João Guimarães Rosa
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João Guimarães Rosa was a Brazilian writer and diplomat renowned for his innovative, linguistically rich fiction, especially the novel "Grande Sertão: Veredas," which is considered a landmark of 20th-century Brazilian literature.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| João Guimarães Rosa canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5385044 — 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: João Guimarães Rosa Context triple: [Academia Brasileira de Letras, hasNotableMember, João Guimarães Rosa]
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A.
Leopoldo de Almeida Rosa
Leopoldo de Almeida Rosa is a Portuguese architect known for designing Lisbon’s Terreiro do Paço metro station.
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B.
Manuel Bandeira
Manuel Bandeira was a prominent Brazilian poet and literary critic whose lyrical, introspective work made him one of the central figures of Brazilian Modernism.
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C.
Mário de Andrade
Mário de Andrade was a pioneering Brazilian writer, poet, musicologist, and critic who played a central role in shaping the country’s modernist movement in the early 20th century.
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D.
Oswald de Andrade
Oswald de Andrade was a pioneering Brazilian writer and cultural theorist whose manifestos and experimental works helped define and propel the Brazilian Modernist movement in the early 20th century.
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E.
Machado de Castro
Machado de Castro was a prominent 18th-century Portuguese sculptor, regarded as one of the most important artists of his time in Portugal.
- 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: João Guimarães Rosa Target entity description: João Guimarães Rosa was a Brazilian writer and diplomat renowned for his innovative, linguistically rich fiction, especially the novel "Grande Sertão: Veredas," which is considered a landmark of 20th-century Brazilian literature.
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A.
Leopoldo de Almeida Rosa
Leopoldo de Almeida Rosa is a Portuguese architect known for designing Lisbon’s Terreiro do Paço metro station.
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B.
Manuel Bandeira
Manuel Bandeira was a prominent Brazilian poet and literary critic whose lyrical, introspective work made him one of the central figures of Brazilian Modernism.
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C.
Mário de Andrade
Mário de Andrade was a pioneering Brazilian writer, poet, musicologist, and critic who played a central role in shaping the country’s modernist movement in the early 20th century.
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D.
Oswald de Andrade
Oswald de Andrade was a pioneering Brazilian writer and cultural theorist whose manifestos and experimental works helped define and propel the Brazilian Modernist movement in the early 20th century.
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E.
Machado de Castro
Machado de Castro was a prominent 18th-century Portuguese sculptor, regarded as one of the most important artists of his time in Portugal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brazilian writer
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diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ physician ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Carmen Dolores Barbosa Prize
NERFINISHED
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Machado de Assis Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Brazil ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1908-06-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1967-11-19 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Federal University of Minas Gerais NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Itamaraty (Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Guimarães Rosa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
diplomacy
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literature ⓘ medicine ⓘ |
| genre |
modernist literature
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novel ⓘ regionalist fiction ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| givenName | João NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPartInBibliography |
Corpo de Baile (short story cycles)
NERFINISHED
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Primeiras Estórias (short stories) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sagarana (short story collection) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tutaméia (Terceiras Estórias) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Brazilian oral traditions
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regional speech of Minas Gerais ⓘ |
| languageOfExpression | Portuguese ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| literaryRegion | Brazilian sertão ⓘ |
| movement | Brazilian modernism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | João Guimarães Rosa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Brazilian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depictions of the Brazilian sertão in literature
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innovative, linguistically rich fiction ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Corpo de Baile
NERFINISHED
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Grande Sertão: Veredas NERFINISHED ⓘ Primeiras Estórias NERFINISHED ⓘ Sagarana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
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physician ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Cordisburgo, Minas Gerais, Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Brazilian ambassador to Colombia
NERFINISHED
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Brazilian ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
linguistically innovative prose
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neologism-rich language ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: João Guimarães Rosa Description of subject: João Guimarães Rosa was a Brazilian writer and diplomat renowned for his innovative, linguistically rich fiction, especially the novel "Grande Sertão: Veredas," which is considered a landmark of 20th-century Brazilian literature.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Academia Brasileira de Letras