María de la Luz Cervantes
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María de la Luz Cervantes is the protagonist of Gabriel García Márquez’s short story “I Only Came to Use the Phone,” a woman whose attempt to make a simple phone call spirals into a nightmarish wrongful confinement in a mental institution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| María de la Luz Cervantes canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5044628 — 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 de la Luz Cervantes Context triple: [I Only Came to Use the Phone, mainCharacter, María de la Luz Cervantes]
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A.
Dolores de Acha
Dolores de Acha is the mother of Cuban-American actor, musician, and television producer Desi Arnaz.
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B.
María Isabel Verdú Rollán
María Isabel Verdú Rollán, better known as Maribel Verdú, is a renowned Spanish film and television actress acclaimed for roles in movies such as "Y tu mamá también" and "Pan's Labyrinth."
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C.
Luisa Cervera
Luisa Cervera is a notable individual who carries the Cervera surname, recognized as a distinguished bearer of that family name.
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D.
María Cortés
María Cortés was a daughter of the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, belonging to the colonial-era lineage that emerged from his conquests in the Americas.
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E.
María Dolores Diéguez
María Dolores Diéguez is a Swiss model and actress of Spanish-Galician descent known for her international modeling work and marriage to English actor Joseph Fiennes.
- 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 de la Luz Cervantes Target entity description: María de la Luz Cervantes is the protagonist of Gabriel García Márquez’s short story “I Only Came to Use the Phone,” a woman whose attempt to make a simple phone call spirals into a nightmarish wrongful confinement in a mental institution.
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A.
Dolores de Acha
Dolores de Acha is the mother of Cuban-American actor, musician, and television producer Desi Arnaz.
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B.
María Isabel Verdú Rollán
María Isabel Verdú Rollán, better known as Maribel Verdú, is a renowned Spanish film and television actress acclaimed for roles in movies such as "Y tu mamá también" and "Pan's Labyrinth."
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C.
Luisa Cervera
Luisa Cervera is a notable individual who carries the Cervera surname, recognized as a distinguished bearer of that family name.
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D.
María Cortés
María Cortés was a daughter of the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, belonging to the colonial-era lineage that emerged from his conquests in the Americas.
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E.
María Dolores Diéguez
María Dolores Diéguez is a Swiss model and actress of Spanish-Galician descent known for her international modeling work and marriage to English actor Joseph Fiennes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | I Only Came to Use the Phone ⓘ |
| appearsInCollection | Strange Pilgrims ⓘ |
| associatedGenre |
magical realism
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psychological fiction ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| associatedWorkLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| causeOfInstitutionalization | bureaucratic error and misdiagnosis ⓘ |
| centralThemeRelation |
bureaucratic injustice
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loss of identity ⓘ miscommunication ⓘ wrongful confinement ⓘ |
| characterArc | from ordinary traveler to institutionalized patient ⓘ |
| conflictType |
individual vs institution
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individual vs misunderstanding ⓘ |
| createdBy | Gabriel García Márquez ⓘ |
| emotionalTrajectory | from confusion to despair ⓘ |
| familyName | Cervantes ⓘ |
| firstPublicationAuthor | Gabriel García Márquez ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | María ⓘ |
| keyPlotEvent |
fails to convince authorities she is sane
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is mistakenly taken to a psychiatric asylum ⓘ is wrongfully confined as a mental patient ⓘ loses contact with her husband ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| narrativePerspectiveRelation | depicted through third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| nationality | Mexican ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
desperation to communicate with the outside world
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insistence on her sanity ⓘ |
| primaryMotivationAtStart | to make a phone call ⓘ |
| protagonistOf | I Only Came to Use the Phone ⓘ |
| readerResponseRole | elicits empathy and horror at injustice ⓘ |
| settingRegionContext | Spain ⓘ |
| spouse |
Saturno
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linked to:
Saturn
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| storySettingContext | mental institution ⓘ |
| symbolicFunction |
embodiment of misinterpreted reality
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victim of institutional power ⓘ |
| transportContextAtStart | traveling by bus ⓘ |
| workOriginalTitle | Solo vine a hablar por teléfono ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: María de la Luz Cervantes Description of subject: María de la Luz Cervantes is the protagonist of Gabriel García Márquez’s short story “I Only Came to Use the Phone,” a woman whose attempt to make a simple phone call spirals into a nightmarish wrongful confinement in a mental institution.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.