I Only Came to Use the Phone
E113631
"I Only Came to Use the Phone" is a surreal short story by Gabriel García Márquez about a woman who, after a roadside mishap, is mistakenly confined to a mental institution when she only wants to make a phone call.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| I Only Came to Use the Phone canonical | 3 |
| Sólo vine a hablar por teléfono | 2 |
| "Sólo vine a hablar por teléfono" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T965977 — 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: I Only Came to Use the Phone Context triple: [Strange Pilgrims, hasPart, I Only Came to Use the Phone]
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A.
The Phone Booth
The Phone Booth is a nickname for the MCI Center, a former multi-purpose sports and entertainment arena in Washington, D.C.
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B.
How Come You Don't Call Me
"How Come You Don't Call Me" is a soulful R&B song by Alicia Keys, featured on her debut album "Songs in A Minor" and noted for its emotive vocals and blues-inflected piano.
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C.
Call You Tonight
"Call You Tonight" is a song by Whitney Houston from her 2009 comeback album "I Look to You."
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D.
In My Business
"In My Business" is a song by Whitney Houston from her 1998 album *My Love Is Your Love*, blending R&B and pop with themes of privacy and personal boundaries.
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E.
The Things I Say
"The Things I Say" is a song by the indie folk-rock musician Joanna Newsom from her album "Divers."
- 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: I Only Came to Use the Phone Target entity description: "I Only Came to Use the Phone" is a surreal short story by Gabriel García Márquez about a woman who, after a roadside mishap, is mistakenly confined to a mental institution when she only wants to make a phone call.
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A.
The Phone Booth
The Phone Booth is a nickname for the MCI Center, a former multi-purpose sports and entertainment arena in Washington, D.C.
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B.
How Come You Don't Call Me
"How Come You Don't Call Me" is a soulful R&B song by Alicia Keys, featured on her debut album "Songs in A Minor" and noted for its emotive vocals and blues-inflected piano.
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C.
Call You Tonight
"Call You Tonight" is a song by Whitney Houston from her 2009 comeback album "I Look to You."
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D.
In My Business
"In My Business" is a song by Whitney Houston from her 1998 album *My Love Is Your Love*, blending R&B and pop with themes of privacy and personal boundaries.
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E.
The Things I Say
"The Things I Say" is a song by the indie folk-rock musician Joanna Newsom from her album "Divers."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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short story ⓘ |
| adaptationStatus | known primarily as a literary text ⓘ |
| author | Gabriel García Márquez ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Colombian ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
bureaucratic absurdity
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institutional violence ⓘ loss of identity ⓘ miscommunication ⓘ powerlessness ⓘ |
| collectionOriginalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| collectionType | short story collection ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Colombia ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
magical realism
ⓘ
surreal fiction ⓘ |
| hasFemaleProtagonist | true ⓘ |
| hasThemeOf |
abuse of authority
ⓘ
alienation ⓘ social critique ⓘ |
| includedInEnglishEdition |
Strange Pilgrims (English translation)
ⓘ
linked to:
Strange Pilgrims
|
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| length | short ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Latin American Boom ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | María de la Luz Cervantes ⓘ |
| motif |
confinement
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telephone ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of a woman trapped in a mental institution by mistake
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use of surreal and absurd elements in a realistic setting ⓘ |
| originalLanguageTitle |
"Sólo vine a hablar por teléfono"
ⓘ
linked to:
I Only Came to Use the Phone
|
| originalTitle |
Sólo vine a hablar por teléfono
ⓘ
linked to:
I Only Came to Use the Phone
|
| partOf | Strange Pilgrims ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A woman is mistakenly confined to a mental institution after a roadside mishap when she only wants to make a phone call. ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| setting | Spain ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
marital relationships
ⓘ
psychiatric institutions ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 20th century ⓘ |
| tone |
darkly comic
ⓘ
disturbing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: I Only Came to Use the Phone Description of subject: "I Only Came to Use the Phone" is a surreal short story by Gabriel García Márquez about a woman who, after a roadside mishap, is mistakenly confined to a mental institution when she only wants to make a phone call.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: I Only Came to Use the Phone
linked to: I Only Came to Use the Phone
linked to: I Only Came to Use the Phone