The Circular Ruins
E622057
"The Circular Ruins" is a metaphysical short story by Jorge Luis Borges that explores themes of creation, identity, and illusion through the tale of a man who dreams another man into existence.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Circular Ruins canonical | 2 |
| Las ruinas circulares | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6827608 — 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: The Circular Ruins Context triple: [Ficciones, hasPart, The Circular Ruins]
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A.
The Ruins
The Ruins is a 2008 horror film, based on Scott Smith’s novel, about a group of tourists trapped at an isolated Mayan ruin menaced by a malevolent, sentient vine.
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B.
The Ruin
The Ruin is a melancholic Old English poem reflecting on the crumbling remains of a once-great stone city and the transience of human achievements.
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C.
Planet of Exile
Planet of Exile is a science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that explores themes of cultural contact, exile, and survival on a distant, harshly seasonal planet.
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D.
My City of Ruins
"My City of Ruins" is a soulful, gospel-influenced Bruce Springsteen song that became an anthem of resilience and healing, especially associated with the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.
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E.
The Relic
The Relic is a 1997 science fiction horror film about a monstrous creature stalking a Chicago museum, based on the novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
- 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 Circular Ruins Target entity description: "The Circular Ruins" is a metaphysical short story by Jorge Luis Borges that explores themes of creation, identity, and illusion through the tale of a man who dreams another man into existence.
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A.
The Ruins
The Ruins is a 2008 horror film, based on Scott Smith’s novel, about a group of tourists trapped at an isolated Mayan ruin menaced by a malevolent, sentient vine.
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B.
The Ruin
The Ruin is a melancholic Old English poem reflecting on the crumbling remains of a once-great stone city and the transience of human achievements.
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C.
Planet of Exile
Planet of Exile is a science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that explores themes of cultural contact, exile, and survival on a distant, harshly seasonal planet.
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D.
My City of Ruins
"My City of Ruins" is a soulful, gospel-influenced Bruce Springsteen song that became an anthem of resilience and healing, especially associated with the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.
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E.
The Relic
The Relic is a 1997 science fiction horror film about a monstrous creature stalking a Chicago museum, based on the novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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metaphysical fiction work ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| author | Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ |
| centralCharacter | the dreamer ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 1944 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Argentina ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle | The Circular Ruins ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Sur ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy fiction
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metaphysical fiction ⓘ philosophical fiction ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | Yes ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
philosophical discussions of simulated reality
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postmodern literature ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | Ficciones ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Latin American modernism
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linked to:
Latin American Modernism
precursor to magical realism ⓘ |
| motif |
circularity and repetition
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fire as a test of reality ⓘ labyrinthine structures ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableEnglishTranslator |
Anthony Kerrigan
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James E. Irby ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Las ruinas circulares
ⓘ
linked to:
The Circular Ruins
|
| philosophicalConcept |
infinite regress of creators
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ontological uncertainty ⓘ solipsism ⓘ |
| plotElement |
the dreamed man is sent into the world believing himself real
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the dreamer gradually creates a dreamed man in stages ⓘ the dreamer later discovers he himself is also a dream ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A man arrives at circular ruins and attempts to dream another man into existence. ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstBookCollection | Editorial Sur ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
The Garden of Forking Paths
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The Library of Babel ⓘ Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius ⓘ |
| setting |
ancient temple of circular ruins
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unnamed jungle region ⓘ |
| theme |
creation
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dreams and reality ⓘ godlike creation through dreaming ⓘ identity ⓘ illusion ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: The Circular Ruins Description of subject: "The Circular Ruins" is a metaphysical short story by Jorge Luis Borges that explores themes of creation, identity, and illusion through the tale of a man who dreams another man into existence.
Referenced by (3)
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linked to: The Circular Ruins