Aureliano Babilonia
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Aureliano Babilonia is a central figure in Gabriel García Márquez’s novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude," known for deciphering the Buendía family’s prophetic manuscripts and embodying the culmination of the family’s cyclical fate.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aureliano Babilonia canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T834385 — 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: Aureliano Babilonia Context triple: [One Hundred Years of Solitude, mainCharacter, Aureliano Babilonia]
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A.
Arsenio
Arsenio is a masculine given name of Spanish origin, historically borne by several notable figures in Spanish-speaking countries.
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B.
Eugenio
Eugenio is a masculine given name of Greek origin, commonly used in Spanish- and Italian-speaking countries.
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C.
Horácio
Horácio is the Portuguese form of the name Horace, historically associated with the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus.
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D.
Eduardo
Eduardo is a masculine given name commonly used in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries, equivalent to the English name Edward.
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E.
Baruch
Baruch is a deuterocanonical book of the Old Testament, traditionally attributed to Baruch ben Neriah, the scribe and companion of the prophet Jeremiah.
- 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: Aureliano Babilonia Target entity description: Aureliano Babilonia is a central figure in Gabriel García Márquez’s novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude," known for deciphering the Buendía family’s prophetic manuscripts and embodying the culmination of the family’s cyclical fate.
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A.
Arsenio
Arsenio is a masculine given name of Spanish origin, historically borne by several notable figures in Spanish-speaking countries.
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B.
Eugenio
Eugenio is a masculine given name of Greek origin, commonly used in Spanish- and Italian-speaking countries.
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C.
Horácio
Horácio is the Portuguese form of the name Horace, historically associated with the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus.
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D.
Eduardo
Eduardo is a masculine given name commonly used in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries, equivalent to the English name Edward.
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E.
Baruch
Baruch is a deuterocanonical book of the Old Testament, traditionally attributed to Baruch ben Neriah, the scribe and companion of the prophet Jeremiah.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| ability |
ability to decipher coded manuscripts
ⓘ
knowledge of Sanskrit ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Aureliano Buendía
ⓘ
surface form:
Aureliano
|
| appearsIn | One Hundred Years of Solitude ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Macondo
ⓘ
cyclical time ⓘ prophecy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Colombia ⓘ |
| creator | Gabriel García Márquez ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | iconic character of magic realism ⓘ |
| familyName |
Buendía family
ⓘ
surface form:
Buendía
|
| fictionalUniverse |
Macondo
ⓘ
surface form:
Macondo universe
|
| finalAct | completes the reading of the manuscripts ⓘ |
| finalRealization | understands the Buendía family’s entire history is predetermined ⓘ |
| genre | magic realism ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Aureliano Babilonia self-link ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Buendía family ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Spanish ⓘ |
| literaryTheme |
family fate
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predestination ⓘ solitude ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | culmination of Buendía family cycle ⓘ |
| notableFor |
deciphering Melquíades’s manuscripts
ⓘ
deciphering the Buendía family’s prophetic manuscripts ⓘ |
| partOf | Latin American literary canon ⓘ |
| positionInNarrative | central figure ⓘ |
| predecessorInFamilyLine |
Aureliano Buendía
ⓘ
surface form:
Colonel Aureliano Buendía
José Arcadio Buendía ⓘ |
| relative |
Amaranta Úrsula
ⓘ
Aureliano Segundo ⓘ Fernanda del Carpio ⓘ José Arcadio Segundo ⓘ Úrsula Iguarán ⓘ |
| setIn | Macondo ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
the closure of Macondo’s history
ⓘ
the end of the Buendía lineage ⓘ |
| workLocation | Melquíades’s room ⓘ |
| workPublishedIn | 1967 ⓘ |
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Subject: Aureliano Babilonia Description of subject: Aureliano Babilonia is a central figure in Gabriel García Márquez’s novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude," known for deciphering the Buendía family’s prophetic manuscripts and embodying the culmination of the family’s cyclical fate.
Referenced by (4)
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