Bestiario
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Bestiario is a celebrated short story collection by Argentine writer Julio Cortázar that helped establish his reputation as a master of fantastical and experimental fiction.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bestiario canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4961027 — 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: Bestiario Context triple: [Julio Cortázar, notableWork, Bestiario]
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A.
Fierce Creatures
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B.
Fabela
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C.
The Beast
The Beast is a song by Bill Callahan featured on his album "Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest."
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D.
The Beast
The Beast was the fearsome nickname of Jimmie Foxx, a legendary power-hitting Major League Baseball slugger of the early 20th century.
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E.
Dragones
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- 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: Bestiario Target entity description: Bestiario is a celebrated short story collection by Argentine writer Julio Cortázar that helped establish his reputation as a master of fantastical and experimental fiction.
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A.
Fierce Creatures
Fierce Creatures is a 1997 British comedy film, conceived as a spiritual successor to A Fish Called Wanda, featuring John Cleese and other members of that ensemble in a farcical story about a struggling zoo.
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B.
Fabela
Fabela is the maiden surname of Helen Fabela Chávez, a Mexican-American labor leader and wife of civil rights activist César Chávez.
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C.
The Beast
The Beast is a song by Bill Callahan featured on his album "Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest."
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D.
The Beast
The Beast was the fearsome nickname of Jimmie Foxx, a legendary power-hitting Major League Baseball slugger of the early 20th century.
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E.
Dragones
Dragones is a historic neighborhood in Havana, Cuba, known for its central location in Centro Habana and proximity to the city’s Chinatown and cultural landmarks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Julio Cortázar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | Cortázar's international recognition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Argentina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
experimental fiction
ⓘ
fantastical fiction ⓘ short stories ⓘ |
| hasCoverArt | variesByEdition ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
Latin American short fiction
ⓘ
fantastic literature in Spanish ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryStyle |
fantastic realism
ⓘ
surreal elements ⓘ |
| hasMediaType | print ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfStories | 8 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Bestiario (short story)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Carta a una señorita en París ⓘ Casa tomada NERFINISHED ⓘ Cefalea NERFINISHED ⓘ Círculo de tiza NERFINISHED ⓘ Las puertas del cielo NERFINISHED ⓘ Lejana NERFINISHED ⓘ Ómnibus ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
dislocation of reality
ⓘ
psychological tension ⓘ the uncanny in everyday life ⓘ |
| hasTitleTranslation | Bestiary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| helpedEstablishReputationOf | Julio Cortázar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isEarlyWorkOf | Julio Cortázar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isInTheBibliographyOf | Julio Cortázar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isRegardedAs | classic of 20th-century Argentine literature ⓘ |
| isStudiedIn | Hispanic literature courses ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Latin American Boom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Buenos Aires NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| publisher | Editorial Sudamericana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Buenos Aires (in several stories) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bestiario Description of subject: Bestiario is a celebrated short story collection by Argentine writer Julio Cortázar that helped establish his reputation as a master of fantastical and experimental fiction.
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