The Secret Miracle
E622060
"The Secret Miracle" is a short story by Jorge Luis Borges that explores themes of time, fate, and artistic creation through the tale of a playwright granted a hidden year to complete his masterpiece before execution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Secret Miracle canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6827611 — 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 Secret Miracle Context triple: [Ficciones, hasPart, The Secret Miracle]
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A.
The Miracle
The Miracle is a theatrical production best known for featuring the celebrated English actress and socialite Lady Diana Cooper in a prominent role.
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B.
Miracles
Miracles is a short-lived early-2000s supernatural drama television series centered on investigations of unexplained religious and paranormal phenomena.
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C.
Miracles
"Miracles" is an R&B song by American singer Stacy Lattisaw, recognized as one of her notable tracks from the 1980s.
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D.
Waiting for the Miracle
"Waiting for the Miracle" is a song co-written by Sharon Robinson and Leonard Cohen, featured on Cohen’s 1992 album "The Future" and known for its meditative, atmospheric style.
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E.
Moonglow
"Moonglow" is a classic jazz standard from the 1930s that became widely popular through swing-era recordings and remains a frequently performed tune in the jazz 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 Secret Miracle Target entity description: "The Secret Miracle" is a short story by Jorge Luis Borges that explores themes of time, fate, and artistic creation through the tale of a playwright granted a hidden year to complete his masterpiece before execution.
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A.
The Miracle
The Miracle is a theatrical production best known for featuring the celebrated English actress and socialite Lady Diana Cooper in a prominent role.
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B.
Miracles
Miracles is a short-lived early-2000s supernatural drama television series centered on investigations of unexplained religious and paranormal phenomena.
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C.
Miracles
"Miracles" is an R&B song by American singer Stacy Lattisaw, recognized as one of her notable tracks from the 1980s.
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D.
Waiting for the Miracle
"Waiting for the Miracle" is a song co-written by Sharon Robinson and Leonard Cohen, featured on Cohen’s 1992 album "The Future" and known for its meditative, atmospheric style.
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E.
Moonglow
"Moonglow" is a classic jazz standard from the 1930s that became widely popular through swing-era recordings and remains a frequently performed tune in the jazz repertoire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
short story
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work of fiction ⓘ |
| antagonistGroup |
Nazi regime
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linked to:
Nazi Germany
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| author | Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ |
| centralWorkWithinStory | the play "The Enemies" ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Argentina ⓘ |
| ending |
execution resumes after the secret year
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protagonist dies with his work completed ⓘ |
| firstPublicationLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| genre |
metafiction
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philosophical fiction ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ |
| historicalContext | World War II ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Artifices
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Ficciones ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Latin American literature
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magic realism ⓘ |
| motif |
divine judgment
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literary creation as salvation ⓘ suspended time ⓘ unfinished masterpiece ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of time as a literary device
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integration of philosophical ideas into narrative form ⓘ metafictional reflection on writing ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| originalTitle | El milagro secreto ⓘ |
| philosophicalInfluence |
idealism
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theology ⓘ |
| philosophicalQuestion |
Can an internal act of creation be completed in frozen external time?
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What is the relationship between human freedom and divine will? ⓘ |
| plotElement |
protagonist completes his unfinished play in suspended time
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protagonist granted a secret year of subjective time ⓘ protagonist sentenced to death by firing squad ⓘ time is miraculously halted before execution ⓘ |
| protagonist | Jaromir Hladík ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | playwright ⓘ |
| publicationType | magazine publication ⓘ |
| setting | Prague ⓘ |
| theme |
artistic creation
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divine intervention ⓘ fate ⓘ free will ⓘ the nature of reality ⓘ time ⓘ |
| timeManipulation | one subjective year compressed into an instant ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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