Ricardo Reis
E400929
Ricardo Reis is one of Fernando Pessoa’s major poetic heteronyms, characterized as a classical, stoic-minded physician who writes odes in a restrained, Horatian style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ricardo Reis canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3906330 — 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: Ricardo Reis Context triple: [Fernando Pessoa, heteronym, Ricardo Reis]
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A.
Salgueiro Maia
Salgueiro Maia was a Portuguese army captain who became one of the central leaders of the 1974 military coup that peacefully overthrew the Estado Novo dictatorship.
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B.
Tomé de Sousa
Tomé de Sousa was a 16th-century Portuguese nobleman and military officer best known as the first Governor-General of Brazil, where he founded the city of Salvador and helped establish colonial administration.
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C.
Joaquim de Almeida
Joaquim de Almeida is a Portuguese actor known for his charismatic portrayals of villains and antiheroes in international films and television, including prominent roles in action and crime dramas.
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D.
Teófilo Braga
Teófilo Braga was a Portuguese writer, literary historian, and politician who briefly served as President of Portugal during the early years of the First Republic.
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E.
Ramos de Azevedo
Ramos de Azevedo was a prominent Brazilian architect and engineer known for shaping São Paulo’s urban landscape in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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: Ricardo Reis Target entity description: Ricardo Reis is one of Fernando Pessoa’s major poetic heteronyms, characterized as a classical, stoic-minded physician who writes odes in a restrained, Horatian style.
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A.
Salgueiro Maia
Salgueiro Maia was a Portuguese army captain who became one of the central leaders of the 1974 military coup that peacefully overthrew the Estado Novo dictatorship.
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B.
Tomé de Sousa
Tomé de Sousa was a 16th-century Portuguese nobleman and military officer best known as the first Governor-General of Brazil, where he founded the city of Salvador and helped establish colonial administration.
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C.
Joaquim de Almeida
Joaquim de Almeida is a Portuguese actor known for his charismatic portrayals of villains and antiheroes in international films and television, including prominent roles in action and crime dramas.
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D.
Teófilo Braga
Teófilo Braga was a Portuguese writer, literary historian, and politician who briefly served as President of Portugal during the early years of the First Republic.
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E.
Ramos de Azevedo
Ramos de Azevedo was a prominent Brazilian architect and engineer known for shaping São Paulo’s urban landscape in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
heteronym
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literary character ⓘ poetic heteronym ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Odes by Ricardo Reis ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Alberto Caeiro
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Bernardo Soares ⓘ Álvaro de Campos ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
classically oriented
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detached ⓘ disciplined ⓘ stoic-minded ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Portugal ⓘ |
| createdInPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| creator | Fernando Pessoa ⓘ |
| fictionalBiography | Portuguese doctor who emigrated to Brazil ⓘ |
| genre | ode ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasMetafictionalStatus | alternative persona of Fernando Pessoa ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Horace ⓘ |
| language | Portuguese ⓘ |
| literaryFunction | to embody classical and stoic tendencies in Pessoa’s work ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Modernism
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Neoclassicism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
classical odes in Portuguese
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stoic philosophical tone ⓘ |
| occupation |
physician
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poet ⓘ |
| partOf | Fernando Pessoa heteronyms ⓘ |
| philosophicalOutlook | Stoicism ⓘ |
| sharesAuthorWith |
Alberto Caeiro
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Bernardo Soares ⓘ Álvaro de Campos ONNED1 ⓘ |
| theme |
acceptance of destiny
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fate ⓘ impermanence ⓘ measure and moderation ⓘ nature observed with detachment ⓘ transience of life ⓘ |
| usesForm |
classical meter
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regular stanza structure ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
Horatian
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restrained ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ricardo Reis Description of subject: Ricardo Reis is one of Fernando Pessoa’s major poetic heteronyms, characterized as a classical, stoic-minded physician who writes odes in a restrained, Horatian style.
Referenced by (6)
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subject surface form:
Fernando Pessoa