Don José
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Don José is the tragic soldier protagonist of Georges Bizet’s opera "Carmen," whose obsessive love for the title character leads to his downfall.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1682218 — 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.
Target entity: Don José Context triple: [Carmen, mainCharacter, Don José]
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Joaquín Toesca
Joaquín Toesca was an 18th-century Italian-born architect who became a key figure in Chilean neoclassical architecture.
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Rodolfo
Rodolfo is the original Italian given name of Rudolph Valentino, the iconic silent film actor and sex symbol of the 1920s.
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Vicente
Vicente is a given name, common in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, that corresponds to the English name Vincent.
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Eugenio
Eugenio is a masculine given name of Greek origin, commonly used in Spanish- and Italian-speaking countries.
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Don Juan
Don Juan is a long satirical narrative poem by Lord Byron that humorously reimagines the legendary libertine as a naïve young man swept through a series of romantic and political adventures.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Don José Target entity description: Don José is the tragic soldier protagonist of Georges Bizet’s opera "Carmen," whose obsessive love for the title character leads to his downfall.
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A.
Joaquín Toesca
Joaquín Toesca was an 18th-century Italian-born architect who became a key figure in Chilean neoclassical architecture.
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B.
Rodolfo
Rodolfo is the original Italian given name of Rudolph Valentino, the iconic silent film actor and sex symbol of the 1920s.
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C.
Vicente
Vicente is a given name, common in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, that corresponds to the English name Vincent.
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Eugenio
Eugenio is a masculine given name of Greek origin, commonly used in Spanish- and Italian-speaking countries.
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E.
Don Juan
Don Juan is a long satirical narrative poem by Lord Byron that humorously reimagines the legendary libertine as a naïve young man swept through a series of romantic and political adventures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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opera character ⓘ tragic hero ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Carmen ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
smugglers
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tobacco factory in Seville ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Don José
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Don José from Prosper Mérimée’s novella Carmen
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| causeOfDownfall | obsessive love for Carmen ⓘ |
| centralThemeRelation |
fatal love
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freedom versus possession ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
impulsive
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jealous ⓘ passionate ⓘ possessive ⓘ |
| conflictsWith |
Escamillo
ⓘ
Zuniga ⓘ |
| createdBy | Georges Bizet ⓘ |
| diesIn | final scene of Carmen (often arrested or executed offstage) ⓘ |
| familyOrigin | Navarre ⓘ |
| fiancée | Micaëla ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Carmen
ⓘ
surface form:
opera Carmen (1875)
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | opera ⓘ |
| kills | Carmen ⓘ |
| languageOfCharacter | French ⓘ |
| librettistsOfWork |
Henri Meilhac
ⓘ
Ludovic Halévy ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Carmen ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | morally ambiguous ⓘ |
| mother | unnamed Navarrese mother ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
depicts destructive jealousy
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illustrates conflict between duty and passion ⓘ |
| nationality | Spanish ⓘ |
| notableAria |
Flower Song (La fleur que tu m’avais jetée)
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surface form:
La fleur que tu m’avais jetée
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| occupation | soldier ⓘ |
| rank | corporal ⓘ |
| relationship |
deserts the army for Carmen
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imprisons Carmen then lets her escape ⓘ quarrels with Escamillo ⓘ |
| roleInWork | protagonist of Carmen ⓘ |
| setting | Seville ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFiction | early 19th century ⓘ |
| voiceType | tenor ⓘ |
| workGenre | opéra comique ⓘ |
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Subject: Don José Description of subject: Don José is the tragic soldier protagonist of Georges Bizet’s opera "Carmen," whose obsessive love for the title character leads to his downfall.
Referenced by (12)
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