Praskovya Fyodorovna
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Praskovya Fyodorovna is the self-absorbed and socially preoccupied wife of the dying judge in Leo Tolstoy’s novella "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," embodying the superficiality and moral emptiness of the society around him.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Praskovya Fyodorovna canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T860531 — 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: Praskovya Fyodorovna Context triple: [The Death of Ivan Ilyich, notableCharacter, Praskovya Fyodorovna]
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A.
Nadezhda Vasilyeva
Nadezhda Vasilyeva is known primarily as a daughter of Vasily Stalin, the son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
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B.
Margarita Petrovna
Margarita Petrovna was a lesser-known daughter of Empress Catherine I of Russia, connected to the early 18th-century Russian imperial family.
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C.
Praskovia Saltykova
Praskovia Saltykova was a Russian noblewoman and tsarevna consort best known as the wife of Tsar Ivan V and the mother of Empress Anna of Russia.
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D.
Varvara Vasilyevna Kashirina
Varvara Vasilyevna Kashirina was the mother of the renowned Russian writer Maksim Gorky and a formative influence during his difficult early life.
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E.
Ekaterina Pavlovna Volzhina
Ekaterina Pavlovna Volzhina was the wife of renowned Russian writer Maksim Gorky and a figure associated with his early literary and political life.
- 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: Praskovya Fyodorovna Target entity description: Praskovya Fyodorovna is the self-absorbed and socially preoccupied wife of the dying judge in Leo Tolstoy’s novella "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," embodying the superficiality and moral emptiness of the society around him.
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A.
Nadezhda Vasilyeva
Nadezhda Vasilyeva is known primarily as a daughter of Vasily Stalin, the son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
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B.
Margarita Petrovna
Margarita Petrovna was a lesser-known daughter of Empress Catherine I of Russia, connected to the early 18th-century Russian imperial family.
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C.
Praskovia Saltykova
Praskovia Saltykova was a Russian noblewoman and tsarevna consort best known as the wife of Tsar Ivan V and the mother of Empress Anna of Russia.
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D.
Varvara Vasilyevna Kashirina
Varvara Vasilyevna Kashirina was the mother of the renowned Russian writer Maksim Gorky and a formative influence during his difficult early life.
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E.
Ekaterina Pavlovna Volzhina
Ekaterina Pavlovna Volzhina was the wife of renowned Russian writer Maksim Gorky and a figure associated with his early literary and political life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in a novella
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsAs | major supporting character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Death of Ivan Ilyich ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter | multiple chapters of The Death of Ivan Ilyich ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
fear of social discomfort
ⓘ
hypocrisy ⓘ marital alienation ⓘ |
| caresMoreAbout | appearances than Ivan Ilyich’s inner suffering ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
emotionally distant
ⓘ
materialistic ⓘ self-absorbed ⓘ socially preoccupied ⓘ superficial ⓘ |
| concernedPrimarilyWith |
financial security
ⓘ
social status ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Gerasim ⓘ |
| createdBy | Leo Tolstoy ⓘ |
| emotionalResponsePattern | self-pity rather than empathy ⓘ |
| familyRole | mother ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Death of Ivan Ilyich ⓘ |
| firstPublicationOfWorkAppearedIn | 1886 ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | novella ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Vasya (son)
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linked to:
Vasily
|
| languageOfWorkAppearedIn | Russian ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century Russian literature ⓘ |
| literaryRole | critique of bourgeois family life ⓘ |
| marriageCharacterization | loveless ⓘ |
| nameInFull | Praskovya Fyodorovna Golovina ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
embodiment of conventional society’s values
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foil to Ivan Ilyich’s spiritual crisis ⓘ |
| nationality | Russian ⓘ |
| occupation | society lady ⓘ |
| preoccupation | propriety and decorum ⓘ |
| reactionToIvanIlyichDeath | focus on pension and legal matters ⓘ |
| reactionToIvanIlyichIllness | irritation at inconvenience ⓘ |
| relationshipToIvanIlyich | wife ⓘ |
| seeksFromIvanIlyich | social advancement ⓘ |
| socialClass | Russian upper middle class ⓘ |
| spouseOf |
Ivan Ilyich
ⓘ
linked to:
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
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| symbolizes |
moral emptiness of upper-class life
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superficiality of bourgeois society ⓘ |
| treatsIvanIlyichAs | burden ⓘ |
| treatsServants | condescendingly ⓘ |
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Subject: Praskovya Fyodorovna Description of subject: Praskovya Fyodorovna is the self-absorbed and socially preoccupied wife of the dying judge in Leo Tolstoy’s novella "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," embodying the superficiality and moral emptiness of the society around him.
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