Gringos
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Gringos is a darkly comic novel by Charles Portis that follows an American expatriate and tomb raider entangled in eccentric adventures in Mexico.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gringos canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13003186 — 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: Gringos Context triple: [Charles Portis, notableWork, Gringos]
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A.
Gringo
"Gringo" is a popular dancehall song by Ghanaian artist Shatta Wale, known for its catchy hook and cinematic Western-themed music video.
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B.
Gringo
Gringo is a dark comedy–crime film in which Paris Jackson appears alongside an ensemble cast in a story about a businessman caught up in a dangerous scheme in Mexico.
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C.
Granotas
Granotas is the popular nickname for Levante UD, a Spanish football club based in Valencia.
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D.
Mejicanos
Mejicanos is a densely populated municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador, forming part of the greater San Salvador metropolitan area.
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E.
El Jaleo
El Jaleo is a dramatic 1882 painting by John Singer Sargent depicting a Spanish gypsy dancer performing with musicians in a shadowy, theatrical setting.
- 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: Gringos Target entity description: Gringos is a darkly comic novel by Charles Portis that follows an American expatriate and tomb raider entangled in eccentric adventures in Mexico.
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A.
Gringo
"Gringo" is a popular dancehall song by Ghanaian artist Shatta Wale, known for its catchy hook and cinematic Western-themed music video.
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B.
Gringo
Gringo is a dark comedy–crime film in which Paris Jackson appears alongside an ensemble cast in a story about a businessman caught up in a dangerous scheme in Mexico.
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C.
Granotas
Granotas is the popular nickname for Levante UD, a Spanish football club based in Valencia.
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D.
Mejicanos
Mejicanos is a densely populated municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador, forming part of the greater San Salvador metropolitan area.
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E.
El Jaleo
El Jaleo is a dramatic 1882 painting by John Singer Sargent depicting a Spanish gypsy dancer performing with musicians in a shadowy, theatrical setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literaryWork
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Charles Portis ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| followsCharacterType | American expatriate ⓘ |
| genre |
comic novel
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dark comedy ⓘ picaresque novel ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception |
critical acclaim for humor and style
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cult following ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780394584441 ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 300 ⓘ |
| hasTone | darkly comic ⓘ |
| includesTheme |
adventure
ⓘ
cultural clash ⓘ expatriate life ⓘ identity ⓘ obsession with the past ⓘ satire of American culture ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Jimmy Burns ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorBibliography | works of Charles Portis ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation |
salvage operator
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tomb raider ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Mexico ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gringos Description of subject: Gringos is a darkly comic novel by Charles Portis that follows an American expatriate and tomb raider entangled in eccentric adventures in Mexico.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.