Cécile Auclair
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Cécile Auclair is the young French-Canadian girl who serves as the central protagonist in Willa Cather’s historical novel "Shadows on the Rock," embodying themes of faith, family, and colonial life in 17th-century Quebec.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cécile Auclair canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4330323 — 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: Cécile Auclair Context triple: [Shadows on the Rock, mainCharacter, Cécile Auclair]
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A.
Yvette Chauviré
Yvette Chauviré was a renowned French ballerina celebrated as one of the greatest étoiles of the 20th century and a defining figure of classical ballet in France.
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B.
Aline Charigot
Aline Charigot was the wife and frequent model of French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, appearing in several of his notable works.
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C.
Hélène Patarot
Hélène Patarot is a French-Vietnamese actress known for her work in theatre and film, as well as her long-term partnership with Irish actor Ciarán Hinds.
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D.
Valérie Marneffe
Valérie Marneffe is a cunning and manipulative Parisian courtesan in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "La Cousine Bette," known for using her beauty and charm to ruin the men who fall in love with her.
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E.
Laure Prouvost
Laure Prouvost is a French-born, Turner Prize–winning contemporary artist known for her immersive, narrative-driven installations and films that play with language, translation, and perception.
- 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: Cécile Auclair Target entity description: Cécile Auclair is the young French-Canadian girl who serves as the central protagonist in Willa Cather’s historical novel "Shadows on the Rock," embodying themes of faith, family, and colonial life in 17th-century Quebec.
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A.
Yvette Chauviré
Yvette Chauviré was a renowned French ballerina celebrated as one of the greatest étoiles of the 20th century and a defining figure of classical ballet in France.
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B.
Aline Charigot
Aline Charigot was the wife and frequent model of French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, appearing in several of his notable works.
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C.
Hélène Patarot
Hélène Patarot is a French-Vietnamese actress known for her work in theatre and film, as well as her long-term partnership with Irish actor Ciarán Hinds.
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D.
Valérie Marneffe
Valérie Marneffe is a cunning and manipulative Parisian courtesan in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "La Cousine Bette," known for using her beauty and charm to ruin the men who fall in love with her.
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E.
Laure Prouvost
Laure Prouvost is a French-born, Turner Prize–winning contemporary artist known for her immersive, narrative-driven installations and films that play with language, translation, and perception.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ novel protagonist ⓘ |
| age | young girl ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Shadows on the Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
French colony of Canada
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Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
colonial life
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coming of age ⓘ faith ⓘ family ⓘ |
| centralConflictContext | hardships of colonial life in Quebec ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| createdBy | Willa Cather NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | French colonial North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | French-Canadian ⓘ |
| familyName | Auclair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Shadows on the Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Cécile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFather | Euclide Auclair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | historical novel ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | embodies stability and continuity in New France ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central protagonist ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
compassionate
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devout ⓘ dutiful daughter ⓘ resilient ⓘ |
| publisherOfWork | Alfred A. Knopf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Canada
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New France NERFINISHED ⓘ Quebec City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| workSetting | Quebec City in the 1690s ⓘ |
| yearOfWorkPublication | 1931 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cécile Auclair Description of subject: Cécile Auclair is the young French-Canadian girl who serves as the central protagonist in Willa Cather’s historical novel "Shadows on the Rock," embodying themes of faith, family, and colonial life in 17th-century Quebec.
Referenced by (1)
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