Fado Alexandrino
E277189
Fado Alexandrino is a novel by Portuguese writer António Lobo Antunes that portrays the lives of former soldiers struggling to adapt to post-revolutionary Portugal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fado Alexandrino canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2539684 — 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: Fado Alexandrino Context triple: [António Lobo Antunes, notableWork, Fado Alexandrino]
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A.
Caetano
Caetano is a Portuguese surname most notably associated with Marcelo Caetano, the last prime minister of Portugal’s Estado Novo regime.
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B.
Affonso Gonçalves
Affonso Gonçalves is a Brazilian-American film editor known for his work on acclaimed independent films and collaborations with directors like Jim Jarmusch and Todd Haynes.
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C.
Fado de Coimbra
Fado de Coimbra is a distinctive, male-sung style of Portuguese fado associated with the university city of Coimbra, characterized by academic traditions and accompaniment on the Portuguese guitar.
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D.
Salgueiro Maia
Salgueiro Maia was a Portuguese army captain who became one of the central leaders of the 1974 military coup that peacefully overthrew the Estado Novo dictatorship.
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E.
Yolanda Soares
Yolanda Soares is a Portuguese soprano and crossover singer known for blending classical music with fado and other contemporary styles.
- 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: Fado Alexandrino Target entity description: Fado Alexandrino is a novel by Portuguese writer António Lobo Antunes that portrays the lives of former soldiers struggling to adapt to post-revolutionary Portugal.
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A.
Caetano
Caetano is a Portuguese surname most notably associated with Marcelo Caetano, the last prime minister of Portugal’s Estado Novo regime.
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B.
Affonso Gonçalves
Affonso Gonçalves is a Brazilian-American film editor known for his work on acclaimed independent films and collaborations with directors like Jim Jarmusch and Todd Haynes.
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C.
Fado de Coimbra
Fado de Coimbra is a distinctive, male-sung style of Portuguese fado associated with the university city of Coimbra, characterized by academic traditions and accompaniment on the Portuguese guitar.
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D.
Salgueiro Maia
Salgueiro Maia was a Portuguese army captain who became one of the central leaders of the 1974 military coup that peacefully overthrew the Estado Novo dictatorship.
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E.
Yolanda Soares
Yolanda Soares is a Portuguese soprano and crossover singer known for blending classical music with fado and other contemporary styles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | António Lobo Antunes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Portugal ⓘ |
| creator | António Lobo Antunes ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
postcolonial literature ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
collective memory
ⓘ
difficulty of reintegration into civilian life ⓘ impact of war on identity ⓘ political disillusionment ⓘ social change in Portugal ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Portuguese Colonial War
ⓘ
Portuguese Revolution of 1974 ⓘ
linked to:
Carnation Revolution
disillusionment ⓘ friendship ⓘ memory ⓘ military veterans ⓘ post-revolutionary Portugal ⓘ
linked to:
Portuguese Third Republic
trauma ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | lives of former soldiers ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
multiple perspectives
ⓘ
nonlinear narrative ⓘ stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex narrative structure
ⓘ
exploration of post-revolutionary Portuguese society ⓘ portrayal of ex-soldiers after the Portuguese Colonial War ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| partOf | Portuguese literature ⓘ |
| setting |
Lisbon
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post-revolutionary Portugal ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
after the Carnation Revolution
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post-1974 Portugal ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | refers to fado, a traditional Portuguese music genre ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Fado Alexandrino Description of subject: Fado Alexandrino is a novel by Portuguese writer António Lobo Antunes that portrays the lives of former soldiers struggling to adapt to post-revolutionary Portugal.
Referenced by (2)
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subject linked to:
Lobo Antunes