River Company of the Caribbean
E449694
River Company of the Caribbean is the riverboat shipping firm in Gabriel García Márquez’s novel "Love in the Time of Cholera" that employs the protagonist Florentino Ariza.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| River Company of the Caribbean canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4525065 — 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: River Company of the Caribbean Context triple: [Florentino Ariza, worksFor, River Company of the Caribbean]
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A.
Jamaica Line
The Jamaica Line is an elevated New York City Subway corridor in Brooklyn and Queens that carries services such as the M train.
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B.
The Spanish Main
The Spanish Main is a 1945 swashbuckling adventure film set in the Caribbean, known for its tale of piracy, romance, and high-seas action.
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C.
Aeromar
Aeromar is a Mexican regional airline that primarily operates domestic and short-haul international flights, with a major operational base in Mexico City.
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D.
Somers Isles Company
The Somers Isles Company was an English chartered company that administered and exploited the colony of Bermuda (then called the Somers Isles) in the 17th century.
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E.
arms of Nassau
The arms of Nassau are a historic European heraldic emblem featuring a golden lion on a blue field strewn with billets, long associated with the House of Nassau and later the Dutch royal family.
- 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: River Company of the Caribbean Target entity description: River Company of the Caribbean is the riverboat shipping firm in Gabriel García Márquez’s novel "Love in the Time of Cholera" that employs the protagonist Florentino Ariza.
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A.
Jamaica Line
The Jamaica Line is an elevated New York City Subway corridor in Brooklyn and Queens that carries services such as the M train.
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B.
The Spanish Main
The Spanish Main is a 1945 swashbuckling adventure film set in the Caribbean, known for its tale of piracy, romance, and high-seas action.
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C.
Aeromar
Aeromar is a Mexican regional airline that primarily operates domestic and short-haul international flights, with a major operational base in Mexico City.
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D.
Somers Isles Company
The Somers Isles Company was an English chartered company that administered and exploited the colony of Bermuda (then called the Somers Isles) in the 17th century.
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E.
arms of Nassau
The arms of Nassau are a historic European heraldic emblem featuring a golden lion on a blue field strewn with billets, long associated with the House of Nassau and later the Dutch royal family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional company
ⓘ
riverboat company ⓘ shipping company ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Love in the Time of Cholera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy | Gabriel García Márquez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
commerce
ⓘ
modernity ⓘ social mobility ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalSetting | Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Gabriel García Márquez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employerOfProtagonistInWork | Florentino Ariza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employsFictionalCharacter |
Florentino Ariza
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leona Cassiani NERFINISHED ⓘ Lotario Thugut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn |
magical realism
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romantic novel ⓘ |
| hasFictionalHeadquarters | unnamed river port city in the Caribbean region of Colombia ⓘ |
| hasFictionalPosition |
clerk
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manager ⓘ telegraph operator ⓘ |
| industry |
river transport
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shipping ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Spanish ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
employer of the protagonist
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symbol of modernization ⓘ |
| operatesOn | Magdalena River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitleOfWork | El amor en los tiempos del cólera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse | Love in the Time of Cholera fictional universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Caribbean region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: River Company of the Caribbean Description of subject: River Company of the Caribbean is the riverboat shipping firm in Gabriel García Márquez’s novel "Love in the Time of Cholera" that employs the protagonist Florentino Ariza.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.