Sostiene Pereira
E335837
Sostiene Pereira is a celebrated novel by Antonio Tabucchi that follows an aging journalist in 1930s Lisbon as he gradually awakens to political resistance under Salazar’s dictatorship.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sostiene Pereira canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3207425 — 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: Sostiene Pereira Context triple: [Antonio Tabucchi, notableWork, Sostiene Pereira]
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A.
Pérez
Pérez is a common Spanish-language surname widely found in Spain and Latin America.
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B.
Apruebo Dignidad
Apruebo Dignidad is a left-wing political coalition in Chile that brought together progressive and social-movement-based parties and supported Gabriel Boric’s successful presidential bid.
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C.
Pobeda
Pobeda is a Russian low-cost airline and a subsidiary of Aeroflot, operating domestic and international flights primarily from Moscow.
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Putaendo
Putaendo is a small Chilean city in the Valparaíso Region, known for its rural character, historical heritage, and location in the Aconcagua Valley.
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E.
Ossuccio
Ossuccio is a small lakeside locality on the western shore of Lake Como in northern Italy, known for its scenic setting opposite the historic Isola Comacina.
- 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: Sostiene Pereira Target entity description: Sostiene Pereira is a celebrated novel by Antonio Tabucchi that follows an aging journalist in 1930s Lisbon as he gradually awakens to political resistance under Salazar’s dictatorship.
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A.
Pérez
Pérez is a common Spanish-language surname widely found in Spain and Latin America.
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B.
Apruebo Dignidad
Apruebo Dignidad is a left-wing political coalition in Chile that brought together progressive and social-movement-based parties and supported Gabriel Boric’s successful presidential bid.
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C.
Pobeda
Pobeda is a Russian low-cost airline and a subsidiary of Aeroflot, operating domestic and international flights primarily from Moscow.
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D.
Putaendo
Putaendo is a small Chilean city in the Valparaíso Region, known for its rural character, historical heritage, and location in the Aconcagua Valley.
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E.
Ossuccio
Ossuccio is a small lakeside locality on the western shore of Lake Como in northern Italy, known for its scenic setting opposite the historic Isola Comacina.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptationLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| adaptationMedium | film ⓘ |
| author | Antonio Tabucchi ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| genre |
historical novel
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ philosophical novel ⓘ political novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Sostiene Pereira (film) ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Estado Novo regime
ⓘ
surface form:
Estado Novo dictatorship
Salazar regime ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary Italian literature ⓘ |
| literaryReputation | celebrated novel ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Pereira ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | repeated phrase "sostiene Pereira" ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person reported speech ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
blend of fiction and historical reality
ⓘ
use of refrain-like narrative structure ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | one of Antonio Tabucchi's best-known works ⓘ |
| protagonistAge | aging ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | journalist ⓘ |
| protagonistTransformation | from political indifference to engagement ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Portugal ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Lisbon ⓘ |
| settingPoliticalLeader | António de Oliveira Salazar ⓘ |
| settingRegimeType | authoritarian regime ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
press and censorship under dictatorship
ⓘ
role of intellectuals in politics ⓘ |
| theme |
awakening of conscience
ⓘ
censorship ⓘ dictatorship ⓘ individual vs state ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ political resistance ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | "Pereira maintains" ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sostiene Pereira Description of subject: Sostiene Pereira is a celebrated novel by Antonio Tabucchi that follows an aging journalist in 1930s Lisbon as he gradually awakens to political resistance under Salazar’s dictatorship.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Antonio Tabucchi