Bobinôt
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Bobinôt is a hardworking, plainspoken Cajun farmer in Kate Chopin’s fiction, best known as the devoted but socially awkward suitor and later husband of Calixta.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bobinôt canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3249737 — 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: Bobinôt Context triple: [At the ’Cadian Ball, mainCharacter, Bobinôt]
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A.
Fernandel
Fernandel was a beloved French comic actor and singer, famed for his expressive face and roles in classic mid-20th-century films such as the Don Camillo series.
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B.
Baron Hector Hulot
Baron Hector Hulot is a central figure in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "La Cousine Bette," portrayed as a once-distinguished but morally weak and womanizing government official whose excesses bring ruin upon his family.
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C.
Douzy
Douzy is a small commune in the Ardennes department of northern France, known for its rural character and cross-border ties, including a town twinning with Kaiserslautern in Germany.
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D.
Marcel
Marcel is a masculine given name of French origin, commonly used in various European countries.
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E.
Adeline Hulot
Adeline Hulot is a central character in Honoré de Balzac's novel "La Cousine Bette," known for her gentle, self-sacrificing nature amid the moral and social decay of her family.
- 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: Bobinôt Target entity description: Bobinôt is a hardworking, plainspoken Cajun farmer in Kate Chopin’s fiction, best known as the devoted but socially awkward suitor and later husband of Calixta.
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A.
Fernandel
Fernandel was a beloved French comic actor and singer, famed for his expressive face and roles in classic mid-20th-century films such as the Don Camillo series.
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B.
Baron Hector Hulot
Baron Hector Hulot is a central figure in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "La Cousine Bette," portrayed as a once-distinguished but morally weak and womanizing government official whose excesses bring ruin upon his family.
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C.
Douzy
Douzy is a small commune in the Ardennes department of northern France, known for its rural character and cross-border ties, including a town twinning with Kaiserslautern in Germany.
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D.
Marcel
Marcel is a masculine given name of French origin, commonly used in various European countries.
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E.
Adeline Hulot
Adeline Hulot is a central character in Honoré de Balzac's novel "La Cousine Bette," known for her gentle, self-sacrificing nature amid the moral and social decay of her family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cajun farmer
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
"At the 'Cadian Ball" (1892)
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surface form:
"At the 'Cadian Ball"
The Storm ⓘ
surface form:
"The Storm"
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| associatedWithAuthorRegion |
Southern United States
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surface form:
American South
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| characterTrait |
devoted
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hardworking ⓘ plainspoken ⓘ socially awkward ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Alcée Laballière ⓘ |
| createdBy | Kate Chopin ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Cajun community in late 19th-century Louisiana ⓘ |
| familyNameStatus | single-name character ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | "At the 'Cadian Ball" (1892) ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| language |
Louisiana French
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surface form:
Cajun French
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| laterPublicationContext |
The Storm
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surface form:
"The Storm" (written 1898, published 1969)
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| literaryPeriod |
Realism
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surface form:
American realism
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| literaryRole | foil to Alcée Laballière ⓘ |
| loveInterestOf | Calixta ⓘ |
| medium | short story ⓘ |
| nationality | Cajun ⓘ |
| notableAction |
buys shrimp and treats for Calixta
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proposes marriage to Calixta after the 'Cadian ball ⓘ takes shelter with Bibi at the store during the storm ⓘ |
| occupation | farmer ⓘ |
| parentOf | Bibi ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
economically modest
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emotionally sincere ⓘ |
| relationshipToCalixtaIn"At the 'Cadian Ball" | suitor ⓘ |
| relationshipToCalixtaIn"The Storm" | husband ⓘ |
| residence | Louisiana countryside ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | rural Louisiana ⓘ |
| spouse | Calixta ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
class and social status in the American South
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ethnic identity in Cajun culture ⓘ marital fidelity ⓘ |
| workLanguage | English ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bobinôt Description of subject: Bobinôt is a hardworking, plainspoken Cajun farmer in Kate Chopin’s fiction, best known as the devoted but socially awkward suitor and later husband of Calixta.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.