Monsieur Duveyrier
E348394
Monsieur Duveyrier is a bourgeois magistrate in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," emblematic of the hypocrisy and moral corruption of Parisian middle-class society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Monsieur Duveyrier canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3234753 — 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: Monsieur Duveyrier Context triple: [Pot-Bouille, character, Monsieur Duveyrier]
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A.
Monsieur St. Aubert
Monsieur St. Aubert is the gentle, virtuous father of Emily in Ann Radcliffe’s Gothic novel "The Mysteries of Udolpho," whose wisdom and sensitivity deeply shape her character and values.
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B.
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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C.
Pierre Perrin
Pierre Perrin was a 17th-century French poet and librettist who played a key role in the early development of French opera.
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D.
Comte de la Fère
Comte de la Fère is the noble title and true identity of Athos, one of the central musketeer characters in Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel "The Three Musketeers."
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E.
Jacques de Maleville
Jacques de Maleville was a French jurist and politician who played a key role as one of the principal drafters of France’s Civil Code under Napoleon.
- 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: Monsieur Duveyrier Target entity description: Monsieur Duveyrier is a bourgeois magistrate in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," emblematic of the hypocrisy and moral corruption of Parisian middle-class society.
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A.
Monsieur St. Aubert
Monsieur St. Aubert is the gentle, virtuous father of Emily in Ann Radcliffe’s Gothic novel "The Mysteries of Udolpho," whose wisdom and sensitivity deeply shape her character and values.
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B.
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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C.
Pierre Perrin
Pierre Perrin was a 17th-century French poet and librettist who played a key role in the early development of French opera.
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D.
Comte de la Fère
Comte de la Fère is the noble title and true identity of Athos, one of the central musketeer characters in Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel "The Three Musketeers."
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E.
Jacques de Maleville
Jacques de Maleville was a French jurist and politician who played a key role as one of the principal drafters of France’s Civil Code under Napoleon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bourgeois magistrate
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Pot-Bouille ⓘ |
| appearsInSeries | Les Rougon-Macquart ⓘ |
| associatedWithBuilding | bourgeois apartment house on Rue de Choiseul ⓘ |
| createdBy | Émile Zola ⓘ |
| creator | Émile Zola ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
hypocritical
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morally corrupt ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Pot-Bouille ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | first published in the novel Pot-Bouille in 1882 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hiddenLife | morally compromised man ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | naturalism ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
embodiment of bourgeois hypocrisy
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symbol of moral corruption in Parisian middle-class society ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| occupation | magistrate ⓘ |
| partOf | Parisian middle-class society ⓘ |
| publicPersona | respectable magistrate ⓘ |
| residence |
Paris
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apartment building on Rue de Choiseul ⓘ |
| roleInWork | supporting character ⓘ |
| seriesNumberContext |
Pot-Bouille
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surface form:
Pot-Bouille is volume 10 of Les Rougon-Macquart
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| setting |
Second Empire of France
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surface form:
Second French Empire
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| socialClass | bourgeoisie ⓘ |
| spouse | Madame Duveyrier ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
adultery
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bourgeois respectability ⓘ hypocrisy ⓘ moral corruption ⓘ |
| workAuthorNationality | French ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Monsieur Duveyrier Description of subject: Monsieur Duveyrier is a bourgeois magistrate in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," emblematic of the hypocrisy and moral corruption of Parisian middle-class society.
Referenced by (1)
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