Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes
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Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes is a classic 1879 travel memoir by Robert Louis Stevenson recounting his solo journey on foot through the Cévennes mountains in France with a donkey named Modestine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2530385 — 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: Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes Context triple: [Robert Louis Stevenson, work, Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes]
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A.
Tales of a Traveller
Tales of a Traveller is a collection of short stories by Washington Irving that blends romanticism, humor, and the supernatural in a series of travel-themed tales.
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B.
A Tramp Abroad
A Tramp Abroad is a humorous travel narrative by Mark Twain that recounts his satirical observations and misadventures during a journey through Europe.
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C.
The Pale Tourist
The Pale Tourist is a stand-up comedy special by Jim Gaffigan in which he crafts material inspired by his travels to different countries and cultures.
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D.
Saunterings
Saunterings is a 19th-century travel book by American essayist Charles Dudley Warner, recounting his observations and reflections during a journey in Europe and the Near East.
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E.
The Accidental Tourist
The Accidental Tourist is a 1988 American drama film, based on Anne Tyler’s novel, that follows a grief-stricken travel writer whose life is upended by an eccentric dog trainer.
- 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: Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes Target entity description: Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes is a classic 1879 travel memoir by Robert Louis Stevenson recounting his solo journey on foot through the Cévennes mountains in France with a donkey named Modestine.
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A.
Tales of a Traveller
Tales of a Traveller is a collection of short stories by Washington Irving that blends romanticism, humor, and the supernatural in a series of travel-themed tales.
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B.
A Tramp Abroad
A Tramp Abroad is a humorous travel narrative by Mark Twain that recounts his satirical observations and misadventures during a journey through Europe.
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C.
The Pale Tourist
The Pale Tourist is a stand-up comedy special by Jim Gaffigan in which he crafts material inspired by his travels to different countries and cultures.
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D.
Saunterings
Saunterings is a 19th-century travel book by American essayist Charles Dudley Warner, recounting his observations and reflections during a journey in Europe and the Near East.
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E.
The Accidental Tourist
The Accidental Tourist is a 1988 American drama film, based on Anne Tyler’s novel, that follows a grief-stricken travel writer whose life is upended by an eccentric dog trainer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
non-fiction book
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travel book ⓘ travel memoir ⓘ |
| author | Robert Louis Stevenson ⓘ |
| basedOn | Robert Louis Stevenson’s walking tour in the Cévennes ⓘ |
| character | Modestine ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describes |
19th-century rural France
ⓘ
Protestant and Catholic communities in the Cévennes ⓘ solo journey on foot ⓘ |
| featuresAnimal | donkey ⓘ |
| genre |
memoir
ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio adaptations
ⓘ
stage adaptations ⓘ |
| hasApproximateLength | short book ⓘ |
| hasDonkeyName | Modestine ⓘ |
| hasForm |
book
ⓘ
e-book (modern editions) ⓘ |
| hasIllustrations | some editions ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | tourism in the Cévennes region ⓘ |
| hasPart |
“A Camp in the Dark”
ⓘ
“In the Valley of the Tarn” ⓘ Camisards ⓘ
surface form:
“The Country of the Camisards”
|
| hasSubject |
hiking
ⓘ
human–animal relationship ⓘ religious history of the Cévennes ⓘ |
| hasTrailNamedAfter | Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (GR 70) ⓘ |
| includedIn | Robert Louis Stevenson’s travel writings ⓘ |
| influenced | modern long-distance walking literature ⓘ |
| isClassicOf | travel writing ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Robert Louis Stevenson ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed descriptions of landscape
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early example of outdoor backpacking narrative ⓘ humorous portrayal of a stubborn donkey ⓘ reflections on solitude and travel ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| publicationYear | 1879 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Routledge & Kegan Paul
ⓘ
surface form:
C. Kegan Paul & Co.
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| setting |
Cévennes
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surface form:
Cévennes mountains
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| settingCountry | France ⓘ |
| timeOfJourney | 1878 ⓘ |
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Subject: Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes Description of subject: Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes is a classic 1879 travel memoir by Robert Louis Stevenson recounting his solo journey on foot through the Cévennes mountains in France with a donkey named Modestine.
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subject surface form:
Robert Louis Stevenson