Adso of Melk
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Adso of Melk is the young novice monk and narrator who accompanies William of Baskerville in Umberto Eco’s medieval mystery "The Name of the Rose."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Adso of Melk canonical | 4 |
| Adso of Montier-en-Der | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2910700 — 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: Adso of Melk Context triple: [The Name of the Rose (film), character, Adso of Melk]
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A.
Sebaldus Nothanker
Sebaldus Nothanker is a satirical novel by Friedrich Nicolai that critiques religious hypocrisy and social conditions in late 18th-century Germany.
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B.
Tobias
Tobias is the virtuous young protagonist of the biblical Book of Tobit, known for his journey with the angel Raphael and the healing of his father’s blindness.
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C.
Tobias
Tobias was a Native American man from the 17th-century Wampanoag community, known primarily through his familial connection to the Sakonnet leader Awashonks.
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D.
Tobias
Tobias is the full given name of Toby Ziegler, the fictional White House Communications Director from the television series "The West Wing."
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E.
Willibald
Willibald is the given name of the influential 18th-century opera composer Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- 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: Adso of Melk Target entity description: Adso of Melk is the young novice monk and narrator who accompanies William of Baskerville in Umberto Eco’s medieval mystery "The Name of the Rose."
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A.
Sebaldus Nothanker
Sebaldus Nothanker is a satirical novel by Friedrich Nicolai that critiques religious hypocrisy and social conditions in late 18th-century Germany.
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B.
Tobias
Tobias is the virtuous young protagonist of the biblical Book of Tobit, known for his journey with the angel Raphael and the healing of his father’s blindness.
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C.
Tobias
Tobias is the full given name of Toby Ziegler, the fictional White House Communications Director from the television series "The West Wing."
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D.
Tobias
Tobias was a Native American man from the 17th-century Wampanoag community, known primarily through his familial connection to the Sakonnet leader Awashonks.
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E.
Willibald
Willibald is the given name of the influential 18th-century opera composer Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ monk ⓘ narrator ⓘ novice ⓘ |
| ageAtEvents | teenager ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Name of the Rose (novel)
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surface form:
The Name of the Rose
|
| associatedWith | Melk Abbey ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation | Italian monastery ⓘ |
| characterArc | spiritual and intellectual maturation ⓘ |
| companionOf | William of Baskerville ⓘ |
| createdBy | Umberto Eco ⓘ |
| describedAs |
inexperienced
ⓘ
young ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
The Name of the Rose (novel)
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surface form:
The Name of the Rose universe
|
| firstPublicationOfWork | 1980 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
historical novel
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medieval mystery ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationAppearance |
film adaptation of The Name of the Rose
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television adaptation of The Name of the Rose ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Adso of Melk
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Adso of Montier-en-Der
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| languageOfWork | Italian ⓘ |
| linkedTheme |
heresy and orthodoxy
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monastic life ⓘ power of books ⓘ |
| literaryEra | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| literaryFunction | Watson-like companion to a detective figure ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| mentor | William of Baskerville ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | eye-witness chronicler ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | retrospective account from old age ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| nationality | Austrian ⓘ |
| occupation | Benedictine novice ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Melk Abbey ⓘ |
| primaryThemeConnection |
coming of age
ⓘ
faith and reason ⓘ |
| relationshipToWilliamOfBaskerville |
assistant
ⓘ
disciple ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousDenomination |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
|
| religiousOrder |
Benedictines
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surface form:
Benedictine Order
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| roleInInvestigation | assistant to William of Baskerville ⓘ |
| roleInPlot | witness to the investigation of murders in an abbey ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 14th century ⓘ |
| workType | character in a detective story ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Adso of Melk Description of subject: Adso of Melk is the young novice monk and narrator who accompanies William of Baskerville in Umberto Eco’s medieval mystery "The Name of the Rose."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Name of the Rose
subject surface form:
The Name of the Rose
this entity surface form:
Adso of Montier-en-Der