María dos Prazeres
E116935
María dos Prazeres is a short story by Gabriel García Márquez that follows an aging prostitute in Barcelona who meticulously prepares for her own death after dreaming of it.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| María dos Prazeres (character) | 3 |
| María dos Prazeres canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T965979 — 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: María dos Prazeres Context triple: [Strange Pilgrims, hasPart, María dos Prazeres]
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A.
Catarina de Almeida Vaz Pinto
Catarina de Almeida Vaz Pinto is a Portuguese cultural manager and politician known for her work in arts and cultural policy, including serving as Lisbon’s councillor for culture.
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B.
Paula Mariana of Brazil
Paula Mariana of Brazil was a Brazilian imperial princess, daughter of Emperor Dom Pedro I and a member of the early 19th-century Brazilian royal family.
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C.
Maria Teresa Teixeira de Queiroz
Maria Teresa Teixeira de Queiroz was the wife of Marcelo Caetano, the last prime minister of Portugal’s Estado Novo regime.
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D.
Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal
Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal, was a 16th-century Portuguese infanta and the first wife of King Philip II of Spain, whose marriage helped strengthen dynastic ties between the Iberian kingdoms.
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E.
Maria Leopoldina of Austria
Maria Leopoldina of Austria was an Austrian archduchess and Empress of Brazil who played a key political and diplomatic role in Brazil’s independence as the first wife of Emperor Dom Pedro I.
- 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: María dos Prazeres Target entity description: María dos Prazeres is a short story by Gabriel García Márquez that follows an aging prostitute in Barcelona who meticulously prepares for her own death after dreaming of it.
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A.
Catarina de Almeida Vaz Pinto
Catarina de Almeida Vaz Pinto is a Portuguese cultural manager and politician known for her work in arts and cultural policy, including serving as Lisbon’s councillor for culture.
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B.
Paula Mariana of Brazil
Paula Mariana of Brazil was a Brazilian imperial princess, daughter of Emperor Dom Pedro I and a member of the early 19th-century Brazilian royal family.
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C.
Maria Teresa Teixeira de Queiroz
Maria Teresa Teixeira de Queiroz was the wife of Marcelo Caetano, the last prime minister of Portugal’s Estado Novo regime.
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D.
Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal
Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal, was a 16th-century Portuguese infanta and the first wife of King Philip II of Spain, whose marriage helped strengthen dynastic ties between the Iberian kingdoms.
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E.
Maria Leopoldina of Austria
Maria Leopoldina of Austria was an Austrian archduchess and Empress of Brazil who played a key political and diplomatic role in Brazil’s independence as the first wife of Emperor Dom Pedro I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | Gabriel García Márquez ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
aging
ⓘ
death ⓘ dignity ⓘ loneliness ⓘ mortality ⓘ preparation for death ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
María dos Prazeres (character)
ⓘ
linked to:
María dos Prazeres
María dos Prazeres’s dog ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Colombia ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
ⓘ
magic realism ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Colombian ⓘ |
| hasImagery |
cemetery
ⓘ
grave ⓘ rain ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
fear of death
ⓘ
funeral preparations ⓘ premonitory dreams ⓘ social marginalization ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter |
María dos Prazeres (character)
ⓘ
linked to:
María dos Prazeres
|
| hasTopic |
class differences
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exile ⓘ female sexuality ⓘ memory ⓘ old age ⓘ poverty ⓘ religion and superstition ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Latin American Boom ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | realism with fantastic elements ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
María dos Prazeres (character)
ⓘ
linked to:
María dos Prazeres
|
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorBibliography | works of Gabriel García Márquez ⓘ |
| plotElement |
protagonist dreams of her own death
ⓘ
protagonist prepares meticulously for her funeral ⓘ protagonist trains her dog for her death ⓘ |
| protagonistNationality | Brazilian ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | prostitute ⓘ |
| protagonistResidence | Barcelona ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Barcelona ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: María dos Prazeres Description of subject: María dos Prazeres is a short story by Gabriel García Márquez that follows an aging prostitute in Barcelona who meticulously prepares for her own death after dreaming of it.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: María dos Prazeres
linked to: María dos Prazeres
linked to: María dos Prazeres