Macunaíma
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Macunaíma is a landmark Brazilian modernist novel that blends folklore, satire, and experimental language to portray a shape-shifting antihero and explore the formation of Brazilian national identity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Macunaíma canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5977113 — 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: Macunaíma Context triple: [Mário de Andrade, notableWork, Macunaíma]
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A.
Shrunken Heads
Shrunken Heads is a 1994 campy horror-comedy film directed by Richard Elfman, known for its quirky blend of dark humor, supernatural revenge, and comic-book-style storytelling.
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B.
Putumayo
Putumayo is a department in southern Colombia known for its Amazonian rainforest, rich biodiversity, and significant Indigenous and oil-producing regions.
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C.
Aoxomoxoa
Aoxomoxoa is a 1969 psychedelic rock studio album by the Grateful Dead, noted for its experimental sound and innovative use of multitrack recording technology.
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D.
Spirit of the Dead Watching
Spirit of the Dead Watching is a 1892 Symbolist painting by Paul Gauguin depicting a young Tahitian girl lying fearfully on her bed while a mysterious, ghostly figure looms in the background.
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E.
The Mountain of the Cannibal God
The Mountain of the Cannibal God is a 1978 Italian adventure-horror film set in the New Guinea jungle, notorious for its graphic violence and exploitation elements.
- 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: Macunaíma Target entity description: Macunaíma is a landmark Brazilian modernist novel that blends folklore, satire, and experimental language to portray a shape-shifting antihero and explore the formation of Brazilian national identity.
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A.
Shrunken Heads
Shrunken Heads is a 1994 campy horror-comedy film directed by Richard Elfman, known for its quirky blend of dark humor, supernatural revenge, and comic-book-style storytelling.
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B.
Putumayo
Putumayo is a department in southern Colombia known for its Amazonian rainforest, rich biodiversity, and significant Indigenous and oil-producing regions.
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C.
Aoxomoxoa
Aoxomoxoa is a 1969 psychedelic rock studio album by the Grateful Dead, noted for its experimental sound and innovative use of multitrack recording technology.
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D.
Spirit of the Dead Watching
Spirit of the Dead Watching is a 1892 Symbolist painting by Paul Gauguin depicting a young Tahitian girl lying fearfully on her bed while a mysterious, ghostly figure looms in the background.
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E.
The Mountain of the Cannibal God
The Mountain of the Cannibal God is a 1978 Italian adventure-horror film set in the New Guinea jungle, notorious for its graphic violence and exploitation elements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brazilian modernist novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | film "Macunaíma" (1969) ⓘ |
| author | Mário de Andrade ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Ci
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Jiguê ⓘ Maanape ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
journey from jungle to city
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loss and recovery of a magical object ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Brazil ⓘ |
| culturalStatus | symbolic portrait of the Brazilian people ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Joaquim Pedro de Andrade ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Livraria Martins Editora ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy
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modernist fiction ⓘ picaresque novel ⓘ satirical novel ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Brazilian oral traditions
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indigenous languages ⓘ regional dialects of Portuguese ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Macunaíma ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrator ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
experimental language
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stream of consciousness elements ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blending myth and modernity
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critique of bourgeois values ⓘ innovative use of Brazilian Portuguese ⓘ mixing high and low registers of language ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| placeInLiterature |
canonical work of Brazilian literature
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landmark of Brazilian modernism ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait |
antihero
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shape-shifting ⓘ trickster ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1928 ⓘ |
| setting |
Amazon rainforest
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Brazil ⓘ city of São Paulo ⓘ
linked to:
São Paulo
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| structure | prose narrative divided into episodes ⓘ |
| theme |
Brazilian national identity
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antiheroism ⓘ cultural hybridity ⓘ modernization of Brazil ⓘ social satire ⓘ urbanization ⓘ |
| uses |
Afro-Brazilian cultural elements
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Brazilian folklore ⓘ indigenous myths ⓘ |
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Subject: Macunaíma Description of subject: Macunaíma is a landmark Brazilian modernist novel that blends folklore, satire, and experimental language to portray a shape-shifting antihero and explore the formation of Brazilian national identity.
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