Captains of the Sands
E866941
Captains of the Sands is a celebrated Brazilian novel by Jorge Amado that portrays the lives of a gang of street children struggling to survive in the city of Salvador.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Capitães da Areia | 1 |
| Captains of the Sands canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10486960 — 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: Captains of the Sands Context triple: [Jorge Amado, notableWork, Captains of the Sands]
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A.
Sails in the Desert
Sails in the Desert is a luxury hotel and resort located near Uluru in Australia’s Red Centre, known for its upscale amenities and desert-inspired design.
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B.
Sea of Sand
The Sea of Sand is a vast, otherworldly volcanic sand plain surrounding Mount Bromo in East Java, Indonesia, renowned for its stark, lunar-like landscape.
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C.
Arabian Sands
Arabian Sands is a classic travel memoir by Wilfred Thesiger recounting his arduous mid-20th-century journeys across the Empty Quarter of the Arabian Peninsula and the vanishing Bedouin way of life.
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D.
By the Bluest of Seas
"By the Bluest of Seas" is a 1936 Soviet romantic drama film directed by Boris Barnet, celebrated for its lyrical style, seafaring setting, and innovative blend of comedy and melodrama.
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E.
Emperor of Sand
Emperor of Sand is a 2017 progressive metal concept album by American band Mastodon, known for its intricate musicianship and themes of mortality and survival.
- 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: Captains of the Sands Target entity description: Captains of the Sands is a celebrated Brazilian novel by Jorge Amado that portrays the lives of a gang of street children struggling to survive in the city of Salvador.
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A.
Sails in the Desert
Sails in the Desert is a luxury hotel and resort located near Uluru in Australia’s Red Centre, known for its upscale amenities and desert-inspired design.
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B.
Sea of Sand
The Sea of Sand is a vast, otherworldly volcanic sand plain surrounding Mount Bromo in East Java, Indonesia, renowned for its stark, lunar-like landscape.
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C.
Arabian Sands
Arabian Sands is a classic travel memoir by Wilfred Thesiger recounting his arduous mid-20th-century journeys across the Empty Quarter of the Arabian Peninsula and the vanishing Bedouin way of life.
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D.
By the Bluest of Seas
"By the Bluest of Seas" is a 1936 Soviet romantic drama film directed by Boris Barnet, celebrated for its lyrical style, seafaring setting, and innovative blend of comedy and melodrama.
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E.
Emperor of Sand
Emperor of Sand is a 2017 progressive metal concept album by American band Mastodon, known for its intricate musicianship and themes of mortality and survival.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| addresses |
exploitation of children
ⓘ
inequality in Brazilian society ⓘ relationship between crime and poverty ⓘ |
| author | Jorge Amado ⓘ |
| contains | social criticism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Brazil ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
classic of Brazilian literature
ⓘ
widely read in Brazil ⓘ |
| depicts |
child homelessness
ⓘ
solidarity among the poor ⓘ urban violence ⓘ |
| focusesOn | daily struggles of abandoned children ⓘ |
| form | prose fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age novel
ⓘ
realist novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
film adaptation
ⓘ
theatrical adaptations ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | yes ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Brazilian modernism ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | celebrated Brazilian novel ⓘ |
| mainCharacterGroup | gang of street children ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
childhood
ⓘ
friendship ⓘ marginalization ⓘ poverty ⓘ social injustice ⓘ street children ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Dora
ⓘ
Gato ⓘ Pedro Bala ⓘ Professor ⓘ Sem-Pernas ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Capitães da Areia
ⓘ
linked to:
Captains of the Sands
|
| originalTitleLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | one of Jorge Amado's early novels ⓘ |
| portrays |
life in the slums of Salvador
ⓘ
street gangs of children ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Brazil ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Salvador, Bahia
ⓘ
linked to:
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
|
| structure | continuous narrative ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | English ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Captains of the Sands Description of subject: Captains of the Sands is a celebrated Brazilian novel by Jorge Amado that portrays the lives of a gang of street children struggling to survive in the city of Salvador.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Captains of the Sands