Odette de Crécy
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Odette de Crécy is a central figure in Marcel Proust’s "In Search of Lost Time," a courtesan whose beauty, social ascent, and complex relationship with Charles Swann embody the novel’s themes of desire, memory, and class.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Odette de Crécy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8545742 — 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: Odette de Crécy Context triple: [In Search of Lost Time, keyCharacter, Odette de Crécy]
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Marie de Coucy
Marie de Coucy was a 13th-century French noblewoman who became Queen Consort of Scotland through her marriage to King Alexander II.
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Ermengarde de Beaumont
Ermengarde de Beaumont was a 13th-century Queen of Scotland as the wife of King William I and the mother of King Alexander II.
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C.
Blanche of Artois
Blanche of Artois was a 13th-century French noblewoman and Queen consort of Navarre who served as regent for her daughter Joan I and later became closely connected to the English royal family through her second marriage.
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D.
Alys of France, Countess of Vexin
Alys of France, Countess of Vexin, was a 12th-century French princess whose long-delayed and politically fraught betrothal to Richard the Lionheart made her a central figure in the dynastic struggles between the French and English crowns.
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E.
Joan of Ponthieu
Joan of Ponthieu was a 13th-century French noblewoman and countess whose lineage connected the Ponthieu inheritance to the English royal family through her daughter Eleanor of Castile.
- 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: Odette de Crécy Target entity description: Odette de Crécy is a central figure in Marcel Proust’s "In Search of Lost Time," a courtesan whose beauty, social ascent, and complex relationship with Charles Swann embody the novel’s themes of desire, memory, and class.
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A.
Marie de Coucy
Marie de Coucy was a 13th-century French noblewoman who became Queen Consort of Scotland through her marriage to King Alexander II.
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B.
Ermengarde de Beaumont
Ermengarde de Beaumont was a 13th-century Queen of Scotland as the wife of King William I and the mother of King Alexander II.
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C.
Blanche of Artois
Blanche of Artois was a 13th-century French noblewoman and Queen consort of Navarre who served as regent for her daughter Joan I and later became closely connected to the English royal family through her second marriage.
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D.
Alys of France, Countess of Vexin
Alys of France, Countess of Vexin, was a 12th-century French princess whose long-delayed and politically fraught betrothal to Richard the Lionheart made her a central figure in the dynastic struggles between the French and English crowns.
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E.
Joan of Ponthieu
Joan of Ponthieu was a 13th-century French noblewoman and countess whose lineage connected the Ponthieu inheritance to the English royal family through her daughter Eleanor of Castile.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in a novel
ⓘ
courtesan ⓘ fictional character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
In Search of Lost Time
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Swann’s Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Madame Verdurin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
the Verdurins’ “little clan” NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Paris ⓘ |
| centralThemeInvolvement |
class and snobbery
ⓘ
erotic obsession ⓘ jealousy ⓘ the workings of memory ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | aristocratic Guermantes milieu ⓘ |
| createdBy | Marcel Proust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith | Charles Swann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
beauty
ⓘ
charm ⓘ social ambition ⓘ |
| influences | Swann’s position in society ⓘ |
| inspires | Swann’s obsessive love ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| laterKnownAs | Madame Swann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryRole |
central figure in Swann’s Way
ⓘ
example of social climbing in the Belle Époque ⓘ symbol of the power of desire ⓘ |
| marriedTo | Charles Swann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motherOf | Gilberte Swann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
to illustrate instability of social value judgments
ⓘ
to show how love reshapes perception ⓘ |
| nationality | French (fictional) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
embodying themes of class and social mobility
ⓘ
embodying themes of desire and memory ⓘ relationship with Charles Swann ⓘ social ascent in Parisian society ⓘ |
| occupation |
courtesan
ⓘ
society hostess ⓘ |
| partOf | Proustian universe of In Search of Lost Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perceivedAs | not Swann’s “type” at first ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Belle Époque France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialCircle | Verdurin salon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass |
Parisian demi-monde
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bourgeois milieu ⓘ |
| transformsInto | Madame Swann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| undergoes | social ascent ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Odette de Crécy Description of subject: Odette de Crécy is a central figure in Marcel Proust’s "In Search of Lost Time," a courtesan whose beauty, social ascent, and complex relationship with Charles Swann embody the novel’s themes of desire, memory, and class.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
In Search of Lost Time