Across the River and Into the Trees
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"Across the River and Into the Trees" is a 1950 novel by Ernest Hemingway that follows an aging American colonel in post–World War II Venice as he confronts mortality, lost love, and the lingering effects of war.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Across the River and Into the Trees canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T366051 — 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: Across the River and Into the Trees Context triple: [Lookout Farm, associatedWithWork, Across the River and Into the Trees]
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A.
The Land
The Land is an EPCOT pavilion focused on agriculture and the natural environment, featuring attractions and exhibits about sustainable farming, ecosystems, and human interaction with the Earth.
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B.
The Ravine
The Ravine is a secluded, woodland gorge in Central Park featuring winding paths, a stream, and rustic bridges that evoke a natural forest landscape.
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C.
The Milk-Eyed Mender
The Milk-Eyed Mender is the 2004 debut studio album by American singer-songwriter and harpist Joanna Newsom, noted for its intricate lyrics, distinctive vocals, and folk-inspired arrangements.
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D.
The Pearl of Orr's Island
The Pearl of Orr's Island is a 19th-century novel set in coastal Maine that explores themes of morality, community, and Christian faith through the lives of its seafaring characters.
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E.
The Wanderer
The Wanderer is an Old English elegiac poem reflecting on exile, loss, and the search for wisdom in a transient world.
- 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: Across the River and Into the Trees Target entity description: "Across the River and Into the Trees" is a 1950 novel by Ernest Hemingway that follows an aging American colonel in post–World War II Venice as he confronts mortality, lost love, and the lingering effects of war.
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A.
The Land
The Land is an EPCOT pavilion focused on agriculture and the natural environment, featuring attractions and exhibits about sustainable farming, ecosystems, and human interaction with the Earth.
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B.
The Ravine
The Ravine is a secluded, woodland gorge in Central Park featuring winding paths, a stream, and rustic bridges that evoke a natural forest landscape.
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C.
The Milk-Eyed Mender
The Milk-Eyed Mender is the 2004 debut studio album by American singer-songwriter and harpist Joanna Newsom, noted for its intricate lyrics, distinctive vocals, and folk-inspired arrangements.
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D.
The Pearl of Orr's Island
The Pearl of Orr's Island is a 19th-century novel set in coastal Maine that explores themes of morality, community, and Christian faith through the lives of its seafaring characters.
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E.
The Wanderer
The Wanderer is an Old English elegiac poem reflecting on exile, loss, and the search for wisdom in a transient world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Ernest Hemingway ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| followedByWorkBySameAuthor | The Old Man and the Sea ⓘ |
| followsWorkBySameAuthor | For Whom the Bell Tolls ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
romantic novel ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Colonel Richard Cantwell
ⓘ
Renata ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
hunting and shooting
ⓘ
illness and physical decline ⓘ romantic encounters in Venice ⓘ war memories ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 300 ⓘ |
| hasReception | mixed critical reception ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
American expatriates in Europe
ⓘ
World War II veterans ⓘ death and dying ⓘ love affairs ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
aging
ⓘ
disillusionment ⓘ effects of war ⓘ lost love ⓘ memory ⓘ mortality ⓘ romantic idealism ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Ernest Hemingway bibliography ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | Hemingway iceberg theory ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Colonel Richard Cantwell ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
portrayal of an aging soldier
ⓘ
postwar Venice setting ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | American Army colonel ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| publisher | Charles Scribner's Sons ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Italy
ⓘ
Venice ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | post–World War II ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | biblical allusion ⓘ |
| titleRefersTo | approach of death ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Across the River and Into the Trees Description of subject: "Across the River and Into the Trees" is a 1950 novel by Ernest Hemingway that follows an aging American colonel in post–World War II Venice as he confronts mortality, lost love, and the lingering effects of war.
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