Ugolino and His Sons
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Ugolino and His Sons is a dramatic marble sculpture by Auguste Rodin depicting the anguished Count Ugolino from Dante’s Inferno with his children, embodying themes of despair and human suffering.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ugolino | 1 |
| Ugolino and His Sons canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8888163 — 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: Ugolino and His Sons Context triple: [The Gates of Hell, hasPart, Ugolino and His Sons]
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A.
Ugolino di Conti
Ugolino di Conti, better known as Pope Gregory IX, was a 13th-century pope noted for his conflicts with Emperor Frederick II and for formally establishing the papal Inquisition.
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B.
Martyrs of Otranto
The Martyrs of Otranto are a group of 813 Italian Catholics executed by Ottoman forces in 1480 for refusing to convert to Islam, later canonized by the Catholic Church.
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C.
The Cenci
The Cenci is a tragic verse drama by Percy Bysshe Shelley, based on the historical story of the Italian noblewoman Beatrice Cenci and renowned for its exploration of tyranny, corruption, and moral revolt.
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D.
Joe Cinque’s Consolation
Joe Cinque’s Consolation is a non-fiction book by Australian writer Helen Garner that examines the real-life murder of Joe Cinque and the ensuing legal and moral complexities surrounding the case.
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E.
The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti
The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti is a series of Renaissance panel paintings by Sandro Botticelli illustrating a tale from Boccaccio’s Decameron, notable for its vivid narrative and courtly setting.
- 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: Ugolino and His Sons Target entity description: Ugolino and His Sons is a dramatic marble sculpture by Auguste Rodin depicting the anguished Count Ugolino from Dante’s Inferno with his children, embodying themes of despair and human suffering.
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A.
Ugolino di Conti
Ugolino di Conti, better known as Pope Gregory IX, was a 13th-century pope noted for his conflicts with Emperor Frederick II and for formally establishing the papal Inquisition.
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B.
Martyrs of Otranto
The Martyrs of Otranto are a group of 813 Italian Catholics executed by Ottoman forces in 1480 for refusing to convert to Islam, later canonized by the Catholic Church.
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C.
The Cenci
The Cenci is a tragic verse drama by Percy Bysshe Shelley, based on the historical story of the Italian noblewoman Beatrice Cenci and renowned for its exploration of tyranny, corruption, and moral revolt.
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D.
Joe Cinque’s Consolation
Joe Cinque’s Consolation is a non-fiction book by Australian writer Helen Garner that examines the real-life murder of Joe Cinque and the ensuing legal and moral complexities surrounding the case.
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E.
The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti
The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti is a series of Renaissance panel paintings by Sandro Botticelli illustrating a tale from Boccaccio’s Decameron, notable for its vivid narrative and courtly setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
marble sculpture
ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ work of art ⓘ |
| artForm | sculpture ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext | Rodin’s exploration of Dante themes ⓘ |
| artist | Auguste Rodin ⓘ |
| artisticPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| basedOn | story of Count Ugolino in Dante’s Inferno ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Auguste Rodin ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | French ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | European ⓘ |
| depictionType | group sculpture ⓘ |
| depicts |
Count Ugolino della Gherardesca
ⓘ
linked to:
Count Ugolino
children of Count Ugolino ⓘ |
| depictsMythology | Christian afterlife ⓘ |
| depictsSceneFrom |
Inferno, Canto 33
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linked to:
Inferno, Canto XXXIII
|
| genre | figurative sculpture ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
Italian literature
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medieval poetry ⓘ |
| hasPart |
figure of Ugolino
ⓘ
figures of Ugolino’s children ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
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linked to:
Divine Comedy
Inferno by Dante Alighieri ⓘ
linked to:
Inferno (Divine Comedy)
|
| languageOfWork | none ⓘ |
| literaryCharacterDepicted |
Ugolino della Gherardesca
ⓘ
linked to:
Count Ugolino
|
| material | marble ⓘ |
| medium | marble ⓘ |
| movement |
Realism
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Symbolism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dramatic composition
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expressive anatomy ⓘ intense emotional realism ⓘ |
| numberOfHumanFigures | 5 ⓘ |
| partlyIntegratedInto |
The Gates of Hell (project)
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linked to:
The Gates of Hell
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| portraysEmotion |
agony
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despair ⓘ fear ⓘ resignation ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Gates of Hell ⓘ |
| subject | Ugolino imprisoned with his sons ⓘ |
| theme |
despair
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human suffering ⓘ parental anguish ⓘ starvation ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| visualStyle | dramatic chiaroscuro modeling ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Ugolino and His Sons Description of subject: Ugolino and His Sons is a dramatic marble sculpture by Auguste Rodin depicting the anguished Count Ugolino from Dante’s Inferno with his children, embodying themes of despair and human suffering.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ugolino and His Sons