Mademoiselle de Maupin
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Mademoiselle de Maupin is a 19th-century French novel by Théophile Gautier, celebrated for its exploration of aestheticism, gender identity, and unconventional romantic relationships.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mademoiselle de Maupin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5854201 — 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: Mademoiselle de Maupin Context triple: [Théophile Gautier, notableWork, Mademoiselle de Maupin]
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Mademoiselle Bourienne
Mademoiselle Bourienne is a minor character in Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace," known as the French companion to Princess Marya who becomes romantically entangled with Anatole Kuragin.
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B.
Madeleine in the Bois d’Amour
Madeleine in the Bois d’Amour is a Post-Impressionist painting by Émile Bernard that depicts a contemplative female figure in a wooded landscape, reflecting the artist’s Symbolist and Cloisonnist style.
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C.
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes is a major novel in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that explores the intertwined worlds of Parisian high society, crime, and prostitution in the early 19th century.
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D.
Mademoiselle Lanoire
Mademoiselle Lanoire is an alias used by Cosette, the central female character in Victor Hugo’s novel "Les Misérables."
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E.
Madame de Garderobe
Madame de Garderobe is the flamboyant, opera-singing wardrobe character from Disney’s live-action adaptation of "Beauty and the Beast."
- 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: Mademoiselle de Maupin Target entity description: Mademoiselle de Maupin is a 19th-century French novel by Théophile Gautier, celebrated for its exploration of aestheticism, gender identity, and unconventional romantic relationships.
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A.
Mademoiselle Bourienne
Mademoiselle Bourienne is a minor character in Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace," known as the French companion to Princess Marya who becomes romantically entangled with Anatole Kuragin.
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B.
Madeleine in the Bois d’Amour
Madeleine in the Bois d’Amour is a Post-Impressionist painting by Émile Bernard that depicts a contemplative female figure in a wooded landscape, reflecting the artist’s Symbolist and Cloisonnist style.
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C.
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes is a major novel in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that explores the intertwined worlds of Parisian high society, crime, and prostitution in the early 19th century.
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D.
Mademoiselle Lanoire
Mademoiselle Lanoire is an alias used by Cosette, the central female character in Victor Hugo’s novel "Les Misérables."
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E.
Madame de Garderobe
Madame de Garderobe is the flamboyant, opera-singing wardrobe character from Disney’s live-action adaptation of "Beauty and the Beast."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptedTo |
opera
ⓘ
stage works ⓘ |
| addressesTopic |
bisexual desire
ⓘ
freedom of artistic expression ⓘ gender roles ⓘ |
| author | Théophile Gautier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
controversial at time of publication
ⓘ
later recognized as a classic of French literature ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear |
1835
ⓘ
1836 ⓘ |
| genre |
aesthetic novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ philosophical novel ⓘ romantic novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacterUsingCrossDressing | Madeleine de Maupin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFemaleProtagonistDisguisedAsMan | true ⓘ |
| hasLGBTThemes | true ⓘ |
| hasLoveTriangle | true ⓘ |
| hasPrefaceBy | Théophile Gautier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Julie d’Aubigny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Romanticism
ⓘ
aestheticism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Madeleine de Maupin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Théodore de Sérannes NERFINISHED ⓘ d’Albert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | epistolary elements ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of aestheticism
ⓘ
exploration of gender identity ⓘ exploration of unconventional romantic relationships ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOfNationalLiterature | French literature ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPublication | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| prefaceNotableFor | defense of art for art’s sake ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| settingCountry | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| theme |
aesthetic ideal
ⓘ
androgyny ⓘ art for art’s sake ⓘ critique of bourgeois morality ⓘ romantic desire ⓘ sexual identity ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | Ancien Régime France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Mademoiselle de Maupin Description of subject: Mademoiselle de Maupin is a 19th-century French novel by Théophile Gautier, celebrated for its exploration of aestheticism, gender identity, and unconventional romantic relationships.
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