L'infinito
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L'infinito is a celebrated lyric poem by Giacomo Leopardi that meditates on the boundlessness of nature and the human imagination.
All labels observed (2)
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| L'infinito canonical | 1 |
| L’infinito | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2696430 — 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: L'infinito Context triple: [Giacomo Leopardi, notableWork, L'infinito]
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A.
Treffpunkt im Unendlichen
Treffpunkt im Unendlichen is a 1932 novel by Klaus Mann that portrays the disillusioned artistic and intellectual milieu of Weimar-era Berlin.
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B.
Beyond Infinity
Beyond Infinity is a hard science fiction novel by Gregory Benford that explores far-future cosmic evolution, advanced technology, and humanity’s place in an expanding universe.
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C.
Orizzonti
Orizzonti is a competitive sidebar of the Venice Film Festival dedicated to showcasing cutting-edge, innovative, and trend-setting works in contemporary world cinema.
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D.
The Infinite Plan
The Infinite Plan is a novel by Isabel Allende that follows the tumultuous life of a man seeking identity and meaning against the backdrop of mid-20th-century American social and political upheaval.
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E.
Quanta cura
Quanta cura is an 1864 papal encyclical by Pope Pius IX that condemns modern liberalism and religious indifferentism, issued together with the Syllabus of Errors.
- 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: L'infinito Target entity description: L'infinito is a celebrated lyric poem by Giacomo Leopardi that meditates on the boundlessness of nature and the human imagination.
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A.
Treffpunkt im Unendlichen
Treffpunkt im Unendlichen is a 1932 novel by Klaus Mann that portrays the disillusioned artistic and intellectual milieu of Weimar-era Berlin.
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B.
Beyond Infinity
Beyond Infinity is a hard science fiction novel by Gregory Benford that explores far-future cosmic evolution, advanced technology, and humanity’s place in an expanding universe.
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C.
Orizzonti
Orizzonti is a competitive sidebar of the Venice Film Festival dedicated to showcasing cutting-edge, innovative, and trend-setting works in contemporary world cinema.
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D.
The Infinite Plan
The Infinite Plan is a novel by Isabel Allende that follows the tumultuous life of a man seeking identity and meaning against the backdrop of mid-20th-century American social and political upheaval.
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E.
Quanta cura
Quanta cura is an 1864 papal encyclical by Pope Pius IX that condemns modern liberalism and religious indifferentism, issued together with the Syllabus of Errors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian poem
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lyric poem ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| author | Giacomo Leopardi ⓘ |
| centralImage |
a hedge blocking the view
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a solitary hill ⓘ |
| compositionPeriod | circa 1819 ⓘ |
| considered | one of the greatest poems in Italian literature ⓘ |
| contrasts | finite human perception with infinite imagination ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| famousLine | e il naufragar m’è dolce in questo mare ⓘ |
| firstLine | Sempre caro mi fu quest’ermo colle ⓘ |
| form | idyll ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | philosophical meditation on the infinite ⓘ |
| influenced | Italian Romantic poetry ⓘ |
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| lineCount | 15 ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
alliteration
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enjambment ⓘ hyperbole ⓘ metaphor ⓘ personification ⓘ simile ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| meter | endecasillabo (Italian hendecasyllable) ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | first person ⓘ |
| originalTitle | L'infinito ⓘ |
| partOf | Leopardi's small idylls (idilli) ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | irregular ⓘ |
| setting | a solitary hill near Recanati ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Italian schools ⓘ |
| subjectOf | numerous literary commentaries ⓘ |
| symbol |
hedge as limit of perception
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infinite space beyond the hedge ⓘ silence and deep quiet ⓘ the wind in the plants ⓘ |
| theme |
contemplation
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human finitude ⓘ imagination ⓘ infinity ⓘ metaphysical reflection ⓘ nature ⓘ the sublime ⓘ |
| titleTranslation |
The Infinite
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linked to:
the Infinite
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| tone |
contemplative
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melancholic ⓘ sublime ⓘ |
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linked to: L'infinito