Os Maias
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Os Maias is a classic 19th-century Portuguese realist novel that portrays the decline of an aristocratic family while sharply satirizing Lisbon society.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Os Maias canonical | 2 |
| Os Maias (film) | 1 |
| Os Maias (television series) | 1 |
| The Maias | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3892191 — 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: Os Maias Context triple: [Eça de Queirós, notableWork, Os Maias]
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A.
Casa das Rosas
Casa das Rosas is a historic mansion and cultural center in São Paulo, Brazil, renowned for its poetry events, literary activities, and preserved early-20th-century architecture.
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B.
Julita
Julita is a feminine given name, commonly used as a diminutive or variant of Julia in various languages and cultures.
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C.
Viridiana
Viridiana is a 1961 Spanish-Mexican drama film directed by Luis Buñuel, renowned for its controversial critique of religion and bourgeois morality.
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D.
Milena
Milena is the birth name of actress Mila Kunis, a Ukrainian-born American performer known for roles in "That '70s Show" and "Black Swan."
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E.
Eva Luna
Eva Luna is a novel by Chilean author Isabel Allende that follows the imaginative life story of a young Latin American woman against a backdrop of political and social upheaval.
- 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: Os Maias Target entity description: Os Maias is a classic 19th-century Portuguese realist novel that portrays the decline of an aristocratic family while sharply satirizing Lisbon society.
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A.
Casa das Rosas
Casa das Rosas is a historic mansion and cultural center in São Paulo, Brazil, renowned for its poetry events, literary activities, and preserved early-20th-century architecture.
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B.
Julita
Julita is a feminine given name, commonly used as a diminutive or variant of Julia in various languages and cultures.
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C.
Viridiana
Viridiana is a 1961 Spanish-Mexican drama film directed by Luis Buñuel, renowned for its controversial critique of religion and bourgeois morality.
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D.
Milena
Milena is the birth name of actress Mila Kunis, a Ukrainian-born American performer known for roles in "That '70s Show" and "Black Swan."
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E.
Eva Luna
Eva Luna is a novel by Chilean author Isabel Allende that follows the imaginative life story of a young Latin American woman against a backdrop of political and social upheaval.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Portuguese novel
ⓘ
literary work ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Eça de Queirós ⓘ |
| centuryOfPublication | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Portugal ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Livraria Chardron ⓘ |
| genre |
realist novel
ⓘ
satirical novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Os Maias
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Os Maias (film)
Os Maias self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Os Maias (television series)
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| hasCharacter |
Craft (the Englishman)
ⓘ
Dâmaso Salcede ⓘ Eusebiozinho ⓘ João da Ega ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle |
Os Maias
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Maias
|
| hasMainCharacter |
Afonso da Maia
ⓘ
Carlos da Maia ⓘ Maria Eduarda ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre |
family saga
ⓘ
social novel ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Realism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century Portuguese literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
critique of Lisbon high society
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decadence of the Portuguese aristocracy ⓘ decline of an aristocratic family ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of Portuguese politics and institutions
ⓘ
detailed depiction of Lisbon society ⓘ psychological characterization ⓘ social realism ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| partOfSchoolCurriculumIn | Portugal ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPublication | Porto ⓘ |
| portrays |
Portuguese aristocracy
ⓘ
Portuguese bourgeoisie ⓘ cultural life in Lisbon ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1888 ⓘ |
| publisherLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Portugal ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Lisbon ⓘ |
| structure | three-part novel ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | late 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Os Maias Description of subject: Os Maias is a classic 19th-century Portuguese realist novel that portrays the decline of an aristocratic family while sharply satirizing Lisbon society.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Os Maias (television series)
this entity surface form:
Os Maias (film)
this entity surface form:
The Maias