Fort comme la mort
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Fort comme la mort is a psychological novel by Guy de Maupassant that explores aging, jealousy, and the complexities of love through the story of a celebrated painter and his relationships with a mother and her daughter.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort comme la mort canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9233675 — 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: Fort comme la mort Context triple: [Guy de Maupassant, notableWork, Fort comme la mort]
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A.
D’entre les morts
D’entre les morts is a 1954 French crime novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac that served as the literary basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s film Vertigo.
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B.
Le Crève-Cœur
Le Crève-Cœur is a celebrated poetry collection by French writer Louis Aragon, known for its lyrical exploration of love, loss, and resistance during World War II.
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C.
Le Feuvre
Le Feuvre is a surname of likely French or Channel Islands origin associated with individuals such as writer and broadcaster George Francis Le Feuvre.
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D.
Le Feu
Le Feu is a seminal anti-war novel by Henri Barbusse that vividly depicts the grim realities of French soldiers’ experiences in the trenches during World War I.
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E.
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.
- 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: Fort comme la mort Target entity description: Fort comme la mort is a psychological novel by Guy de Maupassant that explores aging, jealousy, and the complexities of love through the story of a celebrated painter and his relationships with a mother and her daughter.
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A.
D’entre les morts
D’entre les morts is a 1954 French crime novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac that served as the literary basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s film Vertigo.
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B.
Le Crève-Cœur
Le Crève-Cœur is a celebrated poetry collection by French writer Louis Aragon, known for its lyrical exploration of love, loss, and resistance during World War II.
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C.
Le Feuvre
Le Feuvre is a surname of likely French or Channel Islands origin associated with individuals such as writer and broadcaster George Francis Le Feuvre.
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D.
Le Feu
Le Feu is a seminal anti-war novel by Henri Barbusse that vividly depicts the grim realities of French soldiers’ experiences in the trenches during World War I.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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psychological novel ⓘ |
| author | Guy de Maupassant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | French ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| exploresPsychologyOf |
aging artist
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romantic jealousy ⓘ |
| genre |
psychological fiction
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realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationsInSomeEditions | yes ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Realism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 19th-century French literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Olivier Bertin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | painter ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| protagonistRelationship |
Olivier Bertin and Annette de Guilleroy
NERFINISHED
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Olivier Bertin and the Countess de Guilleroy ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| setting | Paris ⓘ |
| theme |
aging
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fear of death ⓘ illusion and disillusionment ⓘ jealousy ⓘ love ⓘ mother–daughter relationships ⓘ passion ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | "As Strong as Death" in English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | Guy de Maupassant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort comme la mort Description of subject: Fort comme la mort is a psychological novel by Guy de Maupassant that explores aging, jealousy, and the complexities of love through the story of a celebrated painter and his relationships with a mother and her daughter.
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