"Die ysterkoei moet sweet"
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"Die ysterkoei moet sweet" is a seminal Afrikaans poetry collection by Breyten Breytenbach, noted for its innovative language, political engagement, and surreal imagery.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| "Die ysterkoei moet sweet" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T624041 — 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: "Die ysterkoei moet sweet" Context triple: [Breyten Breytenbach, notableWork, "Die ysterkoei moet sweet"]
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A.
Spijkenisse
Spijkenisse is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, now part of the municipality of Nissewaard and known as a suburban area near Rotterdam.
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B.
Die Siel van die Mier
Die Siel van die Mier is a pioneering work of natural history and psychology by Eugène Marais that explores the complex social behavior and collective “mind” of termite colonies.
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C.
Troezen
Troezen is an ancient Greek city in the northeastern Peloponnese, historically significant as a political and cultural center and as the legendary birthplace of the hero Theseus.
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D.
De Zwaan
De Zwaan is a historic Dutch windmill relocated to Holland, Michigan, where it serves as the iconic centerpiece of the Windmill Island Gardens attraction.
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E.
Come to the Stable
Come to the Stable is a 1949 American comedy-drama film about two French nuns trying to build a children's hospital in New England.
- 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: "Die ysterkoei moet sweet" Target entity description: "Die ysterkoei moet sweet" is a seminal Afrikaans poetry collection by Breyten Breytenbach, noted for its innovative language, political engagement, and surreal imagery.
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A.
Spijkenisse
Spijkenisse is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, now part of the municipality of Nissewaard and known as a suburban area near Rotterdam.
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B.
Die Siel van die Mier
Die Siel van die Mier is a pioneering work of natural history and psychology by Eugène Marais that explores the complex social behavior and collective “mind” of termite colonies.
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C.
Troezen
Troezen is an ancient Greek city in the northeastern Peloponnese, historically significant as a political and cultural center and as the legendary birthplace of the hero Theseus.
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D.
De Zwaan
De Zwaan is a historic Dutch windmill relocated to Holland, Michigan, where it serves as the iconic centerpiece of the Windmill Island Gardens attraction.
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E.
Come to the Stable
Come to the Stable is a 1949 American comedy-drama film about two French nuns trying to build a children's hospital in New England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Afrikaans literary work
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| associatedWith | anti-apartheid discourse ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | Breyten Breytenbach’s early work ⓘ |
| author | Breyten Breytenbach ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | South Africa ⓘ |
| creator | Breyten Breytenbach ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | South African ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | seminal Afrikaans poetry collection ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | Afrikaans poetry ⓘ |
| hasPoeticStyle |
experimental
ⓘ
politically charged ⓘ surrealist ⓘ |
| language | Afrikaans ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
free verse
ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Afrikaans modernist poetry ⓘ |
| literaryTradition |
Afrikaans
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surface form:
Afrikaans literature
|
| mainSubject |
imagination
ⓘ
language experimentation ⓘ politics ⓘ social critique ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative language
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political engagement ⓘ surreal imagery ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Die ysterkoei moet sweet ⓘ |
| partOf | South African literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: "Die ysterkoei moet sweet" Description of subject: "Die ysterkoei moet sweet" is a seminal Afrikaans poetry collection by Breyten Breytenbach, noted for its innovative language, political engagement, and surreal imagery.
Referenced by (1)
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