The Ghosts of August
E113632
The Ghosts of August is a short story by Gabriel García Márquez that blends the supernatural with everyday life, exemplifying his signature magical realism.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Espantos de agosto | 1 |
| Los fantasmas de agosto | 1 |
| The Ghosts of August canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T965978 — 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 Ghosts of August Context triple: [Strange Pilgrims, hasPart, The Ghosts of August]
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A.
The 18th Day
The 18th Day is the debut studio album by British singer-rapper Estelle, blending R&B, hip hop, and soul to introduce her distinctive sound.
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B.
The Osterman Weekend
The Osterman Weekend is a 1983 espionage thriller film directed by Sam Peckinpah, based on Robert Ludlum’s novel about a TV host entangled in a deadly CIA conspiracy.
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C.
The Ghost in the Mill
"The Ghost in the Mill" is a short ghost story by Harriet Beecher Stowe that blends New England folklore with moral and religious themes.
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D.
The Backbone of Night
"The Backbone of Night" is an episode of the science documentary series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" in which Carl Sagan explores humanity’s evolving understanding of the Milky Way and our place in the universe.
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E.
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.
- 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 Ghosts of August Target entity description: The Ghosts of August is a short story by Gabriel García Márquez that blends the supernatural with everyday life, exemplifying his signature magical realism.
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A.
The 18th Day
The 18th Day is the debut studio album by British singer-rapper Estelle, blending R&B, hip hop, and soul to introduce her distinctive sound.
-
B.
The Osterman Weekend
The Osterman Weekend is a 1983 espionage thriller film directed by Sam Peckinpah, based on Robert Ludlum’s novel about a TV host entangled in a deadly CIA conspiracy.
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C.
The Ghost in the Mill
"The Ghost in the Mill" is a short ghost story by Harriet Beecher Stowe that blends New England folklore with moral and religious themes.
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D.
The Backbone of Night
"The Backbone of Night" is an episode of the science documentary series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" in which Carl Sagan explores humanity’s evolving understanding of the Milky Way and our place in the universe.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Gabriel García Márquez ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Colombian ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Colombia ⓘ |
| fictionalTime | August ⓘ |
| genre |
magical realism
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supernatural fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
friend who owns the house
ⓘ
narrator ⓘ narrator's children ⓘ narrator's wife ⓘ |
| hasElement |
ambiguous reality
ⓘ
ghosts ⓘ haunted room ⓘ premonitory dream ⓘ |
| hasTitleInOriginalLanguage |
The Ghosts of August
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Los fantasmas de agosto
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| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Latin American Boom ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | magical realism ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
blending of supernatural and ordinary events
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unreliable perception of reality ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| partOf | Gabriel García Márquez short fiction corpus ⓘ |
| setting |
Tuscan countryside
ⓘ
old house ⓘ |
| theme |
family
ⓘ
guilt ⓘ haunting ⓘ memory ⓘ supernatural in everyday life ⓘ |
| tone |
eerie
ⓘ
matter-of-fact ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Ghosts of August Description of subject: The Ghosts of August is a short story by Gabriel García Márquez that blends the supernatural with everyday life, exemplifying his signature magical realism.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Los fantasmas de agosto
this entity surface form:
Espantos de agosto