The Makropulos Affair
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The Makropulos Affair is a 1922 play by Czech writer Karel Čapek that explores the psychological and moral consequences of human immortality through the story of a woman who has lived for over 300 years.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14486108 — 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: The Makropulos Affair Context triple: [Karel Čapek, notableWork, The Makropulos Affair]
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Cleanness
Cleanness is a Middle English alliterative poem, often attributed to the Pearl Poet, that explores the virtue of spiritual purity through biblical narratives and moral exempla.
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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting is a novel by Milan Kundera that blends political satire, philosophical reflection, and fragmented narratives to explore memory, identity, and the erasure of history in communist Czechoslovakia.
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Six Characters in Search of an Author
Six Characters in Search of an Author is a groundbreaking 1921 metatheatrical play that explores the blurred boundaries between reality and fiction through unfinished characters who invade a theatrical rehearsal demanding their story be staged.
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Romana von Hofmannsthal
Romana von Hofmannsthal was a member of European high society in the early 20th century, known primarily as the daughter of American heiress Ava Alice Muriel Astor and for her connections to the Astor family.
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E.
The Woman on the Stairs
The Woman on the Stairs is a novel by German author Bernhard Schlink that intertwines art, memory, and past relationships through a man’s encounter with a mysterious painting and the woman it depicts.
- 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: The Makropulos Affair Target entity description: The Makropulos Affair is a 1922 play by Czech writer Karel Čapek that explores the psychological and moral consequences of human immortality through the story of a woman who has lived for over 300 years.
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A.
Cleanness
Cleanness is a Middle English alliterative poem, often attributed to the Pearl Poet, that explores the virtue of spiritual purity through biblical narratives and moral exempla.
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B.
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting is a novel by Milan Kundera that blends political satire, philosophical reflection, and fragmented narratives to explore memory, identity, and the erasure of history in communist Czechoslovakia.
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C.
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Six Characters in Search of an Author is a groundbreaking 1921 metatheatrical play that explores the blurred boundaries between reality and fiction through unfinished characters who invade a theatrical rehearsal demanding their story be staged.
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D.
Romana von Hofmannsthal
Romana von Hofmannsthal was a member of European high society in the early 20th century, known primarily as the daughter of American heiress Ava Alice Muriel Astor and for her connections to the Astor family.
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E.
The Woman on the Stairs
The Woman on the Stairs is a novel by German author Bernhard Schlink that intertwines art, memory, and past relationships through a man’s encounter with a mysterious painting and the woman it depicts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Makropulos Case: Reflections on the Tedium of Immortality
this entity surface form:
essay "The Makropulos Case: Reflections on the Tedium of Immortality"