The Baron in the Trees
E417931
The Baron in the Trees is a whimsical and philosophical novel by Italo Calvino about a young nobleman who rebels against his family by living his entire life in the treetops.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Baron in the Trees canonical | 3 |
| Il barone rampante | 1 |
| The Baron in the Trees (Archibald Colquhoun translation) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4171153 — 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: The Baron in the Trees Context triple: [Italo Calvino, notableWork, The Baron in the Trees]
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A.
Les Écréhous
Les Écréhous is a small, largely uninhabited group of islets and rocks in the English Channel, lying off the coast of Jersey and known for its wildlife and scenic seascapes.
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B.
The Rats in the Walls
"The Rats in the Walls" is a 1924 horror short story by H. P. Lovecraft about a man who uncovers a gruesome ancestral secret beneath his newly restored English estate.
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C.
The Monkey’s Uncle
The Monkey’s Uncle is a 1965 Disney comedy film starring Annette Funicello and Tommy Kirk that blends college hijinks, pop music, and light science-fiction themes.
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D.
Buch am Forst
Buch am Forst is a village and district of the town of Lichtenfels in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany.
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E.
La barraca
La barraca is a naturalist novel by Spanish writer Vicente Blasco Ibáñez that portrays the harsh rural life and social conflicts of Valencian peasants.
- 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: The Baron in the Trees Target entity description: The Baron in the Trees is a whimsical and philosophical novel by Italo Calvino about a young nobleman who rebels against his family by living his entire life in the treetops.
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A.
Les Écréhous
Les Écréhous is a small, largely uninhabited group of islets and rocks in the English Channel, lying off the coast of Jersey and known for its wildlife and scenic seascapes.
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B.
The Rats in the Walls
"The Rats in the Walls" is a 1924 horror short story by H. P. Lovecraft about a man who uncovers a gruesome ancestral secret beneath his newly restored English estate.
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C.
The Monkey’s Uncle
The Monkey’s Uncle is a 1965 Disney comedy film starring Annette Funicello and Tommy Kirk that blends college hijinks, pop music, and light science-fiction themes.
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D.
Buch am Forst
Buch am Forst is a village and district of the town of Lichtenfels in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany.
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E.
La barraca
La barraca is a naturalist novel by Spanish writer Vicente Blasco Ibáñez that portrays the harsh rural life and social conflicts of Valencian peasants.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian novel
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literaryWork ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Italo Calvino ⓘ |
| character |
Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò
ⓘ
surface form:
Biagio Piovasco di Rondò
Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò ONNED1 ⓘ Viola ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | book ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Nonexistent Knight ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
ⓘ
coming-of-age fiction ⓘ fantasy fiction ⓘ novel ⓘ philosophical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Il barone rampante (TV miniseries)
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Il barone rampante (film) ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation |
The Baron in the Trees
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Baron in the Trees (Archibald Colquhoun translation)
|
| hasISBN | 9780156106801 ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
European Enlightenment
ⓘ
surface form:
Enlightenment era Europe
aristocracy ⓘ |
| includedIn | modern Italian literary canon ⓘ |
| languageOfFirstPublication | Italian ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
philosophical
ⓘ
whimsical ⓘ |
| literaryTheme |
freedom
ⓘ
individualism ⓘ isolation ⓘ rebellion ⓘ relationship with nature ⓘ social order ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò ⓘ |
| movement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator |
Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò
ⓘ
surface form:
Biagio Piovasco di Rondò
|
| notableFor | depicting a man who lives his life in trees ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
The Baron in the Trees
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Il barone rampante
|
| partOfSeries | Our Ancestors trilogy ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Cloven Viscount ⓘ |
| protagonist | Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Giulio Einaudi Editore
ⓘ
surface form:
Einaudi
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| setting | Ombrosa ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: The Baron in the Trees Description of subject: The Baron in the Trees is a whimsical and philosophical novel by Italo Calvino about a young nobleman who rebels against his family by living his entire life in the treetops.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Il barone rampante
this entity surface form:
The Baron in the Trees (Archibald Colquhoun translation)