Tres tristes tigres
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Tres tristes tigres is an experimental, linguistically playful Cuban novel by Guillermo Cabrera Infante that portrays Havana’s nightlife and culture on the eve of the revolution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tres tristes tigres canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3539509 — 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: Tres tristes tigres Context triple: [Guillermo Cabrera Infante, notableWork, Tres tristes tigres]
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La Pluviosilla
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The Horseman on the Roof
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C.
Cat's Eye
Cat's Eye is a psychologically rich novel by Margaret Atwood that explores memory, identity, and the lasting impact of childhood friendships and bullying on an adult woman artist.
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D.
El Palomar
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The Twa Dogs
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- 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: Tres tristes tigres Target entity description: Tres tristes tigres is an experimental, linguistically playful Cuban novel by Guillermo Cabrera Infante that portrays Havana’s nightlife and culture on the eve of the revolution.
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A.
La Pluviosilla
La Pluviosilla is the rainy, cloud-covered Mexican city officially known as Orizaba, located in the mountainous region of Veracruz.
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B.
The Horseman on the Roof
The Horseman on the Roof is a 1995 French historical adventure-romance film set during a 19th-century cholera epidemic in Provence, based on Jean Giono’s novel and starring Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez.
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C.
Cat's Eye
Cat's Eye is a psychologically rich novel by Margaret Atwood that explores memory, identity, and the lasting impact of childhood friendships and bullying on an adult woman artist.
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D.
El Palomar
El Palomar is a locality in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, best known for its major military air base and long-standing association with the Argentine Air Force.
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E.
The Twa Dogs
The Twa Dogs is a satirical poem by Robert Burns in which two dogs discuss and contrast the lives of the rich and the poor in 18th-century Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cuban novel
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experimental novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cuban Revolution (historical context)
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linked to:
Cuban Revolution
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| author | Guillermo Cabrera Infante ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Cuba ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle | Three Trapped Tigers ⓘ |
| focusOn |
music and cabaret culture
ⓘ
vernacular speech ⓘ |
| genre |
experimental literature
ⓘ
postmodern literature ⓘ |
| hasForm | novel-length work ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English ⓘ |
| hasTranslator |
Donald Gardner
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Guillermo Cabrera Infante ⓘ Suzanne Jill Levine ⓘ |
| languageStyle |
baroque prose
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colloquial Cuban Spanish ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Latin American Boom ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
key text of the Latin American Boom
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major work of Cuban literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacters |
Havana bohemians
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nightlife performers ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
Cuban popular culture
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Havana nightlife ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
fragmented narrative
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heavy use of Cuban Spanish slang ⓘ intertextual references ⓘ linguistic experimentation ⓘ multiple narrative voices ⓘ use of puns ⓘ wordplay ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Spain ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Cuba ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Havana
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linked to:
Havana, Cuba
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| structure |
episodic composition
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nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| theme |
cultural decadence
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exile ⓘ identity ⓘ memory ⓘ political change ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
eve of the Cuban Revolution
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pre-revolutionary Cuba ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | Spanish tongue-twister "Tres tristes tigres" ⓘ |
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Subject: Tres tristes tigres Description of subject: Tres tristes tigres is an experimental, linguistically playful Cuban novel by Guillermo Cabrera Infante that portrays Havana’s nightlife and culture on the eve of the revolution.
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