Au bord de l’infini
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"Au bord de l’infini" is a meditative poem by Victor Hugo that reflects on the vastness of the universe and the human soul’s confrontation with the infinite, included in his collection *Les Contemplations*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Au bord de l’infini canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8719138 — 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: Au bord de l’infini Context triple: [Les Contemplations, hasPart, Au bord de l’infini]
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A.
L'infinito
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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B.
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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C.
L’Entretien infini
L’Entretien infini is a seminal philosophical and literary work by Maurice Blanchot that explores the limits of language, dialogue, and writing through fragmentary, experimental reflections.
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D.
Infinity’s Shore
Infinity’s Shore is a science fiction novel by David Brin that continues his Uplift Universe saga, exploring complex alien ecologies, uplifted species, and interstellar conflict on the planet Jijo.
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E.
Maison d’Ailleurs
Maison d’Ailleurs is a Swiss museum in Yverdon-les-Bains dedicated to science fiction, utopias, and extraordinary journeys, known for its unique collections and exhibitions on speculative imagination.
- 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: Au bord de l’infini Target entity description: "Au bord de l’infini" is a meditative poem by Victor Hugo that reflects on the vastness of the universe and the human soul’s confrontation with the infinite, included in his collection *Les Contemplations*.
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A.
L'infinito
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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B.
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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C.
L’Entretien infini
L’Entretien infini is a seminal philosophical and literary work by Maurice Blanchot that explores the limits of language, dialogue, and writing through fragmentary, experimental reflections.
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D.
Infinity’s Shore
Infinity’s Shore is a science fiction novel by David Brin that continues his Uplift Universe saga, exploring complex alien ecologies, uplifted species, and interstellar conflict on the planet Jijo.
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E.
Maison d’Ailleurs
Maison d’Ailleurs is a Swiss museum in Yverdon-les-Bains dedicated to science fiction, utopias, and extraordinary journeys, known for its unique collections and exhibitions on speculative imagination.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Victor Hugo ⓘ |
| authorNationality | French ⓘ |
| collection | Les Contemplations ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Victor Hugo ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric poetry
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meditative poem ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Victor Hugo ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
human condition
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infinity ⓘ philosophical reflection ⓘ spirituality ⓘ universe ⓘ |
| includedIn | Les Contemplations ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryForm | poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| period | 19th century literature ⓘ |
| theme |
contemplation
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existential reflection ⓘ human soul ⓘ infinity ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ relationship between man and cosmos ⓘ universe ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Au bord de l’infini Description of subject: "Au bord de l’infini" is a meditative poem by Victor Hugo that reflects on the vastness of the universe and the human soul’s confrontation with the infinite, included in his collection *Les Contemplations*.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.