Contes et nouvelles en vers
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Contes et nouvelles en vers is a collection of verse tales and short stories by Jean de La Fontaine, known for its witty, often risqué adaptations of classical and Italian novellas into French poetic form.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Contes et nouvelles en vers canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8152688 — 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: Contes et nouvelles en vers Context triple: [Jean de La Fontaine, notableWork, Contes et nouvelles en vers]
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A.
Heptaméron
Heptaméron is a 16th-century collection of framed short stories modeled on Boccaccio’s Decameron, notable for its exploration of love, morality, and gender relations in Renaissance France.
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B.
Poésies diverses
Poésies diverses is a collection of lyrical and satirical poems by the French poet Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, reflecting his mastery of classical style and sharp wit in the early 18th century.
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C.
Poésies
Poésies is a collection of religious and reflective poems by the 17th-century French writer and Jansenist nun Jacqueline Pascal.
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D.
Poésies
Poésies is a collection of poems by French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé that exemplifies his innovative, highly allusive style and major contribution to modern poetry.
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E.
L’Histoire de la poésie
L’Histoire de la poésie is a critical historical study of poetry authored by French scholar and literary critic Jean-Jacques Ampère.
- 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: Contes et nouvelles en vers Target entity description: Contes et nouvelles en vers is a collection of verse tales and short stories by Jean de La Fontaine, known for its witty, often risqué adaptations of classical and Italian novellas into French poetic form.
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A.
Heptaméron
Heptaméron is a 16th-century collection of framed short stories modeled on Boccaccio’s Decameron, notable for its exploration of love, morality, and gender relations in Renaissance France.
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B.
Poésies diverses
Poésies diverses is a collection of lyrical and satirical poems by the French poet Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, reflecting his mastery of classical style and sharp wit in the early 18th century.
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C.
Poésies
Poésies is a collection of religious and reflective poems by the 17th-century French writer and Jansenist nun Jacqueline Pascal.
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D.
Poésies
Poésies is a collection of poems by French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé that exemplifies his innovative, highly allusive style and major contribution to modern poetry.
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E.
L’Histoire de la poésie
L’Histoire de la poésie is a critical historical study of poetry authored by French scholar and literary critic Jean-Jacques Ampère.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poetry collection
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short story collection ⓘ work of French literature ⓘ |
| author | Jean de La Fontaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorBirthName | Jean de La Fontaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | French ⓘ |
| authorOfWork | Jean de La Fontaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Italian novellas
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classical tales ⓘ |
| contains |
short stories
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verse tales ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| firstPublicationCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| genre |
nouvelles
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verse tale ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationForm | French poetic form ⓘ |
| hasPart |
individual contes
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nouvelles en vers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Italian Renaissance literature
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classical antiquity tales ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryForm | narrative poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | French classicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Ancien Régime France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | French conte en vers ⓘ |
| notableFor |
adaptation of Italian novellas into French verse
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erotic and gallant tone ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Contes et nouvelles en vers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
risqué
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witty ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
gallantry
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love ⓘ satire of manners ⓘ |
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