The Nose
E126765
"The Nose" is a satirical short story by Russian author Nikolai Gogol in which a St. Petersburg official’s nose detaches from his face and develops a higher social status than its owner.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Nose canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1071789 — 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: The Nose Context triple: [Nikolai Gogol, notableWork, The Nose]
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A.
The Nose
The Nose is one of the most famous big-wall rock climbing routes in the world, ascending the prominent central prow of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.
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B.
The Overcoat
The Overcoat is a classic short story by Russian author Nikolai Gogol that follows a poor government clerk whose life briefly changes after acquiring a new overcoat, often seen as a foundational work of Russian literary realism and social critique.
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C.
Cleanness
Cleanness is a Middle English alliterative poem, often attributed to the Pearl Poet, that explores the virtue of spiritual purity through biblical narratives and moral exempla.
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D.
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
The Death of Ivan Ilyich is a novella by Leo Tolstoy that explores the existential and spiritual crisis of a dying Russian judge confronting the meaning of his life.
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E.
The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths is a seminal 1902 play by Russian writer Maksim Gorky that portrays the harsh lives and moral struggles of impoverished lodgers in a flophouse.
- 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: The Nose Target entity description: "The Nose" is a satirical short story by Russian author Nikolai Gogol in which a St. Petersburg official’s nose detaches from his face and develops a higher social status than its owner.
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A.
The Nose
The Nose is one of the most famous big-wall rock climbing routes in the world, ascending the prominent central prow of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.
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B.
The Overcoat
The Overcoat is a classic short story by Russian author Nikolai Gogol that follows a poor government clerk whose life briefly changes after acquiring a new overcoat, often seen as a foundational work of Russian literary realism and social critique.
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C.
Cleanness
Cleanness is a Middle English alliterative poem, often attributed to the Pearl Poet, that explores the virtue of spiritual purity through biblical narratives and moral exempla.
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D.
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
The Death of Ivan Ilyich is a novella by Leo Tolstoy that explores the existential and spiritual crisis of a dying Russian judge confronting the meaning of his life.
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E.
The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths is a seminal 1902 play by Russian writer Maksim Gorky that portrays the harsh lives and moral struggles of impoverished lodgers in a flophouse.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
satirical fiction
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| author | Nikolai Gogol ⓘ |
| character |
Major Kovalyov
ⓘ
Praskovya Osipovna ⓘ barber Ivan Yakovlevich ⓘ the Nose ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| fictionalElement | a nose acting as an independent person ⓘ |
| firstPublicationLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium | Sovremennik (contemporary Russian periodical context) ⓘ |
| genre |
absurdist fiction
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Nose (opera)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Nose (opera production)
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| hasEnglishTitle | The Nose ⓘ |
| hasOriginalTitle | Nos ⓘ |
| influenced |
absurdist literature
ⓘ
modernist satire ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Russian literature ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
fantastic realism
ⓘ
grotesque ⓘ satirical exaggeration ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Major Kovalyov ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of Russian imperial bureaucracy
ⓘ
early example of literary absurdism ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| partOf |
Nikolai Gogol’s Petersburg tales
ⓘ
linked to:
The Overcoat
|
| plotElement |
a man’s nose detaches from his face
ⓘ
the nose attains higher social status than its owner ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | collegiate assessor ⓘ |
| setting |
Saint Petersburg
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linked to:
St. Petersburg
|
| symbolism |
arbitrariness of power
ⓘ
loss of identity ⓘ social rank ⓘ |
| targetOfSatire |
Russian civil service ranks
ⓘ
social climbing ⓘ vanity ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
ⓘ
body and self ⓘ bureaucracy ⓘ identity ⓘ social status ⓘ the absurdity of social hierarchy ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Nose Description of subject: "The Nose" is a satirical short story by Russian author Nikolai Gogol in which a St. Petersburg official’s nose detaches from his face and develops a higher social status than its owner.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.