Aristide Saccard
E353714
Aristide Saccard is a ruthless, ambitious speculator in Émile Zola’s Rougon-Macquart series, emblematic of the greed and moral corruption of Second Empire Paris.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aristide Saccard canonical | 3 |
| Maxime Saccard | 2 |
| Aristide | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3249343 — 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: Aristide Saccard Context triple: [La Curée, mainCharacter, Aristide Saccard]
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A.
Guillaume d’Ornano
Guillaume d’Ornano was a French businessman and entrepreneur best known for co-founding the luxury cosmetics and perfume house Lancôme in the 1930s.
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B.
André Tardieu
André Tardieu was a French politician and three-time Prime Minister of France during the interwar period, known for his influential role in foreign and domestic policy.
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C.
Léon Bourgeois
Léon Bourgeois was a French statesman and Nobel Peace Prize laureate known as a leading theorist of internationalism and an influential architect of the League of Nations.
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D.
Pierre-Roger Ducos
Pierre-Roger Ducos was a French revolutionary politician who served as one of the three provisional consuls alongside Napoleon Bonaparte following the Coup of 18 Brumaire.
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E.
Gaston Maspero
Gaston Maspero was a prominent French Egyptologist known for his pioneering work in deciphering hieroglyphs, excavating major archaeological sites, and directing the Egyptian Antiquities Service in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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: Aristide Saccard Target entity description: Aristide Saccard is a ruthless, ambitious speculator in Émile Zola’s Rougon-Macquart series, emblematic of the greed and moral corruption of Second Empire Paris.
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A.
Guillaume d’Ornano
Guillaume d’Ornano was a French businessman and entrepreneur best known for co-founding the luxury cosmetics and perfume house Lancôme in the 1930s.
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B.
André Tardieu
André Tardieu was a French politician and three-time Prime Minister of France during the interwar period, known for his influential role in foreign and domestic policy.
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C.
Léon Bourgeois
Léon Bourgeois was a French statesman and Nobel Peace Prize laureate known as a leading theorist of internationalism and an influential architect of the League of Nations.
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D.
Pierre-Roger Ducos
Pierre-Roger Ducos was a French revolutionary politician who served as one of the three provisional consuls alongside Napoleon Bonaparte following the Coup of 18 Brumaire.
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E.
Gaston Maspero
Gaston Maspero was a prominent French Egyptologist known for his pioneering work in deciphering hieroglyphs, excavating major archaeological sites, and directing the Egyptian Antiquities Service in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ stock market speculator ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
La Curée
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L’Argent ⓘ novels set in Paris ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Haussmannization of Paris
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Paris real estate boom ⓘ |
| belongsToFamily |
Les Rougon-Macquart
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surface form:
Rougon-Macquart family
|
| birthName | Aristide Rougon ⓘ |
| centralCharacterIn | L’Argent ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
ambitious
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greedy ⓘ manipulative ⓘ ruthless ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Émile Zola ⓘ |
| familyName | Rougon ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Second Empire of France
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surface form:
Second French Empire
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Second Empire of France
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surface form:
Second French Empire under Napoleon III
|
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | naturalism ⓘ |
| literaryRole |
emblematic figure of capitalist excess
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vehicle for social criticism ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| occupation |
property developer
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speculator ⓘ |
| partOf | Les Rougon-Macquart ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
financially unscrupulous
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morally corrupt ⓘ socially ambitious ⓘ |
| relative |
Son Excellence Eugène Rougon
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surface form:
Eugène Rougon
Pierre Rougon ⓘ Sidonie Rougon ⓘ |
| setIn | Paris ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
financial speculation
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greed of Second Empire Paris ⓘ moral corruption of Second Empire Paris ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
corruption in high finance
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social climbing ⓘ speculative bubbles ⓘ |
| usesAlias | Saccard ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Aristide Saccard Description of subject: Aristide Saccard is a ruthless, ambitious speculator in Émile Zola’s Rougon-Macquart series, emblematic of the greed and moral corruption of Second Empire Paris.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Maxime Saccard
this entity surface form:
Aristide
this entity surface form:
Maxime Saccard