Benito Cereno (opera)
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Benito Cereno (opera) is a modern operatic adaptation of Herman Melville’s novella, dramatizing the tense and ambiguous encounter aboard a Spanish slave ship seized by mutineers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Benito Cereno (opera) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5531152 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benito Cereno (opera) Context triple: [Benito Cereno, adaptation, Benito Cereno (opera)]
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Carmen
Carmen is a landlocked agricultural municipality in the province of North Cotabato on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines.
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Carmen
Carmen is a key character in the dark fantasy film "Pan’s Labyrinth," serving as the pregnant mother whose fragile health and marriage to a brutal captain frame the story’s wartime and familial tensions.
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Carmen
Carmen is a feminine given name of Latin origin, widely used in Spanish-speaking cultures and beyond.
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Carmen
Carmen is a landlocked municipality in the central part of Bohol Island in the Philippines, known for its proximity to the famous Chocolate Hills.
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Carmen
Carmen is a central district of San José, Costa Rica, known for its urban character and role in the capital’s administrative and commercial life.
- 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: Benito Cereno (opera) Target entity description: Benito Cereno (opera) is a modern operatic adaptation of Herman Melville’s novella, dramatizing the tense and ambiguous encounter aboard a Spanish slave ship seized by mutineers.
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A.
Carmen
Carmen is a landlocked agricultural municipality in the province of North Cotabato on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines.
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B.
Carmen
Carmen is a key character in the dark fantasy film "Pan’s Labyrinth," serving as the pregnant mother whose fragile health and marriage to a brutal captain frame the story’s wartime and familial tensions.
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C.
Carmen
Carmen is a municipality in the province of Cebu in the Philippines, known for its agricultural economy and proximity to coastal and upland attractions.
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D.
Carmen
Carmen is a feminine given name of Latin origin, widely used in Spanish-speaking cultures and beyond.
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E.
Carmen
Carmen is a landlocked municipality in the central part of Bohol Island in the Philippines, known for its proximity to the famous Chocolate Hills.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | opera ⓘ |
| artForm | music theatre ⓘ |
| basedOn | Benito Cereno (novella) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Herman Melville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| form | through-composed opera ⓘ |
| genre |
chamber opera
ⓘ
contemporary opera ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Amasa Delano
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Babo NERFINISHED ⓘ Benito Cereno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSourceGenre | novella ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literarySourceAuthor | Herman Melville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
ambiguous power relations between captors and captives
ⓘ
tense encounter between American captain and Spanish slaver ⓘ |
| period | modern ⓘ |
| setting |
19th century
ⓘ
Spanish slave ship ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
mutiny at sea
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slave revolt ⓘ |
| themes |
colonialism
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deception ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ slavery ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Benito Cereno (opera) Description of subject: Benito Cereno (opera) is a modern operatic adaptation of Herman Melville’s novella, dramatizing the tense and ambiguous encounter aboard a Spanish slave ship seized by mutineers.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.