Hermann in The Queen of Spades
E1001136
Hermann in *The Queen of Spades* is the obsessive, tormented protagonist of Alexander Pushkin’s story and its adaptations, whose fixation on learning a secret winning card formula leads to his psychological and moral downfall.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hermann in The Queen of Spades canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12731027 — 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: Hermann in The Queen of Spades Context triple: [Nikolai Tsiskaridze, notableRole, Hermann in The Queen of Spades]
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Lisa in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades
Lisa in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades is the tragic young heroine of the opera, torn between love and duty amid a dark tale of obsession and fate.
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The Queen of Spades
The Queen of Spades is an opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, based on Alexander Pushkin’s novella about obsession, gambling, and fate.
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C.
Khlestakov
Khlestakov is the vain, opportunistic young civil servant who is mistakenly taken for a powerful inspector in Nikolai Gogol’s satirical play "The Government Inspector."
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D.
Treves
Treves, better known as Trier, is a historic German city on the Moselle River renowned for its well-preserved Roman monuments and status as one of Germany’s oldest cities.
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E.
Treves
Treves was a prominent Italian publishing house known for issuing major literary works in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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: Hermann in The Queen of Spades Target entity description: Hermann in *The Queen of Spades* is the obsessive, tormented protagonist of Alexander Pushkin’s story and its adaptations, whose fixation on learning a secret winning card formula leads to his psychological and moral downfall.
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A.
Lisa in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades
Lisa in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades is the tragic young heroine of the opera, torn between love and duty amid a dark tale of obsession and fate.
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B.
The Queen of Spades
The Queen of Spades is an opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, based on Alexander Pushkin’s novella about obsession, gambling, and fate.
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C.
Khlestakov
Khlestakov is the vain, opportunistic young civil servant who is mistakenly taken for a powerful inspector in Nikolai Gogol’s satirical play "The Government Inspector."
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D.
Treves
Treves, better known as Trier, is a historic German city on the Moselle River renowned for its well-preserved Roman monuments and status as one of Germany’s oldest cities.
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E.
Treves
Treves was a prominent Italian publishing house known for issuing major literary works in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
The Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky opera)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Queen of Spades
|
| appearsIn | The Queen of Spades ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
gothic fiction
ⓘ
psychological tale ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
cards
ⓘ
gambling ⓘ |
| causeOfDownfall |
greed
ⓘ
obsession with the three cards ⓘ superstition ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
ambitious
ⓘ
calculating ⓘ cold ⓘ emotionally repressed ⓘ obsessive ⓘ superstitious ⓘ |
| createdBy | Alexander Pushkin ⓘ |
| deceives | Lizaveta Ivanovna ⓘ |
| endsUpIn | mental asylum ⓘ |
| feels | guilt after the Countess's death ⓘ |
| finalState | insanity ⓘ |
| firstCard | three ⓘ |
| fixationOn |
secret winning card formula
ⓘ
three winning cards ⓘ |
| hauntedBy | vision of the Countess ⓘ |
| interactsWith |
Countess Anna Fedotovna
ⓘ
Lizaveta Ivanovna ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Russian literature ⓘ |
| loses | entire fortune ⓘ |
| mistakesFor | queen of spades instead of ace ⓘ |
| moralArc | moral downfall ⓘ |
| motivatedBy |
curiosity about the secret of the three cards
ⓘ
desire for wealth ⓘ greed ⓘ |
| nameVariant | Germann ⓘ |
| nationality | German ⓘ |
| occupation | engineer ⓘ |
| presentAt | Countess Anna Fedotovna's death ⓘ |
| psychologicalArc | descent into madness ⓘ |
| receivesFrom | secret of the three cards from the Countess's apparition ⓘ |
| residence |
Saint Petersburg
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Petersburg
|
| secondCard | seven ⓘ |
| seeksSecretFrom | Countess Anna Fedotovna ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
conflict between rationality and superstition
ⓘ
destructive power of greed ⓘ |
| thirdCard | queen of spades ⓘ |
| uses | secret of the three cards at the gambling table ⓘ |
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Subject: Hermann in The Queen of Spades Description of subject: Hermann in *The Queen of Spades* is the obsessive, tormented protagonist of Alexander Pushkin’s story and its adaptations, whose fixation on learning a secret winning card formula leads to his psychological and moral downfall.
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