Jacques Saunière
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Jacques Saunière is a fictional Louvre curator whose mysterious death and hidden clues drive the central mystery in Dan Brown’s novel "The Da Vinci Code."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jacques Saunière canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3789605 — 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: Jacques Saunière Context triple: [Sophie Neveu, relative, Jacques Saunière]
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Abbé Faria
Abbé Faria is a wise and learned Italian priest in Alexandre Dumas’ novel "The Count of Monte Cristo," who mentors Edmond Dantès in prison and reveals to him the secret of a vast hidden treasure.
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B.
Jules Gilliéron
Jules Gilliéron was a pioneering Swiss-French linguist and dialectologist best known for his foundational work in Romance linguistics and the creation of the Atlas linguistique de la France.
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C.
Augustus Melmotte
Augustus Melmotte is a wealthy, unscrupulous financier whose rise and fall in Victorian high society drives the satirical plot of Anthony Trollope's novel "The Way We Live Now."
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D.
Lazare Chanteau
Lazare Chanteau is a central character in Émile Zola’s Rougon-Macquart series, depicted as a sensitive, indecisive young man whose pessimism and failed ambitions embody the novel’s themes of disillusionment and the struggle for happiness.
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E.
Abbé Chaperon
Abbé Chaperon is a fictional provincial priest who appears as a notable character in Honoré de Balzac’s novel sequence "Scènes de la vie de province" within La Comédie humaine.
- 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: Jacques Saunière Target entity description: Jacques Saunière is a fictional Louvre curator whose mysterious death and hidden clues drive the central mystery in Dan Brown’s novel "The Da Vinci Code."
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A.
Abbé Faria
Abbé Faria is a wise and learned Italian priest in Alexandre Dumas’ novel "The Count of Monte Cristo," who mentors Edmond Dantès in prison and reveals to him the secret of a vast hidden treasure.
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B.
Jules Gilliéron
Jules Gilliéron was a pioneering Swiss-French linguist and dialectologist best known for his foundational work in Romance linguistics and the creation of the Atlas linguistique de la France.
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C.
Augustus Melmotte
Augustus Melmotte is a wealthy, unscrupulous financier whose rise and fall in Victorian high society drives the satirical plot of Anthony Trollope's novel "The Way We Live Now."
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D.
Lazare Chanteau
Lazare Chanteau is a central character in Émile Zola’s Rougon-Macquart series, depicted as a sensitive, indecisive young man whose pessimism and failed ambitions embody the novel’s themes of disillusionment and the struggle for happiness.
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E.
Abbé Chaperon
Abbé Chaperon is a fictional provincial priest who appears as a notable character in Honoré de Balzac’s novel sequence "Scènes de la vie de province" within La Comédie humaine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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novel character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
The Da Vinci Code
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surface form:
film The Da Vinci Code (2006)
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| appearsIn | The Da Vinci Code ⓘ |
| associatedWithSymbol |
Fibonacci sequence
ⓘ
anagrammatic clues ⓘ pentacle ⓘ |
| associatedWithWorkOfArt |
Mona Lisa
ⓘ
surface form:
Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa (in the story)
The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ
surface form:
Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper (in the story)
|
| causeOfDeath | murder ⓘ |
| centralThemeConnection |
art history
ⓘ
religious symbolism ⓘ secret societies ⓘ |
| countryOfWork | France ⓘ |
| creator | Dan Brown ⓘ |
| deathLocation |
Grande Galerie
ⓘ
surface form:
Grand Gallery of the Louvre
Louvre Museum ⓘ |
| fictionalNationality | French ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Da Vinci Code ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | novel The Da Vinci Code (2003) ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | mystery thriller novel ⓘ |
| guardianOf |
bloodline secret of Jesus and Mary Magdalene (fictional)
ⓘ
Holy Blood, Holy Grail ⓘ
surface form:
secret of the Holy Grail (fictional)
|
| hasGenreContext | conspiracy fiction ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Sophie Neveu ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| leavesClueFor |
Robert Langdon
ⓘ
Sophie Neveu ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Priory of Sion
ⓘ
surface form:
Priory of Sion (fictional depiction)
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| narrativeRole |
catalyst for main mystery
ⓘ
key keeper of a secret ⓘ |
| occupation | curator ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Da Vinci Code
ⓘ
surface form:
The Da Vinci Code franchise
|
| placeOfWorkCity | Paris ⓘ |
| plotFunction |
initiates treasure hunt
ⓘ
provides encoded messages ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Jean-Pierre Marielle ⓘ |
| positionHeld | chief curator of the Louvre ⓘ |
| publisherOfWorkAppearedIn | Doubleday ⓘ |
| relationshipToSophieNeveu | grandfather ⓘ |
| timeOfFirstPublicationContext | 2003 ⓘ |
| usesMediumForClues |
Louvre Museum
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surface form:
Louvre artworks
his own body ⓘ |
| workplace | Louvre Museum ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jacques Saunière Description of subject: Jacques Saunière is a fictional Louvre curator whose mysterious death and hidden clues drive the central mystery in Dan Brown’s novel "The Da Vinci Code."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.