Ragazzi di vita
E544582
Ragazzi di vita is a 1955 novel by Pier Paolo Pasolini that portrays the harsh lives of marginalized youths in postwar Rome using raw, colloquial language.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ragazzi di vita canonical | 4 |
| Boys of Life | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5764189 — 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: Ragazzi di vita Context triple: [Pier Paolo Pasolini, notableWork, Ragazzi di vita]
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A.
To Life
"To Life" is a lively celebratory song from the musical *Fiddler on the Roof*, sung as a toast to good fortune and resilience amid hardship.
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B.
This Life
"This Life" is a rock-influenced theme song best known for opening the television series *Sons of Anarchy*, capturing its outlaw biker tone and atmosphere.
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C.
This Life
"This Life" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 2009 rock album "Working on a Dream."
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D.
This Life
"This Life" is a British television drama series that follows the intertwined personal and professional lives of young lawyers sharing a house in London.
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E.
This Is Our Youth
This Is Our Youth is a critically acclaimed stage play by Kenneth Lonergan that portrays the aimlessness and moral drift of affluent New York City teenagers in the early 1980s.
- 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: Ragazzi di vita Target entity description: Ragazzi di vita is a 1955 novel by Pier Paolo Pasolini that portrays the harsh lives of marginalized youths in postwar Rome using raw, colloquial language.
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A.
To Life
"To Life" is a lively celebratory song from the musical *Fiddler on the Roof*, sung as a toast to good fortune and resilience amid hardship.
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B.
This Life
"This Life" is a rock-influenced theme song best known for opening the television series *Sons of Anarchy*, capturing its outlaw biker tone and atmosphere.
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C.
This Life
"This Life" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 2009 rock album "Working on a Dream."
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D.
This Life
"This Life" is a British television drama series that follows the intertwined personal and professional lives of young lawyers sharing a house in London.
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E.
This Is Our Youth
This Is Our Youth is a critically acclaimed stage play by Kenneth Lonergan that portrays the aimlessness and moral drift of affluent New York City teenagers in the early 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptedInto | Ragazzi di vita (1960 film project, uncompleted by Pasolini) ⓘ |
| author | Pier Paolo Pasolini ⓘ |
| censorshipStatus | subject to censorship debates in Italy ⓘ |
| controversy | obscenity charges in Italy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| genre |
novel
ⓘ
realist fiction ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Una vita violenta ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
petty crime
ⓘ
homosocial male groups ⓘ informal economies ⓘ sexual exploitation ⓘ |
| influenced | Italian social literature ⓘ |
| legalProceeding | obscenity trial ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Neorealism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | milestone of postwar Italian narrative ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
juvenile delinquency
ⓘ
marginalization ⓘ poverty ⓘ social exclusion ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | lives of marginalized youths ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
Roman dialect
ⓘ
colloquial language ⓘ raw language ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of Roman subproletariat
ⓘ
early major work of Pier Paolo Pasolini ⓘ use of spoken Roman dialect in literature ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Milan ⓘ |
| protagonistType |
delinquent boys
ⓘ
working-class youths ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| publisher | Garzanti ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Rome ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod |
post-World War II
ⓘ
postwar Rome ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | Roman borgate (outlying slum districts) ⓘ |
| timeOfAction |
early 1950s
ⓘ
late 1940s ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| titleTranslation |
Boys of Life
ⓘ
linked to:
Ragazzi di vita
Street Kids ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ragazzi di vita Description of subject: Ragazzi di vita is a 1955 novel by Pier Paolo Pasolini that portrays the harsh lives of marginalized youths in postwar Rome using raw, colloquial language.
Referenced by (5)
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linked to: Ragazzi di vita