L’Expiation
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L’Expiation is a major poem by Victor Hugo, included in his collection *Les Châtiments*, that powerfully denounces Napoleon III and reflects on guilt, punishment, and moral reckoning in French history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| L’Expiation canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8719194 — 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: L’Expiation Context triple: [Les Châtiments, containsPoem, L’Expiation]
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A.
Le Gibet
Le Gibet is the haunting, tolling-bell-centered middle movement of Maurice Ravel’s piano suite Gaspard de la nuit, renowned for its eerie atmosphere and technical subtlety.
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B.
L’Arrêt de mort
L’Arrêt de mort is a short, experimental 1948 novella by French writer and philosopher Maurice Blanchot that blends narrative and philosophical reflection on death, absence, and the limits of language.
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C.
Marche au supplice
Marche au supplice is the dramatic fourth movement of Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, depicting the protagonist’s opium-induced vision of his own march to the guillotine.
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D.
L’Œuvre
L’Œuvre is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that portrays the struggles of an ambitious painter in Paris whose obsessive pursuit of artistic perfection leads to personal and professional ruin.
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E.
L’Apparition
L’Apparition is a French drama film in which Vincent Lindon plays a journalist investigating a young woman’s alleged visions of the Virgin Mary, exploring themes of faith, doubt, and media influence.
- 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: L’Expiation Target entity description: L’Expiation is a major poem by Victor Hugo, included in his collection *Les Châtiments*, that powerfully denounces Napoleon III and reflects on guilt, punishment, and moral reckoning in French history.
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A.
Le Gibet
Le Gibet is the haunting, tolling-bell-centered middle movement of Maurice Ravel’s piano suite Gaspard de la nuit, renowned for its eerie atmosphere and technical subtlety.
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B.
L’Arrêt de mort
L’Arrêt de mort is a short, experimental 1948 novella by French writer and philosopher Maurice Blanchot that blends narrative and philosophical reflection on death, absence, and the limits of language.
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C.
Marche au supplice
Marche au supplice is the dramatic fourth movement of Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, depicting the protagonist’s opium-induced vision of his own march to the guillotine.
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D.
L’Œuvre
L’Œuvre is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that portrays the struggles of an ambitious painter in Paris whose obsessive pursuit of artistic perfection leads to personal and professional ruin.
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E.
L’Apparition
L’Apparition is a French drama film in which Vincent Lindon plays a journalist investigating a young woman’s alleged visions of the Virgin Mary, exploring themes of faith, doubt, and media influence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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poem ⓘ |
| addresses |
French collective memory of Napoleon I
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relationship between power and justice ⓘ |
| author | Victor Hugo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionPublication | Les Châtiments NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Napoleon III
NERFINISHED
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Second French Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationPlaceOfCollection | Brussels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | narrative poem ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric poetry
ⓘ
political poetry ⓘ satirical poetry ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | French ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
French political poetry
ⓘ
reception of Napoleon I in French literature ⓘ |
| includedIn | standard editions of Les Châtiments ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
French history
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Napoleon I NERFINISHED ⓘ Napoleon III NERFINISHED ⓘ Waterloo NERFINISHED ⓘ guilt ⓘ moral reckoning ⓘ punishment ⓘ |
| meter | French alexandrines ⓘ |
| notableFor |
moral and religious imagery
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vehement denunciation of Napoleon III ⓘ vivid depiction of Waterloo ⓘ |
| partOf | Les Châtiments NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalPosition | anti–Napoleon III ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1853 ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Michel Lévy frères NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | regular rhymed couplets ⓘ |
| setInEvent | Battle of Waterloo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
collective guilt
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divine justice ⓘ downfall of tyrants ⓘ historical responsibility ⓘ retribution ⓘ |
| timeOfContext | Second French Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workIn | Les Châtiments NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writtenDuring | Victor Hugo’s exile ⓘ |
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Subject: L’Expiation Description of subject: L’Expiation is a major poem by Victor Hugo, included in his collection *Les Châtiments*, that powerfully denounces Napoleon III and reflects on guilt, punishment, and moral reckoning in French history.
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