Monsieur Gillenormand
E553593
Monsieur Gillenormand is a wealthy, elderly royalist in Victor Hugo’s "Les Misérables," known for his conservative views, sharp tongue, and complex, often domineering relationship with his grandson Marius.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Monsieur Gillenormand canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5885176 — 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 Gillenormand Context triple: [Marius Pontmercy, grandfather, Monsieur Gillenormand]
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A.
Le Père Goriot
Le Père Goriot is a classic 1835 realist novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the intertwined lives of Parisian society, focusing on themes of ambition, social climbing, and paternal sacrifice.
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B.
Bouvard et Pécuchet
Bouvard et Pécuchet is an unfinished satirical novel by Gustave Flaubert that follows two copy clerks whose obsessive pursuit of knowledge exposes the absurdities of 19th-century intellectual life.
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C.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary is a landmark 1857 realist novel by Gustave Flaubert that portrays the tragic life and romantic disillusionment of Emma Bovary, a provincial doctor's wife.
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D.
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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E.
Le Cousin Pons
Le Cousin Pons is a novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the tragic decline of an aging, impoverished art collector exploited by his greedy relatives and acquaintances.
- 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 Gillenormand Target entity description: Monsieur Gillenormand is a wealthy, elderly royalist in Victor Hugo’s "Les Misérables," known for his conservative views, sharp tongue, and complex, often domineering relationship with his grandson Marius.
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A.
Le Père Goriot
Le Père Goriot is a classic 1835 realist novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the intertwined lives of Parisian society, focusing on themes of ambition, social climbing, and paternal sacrifice.
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B.
Bouvard et Pécuchet
Bouvard et Pécuchet is an unfinished satirical novel by Gustave Flaubert that follows two copy clerks whose obsessive pursuit of knowledge exposes the absurdities of 19th-century intellectual life.
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C.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary is a landmark 1857 realist novel by Gustave Flaubert that portrays the tragic life and romantic disillusionment of Emma Bovary, a provincial doctor's wife.
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D.
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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E.
Le Cousin Pons
Le Cousin Pons is a novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the tragic decline of an aging, impoverished art collector exploited by his greedy relatives and acquaintances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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human ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| ageDescriptor | elderly ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Les Misérables NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| caresFor | Marius Pontmercy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
affectionate
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authoritarian ⓘ domineering ⓘ proud ⓘ reactionary ⓘ sharp-tongued ⓘ stubborn ⓘ witty ⓘ |
| conflictType |
generational conflict
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political conflict ⓘ |
| controls | Marius Pontmercy’s upbringing ⓘ |
| creator | Victor Hugo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Gillenormand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Les Misérables universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Mademoiselle Gillenormand
NERFINISHED
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Marius Pontmercy’s mother ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | rentier ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Marius Pontmercy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideologicalConflictWith | Marius Pontmercy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| lifestyle | comfortable bourgeois life ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | French historical novel ⓘ |
| livesWith | Mademoiselle Gillenormand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | widower ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
comic figure
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patriarch of the Gillenormand family ⓘ representative of the old royalist generation ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| opposes | Napoleon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | royalist ⓘ |
| politicalView | conservative ⓘ |
| relationshipToMariusPontmercy | grandfather ⓘ |
| residence | Paris ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 19th-century France ⓘ |
| socialClass | bourgeoisie ⓘ |
| supports | Bourbon monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wealthStatus | wealthy ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1862 ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Monsieur Gillenormand Description of subject: Monsieur Gillenormand is a wealthy, elderly royalist in Victor Hugo’s "Les Misérables," known for his conservative views, sharp tongue, and complex, often domineering relationship with his grandson Marius.
Referenced by (3)
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