The Distance of the Moon
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"The Distance of the Moon" is a fantastical short story by Italo Calvino that blends whimsical cosmological speculation with a bittersweet tale of unrequited love and human longing.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Distance of the Moon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17219248 — 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 Distance of the Moon Context triple: [Cosmicomics, hasStory, The Distance of the Moon]
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A.
On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon
On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon is an ancient Greek astronomical treatise that presents one of the earliest known geometric attempts to quantify the relative sizes and distances of the Sun and Moon from Earth.
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B.
Tables de la Lune
Tables de la Lune is an influential 19th-century set of lunar tables that provided highly accurate predictions of the Moon’s motion for astronomical and navigational use.
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C.
The Moon and the Earth
"The Moon and the Earth" is a 1893 oil painting by Paul Gauguin from his Tahitian period, depicting a symbolic encounter between a Tahitian woman and a personified moon spirit drawn from Polynesian mythology.
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D.
Before the Birth of the Moon
Before the Birth of the Moon is a lyrical, magical realist novel by Mozambican writer Mia Couto that explores love, memory, and transformation against the backdrop of postcolonial Mozambique.
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E.
Explorers on the Moon
Explorers on the Moon is a classic Tintin comic adventure by Hergé that follows Tintin, Captain Haddock, and Professor Calculus on a pioneering journey and dramatic mission to the lunar surface.
- 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 Distance of the Moon Target entity description: "The Distance of the Moon" is a fantastical short story by Italo Calvino that blends whimsical cosmological speculation with a bittersweet tale of unrequited love and human longing.
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A.
On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon
On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon is an ancient Greek astronomical treatise that presents one of the earliest known geometric attempts to quantify the relative sizes and distances of the Sun and Moon from Earth.
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B.
Tables de la Lune
Tables de la Lune is an influential 19th-century set of lunar tables that provided highly accurate predictions of the Moon’s motion for astronomical and navigational use.
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C.
The Moon and the Earth
"The Moon and the Earth" is a 1893 oil painting by Paul Gauguin from his Tahitian period, depicting a symbolic encounter between a Tahitian woman and a personified moon spirit drawn from Polynesian mythology.
-
D.
Before the Birth of the Moon
Before the Birth of the Moon is a lyrical, magical realist novel by Mozambican writer Mia Couto that explores love, memory, and transformation against the backdrop of postcolonial Mozambique.
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E.
Explorers on the Moon
Explorers on the Moon is a classic Tintin comic adventure by Hergé that follows Tintin, Captain Haddock, and Professor Calculus on a pioneering journey and dramatic mission to the lunar surface.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.