The General in His Labyrinth
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The General in His Labyrinth is a historical novel by Gabriel García Márquez that fictionalizes the final journey and inner turmoil of Latin American liberator Simón Bolívar.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The General in His Labyrinth canonical | 4 |
| El general en su laberinto | 1 |
| The General in His Labyrinth (film) | 1 |
| novel The General in His Labyrinth | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T150213 — 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 General in His Labyrinth Context triple: [Gabriel García Márquez, notableWork, The General in His Labyrinth]
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A.
The Truce
The Truce is a memoir by Primo Levi recounting his long, circuitous journey home through war-torn Europe after his liberation from Auschwitz.
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B.
The Arts of War
The Arts of War is a pair of monumental equestrian bronze sculptures by Leo Friedlander that symbolize martial valor and sacrifice, installed at the Washington, D.C. entrance to Arlington Memorial Bridge.
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C.
In the Shadow of Man
In the Shadow of Man is Jane Goodall’s influential 1971 book that chronicles her pioneering field research on wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and helped transform our understanding of primate behavior and human evolution.
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D.
Sinews of Peace
Sinews of Peace is the 1946 speech by Winston Churchill, delivered in Fulton, Missouri, that famously introduced the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the division of postwar Europe.
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E.
The Hedges
The Hedges is a historic Adirondack Great Camp on Blue Mountain Lake in New York, known for its rustic architecture and role as a classic North Country wilderness retreat.
- 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 General in His Labyrinth Target entity description: The General in His Labyrinth is a historical novel by Gabriel García Márquez that fictionalizes the final journey and inner turmoil of Latin American liberator Simón Bolívar.
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A.
The Truce
The Truce is a memoir by Primo Levi recounting his long, circuitous journey home through war-torn Europe after his liberation from Auschwitz.
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B.
The Arts of War
The Arts of War is a pair of monumental equestrian bronze sculptures by Leo Friedlander that symbolize martial valor and sacrifice, installed at the Washington, D.C. entrance to Arlington Memorial Bridge.
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C.
In the Shadow of Man
In the Shadow of Man is Jane Goodall’s influential 1971 book that chronicles her pioneering field research on wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and helped transform our understanding of primate behavior and human evolution.
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D.
Sinews of Peace
Sinews of Peace is the 1946 speech by Winston Churchill, delivered in Fulton, Missouri, that famously introduced the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the division of postwar Europe.
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E.
The Hedges
The Hedges is a historic Adirondack Great Camp on Blue Mountain Lake in New York, known for its rustic architecture and role as a classic North Country wilderness retreat.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
The General in His Labyrinth
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surface form:
The General in His Labyrinth (film)
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| author | Gabriel García Márquez ⓘ |
| basedOn | Simón Bolívar ⓘ |
| containsElement |
flashbacks
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introspective monologue ⓘ political reflection ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Colombia ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
José Palacios
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Manuela Sáenz ⓘ |
| firstEditionPlace | Colombia ⓘ |
| firstEnglishEditionYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical novel
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historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasReception | critical acclaim ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
decline of power
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legacy ⓘ memory and history ⓘ mortality ⓘ political disillusionment ⓘ |
| isbnFirstEnglishEdition | 9780394582580 ⓘ |
| languageOfFirstEdition | Spanish ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Latin American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Simón Bolívar ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
final journey of Simón Bolívar
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inner turmoil of Simón Bolívar ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of history and fiction
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fictionalized portrayal of Simón Bolívar ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
The General in His Labyrinth
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surface form:
El general en su laberinto
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| pageCountApproximate | 285 ⓘ |
| partOf | Gabriel García Márquez bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Alfred A. Knopf
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Editorial Oveja Negra ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Gran Colombia
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Magdalena River valley ⓘ
surface form:
Magdalena River
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| settingPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Latin American independence
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Simón Bolívar’s final days ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfPlot | last months of Simón Bolívar’s life ⓘ |
| translatorToEnglish | Edith Grossman ⓘ |
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Referenced by (7)
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The General in His Labyrinth
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The General in His Labyrinth
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this entity surface form:
El general en su laberinto
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The General in His Labyrinth (film)
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novel The General in His Labyrinth