Arcane 17
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Arcane 17 is a surrealist prose-poem by André Breton that blends myth, love, and wartime reflection, written during his exile in Canada in World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Arcane 17 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5558796 — 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: Arcane 17 Context triple: [André Breton, notableWork, Arcane 17]
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A.
Arc of Infinity
Arc of Infinity is a 1983 Doctor Who serial featuring the Fifth Doctor, notable for its Gallifrey setting and the return of the Time Lord Omega.
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L’Arc
L’Arc is one of the monumental postmodern residential structures within Ricardo Bofill’s Les Espaces d'Abraxas complex in Noisy-le-Grand, France.
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C.
Arc
Arc is the main protagonist of the role-playing game Arc the Lad, a young hero who embarks on a quest to save his world from impending destruction.
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D.
Arc
Arc is a minimalist dialect of the Lisp programming language designed by Paul Graham and Robert Morris to explore new ideas in language design and rapid prototyping.
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E.
Arcop
Arcop was a prominent Canadian architectural firm known for its modernist designs and major cultural and institutional projects across Canada.
- 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: Arcane 17 Target entity description: Arcane 17 is a surrealist prose-poem by André Breton that blends myth, love, and wartime reflection, written during his exile in Canada in World War II.
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A.
Arc of Infinity
Arc of Infinity is a 1983 Doctor Who serial featuring the Fifth Doctor, notable for its Gallifrey setting and the return of the Time Lord Omega.
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B.
L’Arc
L’Arc is one of the monumental postmodern residential structures within Ricardo Bofill’s Les Espaces d'Abraxas complex in Noisy-le-Grand, France.
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C.
Arc
Arc is the main protagonist of the role-playing game Arc the Lad, a young hero who embarks on a quest to save his world from impending destruction.
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D.
Arc
Arc is a minimalist dialect of the Lisp programming language designed by Paul Graham and Robert Morris to explore new ideas in language design and rapid prototyping.
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E.
Arcop
Arcop was a prominent Canadian architectural firm known for its modernist designs and major cultural and institutional projects across Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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prose poem ⓘ surrealist work ⓘ |
| addresses |
destruction of war
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possibility of human regeneration ⓘ role of love in historical catastrophe ⓘ |
| author | André Breton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralFigure | Elisa Claro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
autobiographical elements
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lyrical passages ⓘ political reflection ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Elisa Claro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | book ⓘ |
| genre | surrealist prose-poem ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
European crisis of World War II
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Nazi occupation of France ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Tarot card The Star (Arcane XVII) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Surrealism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
hope
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love ⓘ myth ⓘ rebirth ⓘ war ⓘ |
| notableFor |
fusion of myth, love, and wartime reflection
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use of tarot as structural principle ⓘ |
| partOf | André Breton's later surrealist writings ⓘ |
| placeOfWriting |
Canada
NERFINISHED
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Gaspé Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1945 ⓘ |
| publisher | Éditions du Sagittaire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| references |
alchemical imagery
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mythological figures ⓘ tarot symbolism ⓘ |
| setting |
Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Percé Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
imagistic prose
ⓘ
poetic essay ⓘ surrealist automatic writing elements ⓘ |
| symbolicallyAssociatedWith |
feminine principle
ⓘ
liberation ⓘ renewal ⓘ |
| writtenDuring |
André Breton's exile in Canada
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World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearWritten | 1944 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Arcane 17 Description of subject: Arcane 17 is a surrealist prose-poem by André Breton that blends myth, love, and wartime reflection, written during his exile in Canada in World War II.
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