthe Josserand
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Hortense Josserand ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith |
Berthe Josserand
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Hortense Josserand ⓘ Monsieur Josserand ⓘ |
| ideology | bourgeois respectability ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | naturalism ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | vehicle for social criticism of bourgeois morals ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableAction |
neglects emotional well-being of her family for social status
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pressures her daughters into strategic marriages ⓘ |
| occupation | housewife ⓘ |
| primaryMotivation | arranging advantageous marriages for her daughters ⓘ |
| residence | apartment building on Rue de Choiseul in Paris ⓘ |
| roleInWork | major character ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | Paris ⓘ |
| socialClass | bourgeoisie ⓘ |
| spouse | Monsieur Josserand ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
hypocrisy of the bourgeois family
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obsession with social climbing ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Second Empire of France
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surface form:
Second French Empire
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Madame Josserand Description of subject: Madame Josserand is a domineering, socially ambitious bourgeois matron in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," obsessed with arranging advantageous marriages for her daughters.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.