The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
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The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis is a novel by Nobel laureate José Saramago that imaginatively follows one of Fernando Pessoa’s heteronyms wandering through a politically tense Lisbon in the 1930s, blending history, philosophy, and metafiction.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis | 1 |
| The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23513593 — 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: The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis Context triple: [José Saramago, notableWork, The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis]
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A.
O Crime do Padre Amaro
O Crime do Padre Amaro is a 19th-century realist novel by Portuguese writer Eça de Queirós that critiques clerical corruption and social hypocrisy through the tragic story of a young priest’s illicit love affair.
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B.
La testa perduta di Damasceno Monteiro
La testa perduta di Damasceno Monteiro is a crime novel by Italian writer Antonio Tabucchi that explores themes of justice, power, and corruption through the investigation of a decapitated body found in Portugal.
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C.
Dona Carmo
Dona Carmo is a central female character in Machado de Assis’s novel "Memorial de Aires," representing the refined, introspective social milieu of late 19th-century Brazilian bourgeois society.
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D.
Carregado e Cadafais
Carregado e Cadafais is a civil parish in the municipality of Alenquer, Portugal, formed by the merger of the former parishes of Carregado and Cadafais.
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E.
Na Baixa do Sapateiro
"Na Baixa do Sapateiro" is a famous Brazilian samba composed by Ary Barroso, celebrated as a classic of the country's popular music repertoire.
- 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: The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis Target entity description: The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis is a novel by Nobel laureate José Saramago that imaginatively follows one of Fernando Pessoa’s heteronyms wandering through a politically tense Lisbon in the 1930s, blending history, philosophy, and metafiction.
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A.
O Crime do Padre Amaro
O Crime do Padre Amaro is a 19th-century realist novel by Portuguese writer Eça de Queirós that critiques clerical corruption and social hypocrisy through the tragic story of a young priest’s illicit love affair.
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B.
La testa perduta di Damasceno Monteiro
La testa perduta di Damasceno Monteiro is a crime novel by Italian writer Antonio Tabucchi that explores themes of justice, power, and corruption through the investigation of a decapitated body found in Portugal.
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C.
Dona Carmo
Dona Carmo is a central female character in Machado de Assis’s novel "Memorial de Aires," representing the refined, introspective social milieu of late 19th-century Brazilian bourgeois society.
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D.
Carregado e Cadafais
Carregado e Cadafais is a civil parish in the municipality of Alenquer, Portugal, formed by the merger of the former parishes of Carregado and Cadafais.
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E.
Na Baixa do Sapateiro
"Na Baixa do Sapateiro" is a famous Brazilian samba composed by Ary Barroso, celebrated as a classic of the country's popular music repertoire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis