Nikolai Kirsanov
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Nikolai Kirsanov is a gentle, liberal-minded Russian landowner and father in Ivan Turgenev’s novel "Fathers and Sons," embodying the older generation’s values amid rising nihilist ideas.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nikolai Kirsanov canonical | 1 |
| Pavel Kirsanov | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17981464 — 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: Nikolai Kirsanov Context triple: [Fathers and Sons, mainCharacter, Nikolai Kirsanov]
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A.
Konstantin Vershinin
Konstantin Vershinin was a prominent Soviet military leader who served as a senior commander of the Soviet Air Forces during and after World War II.
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B.
Alyosha Skvortsov
Alyosha Skvortsov is the young, idealistic Soviet soldier who serves as the central protagonist in the classic 1959 war film "Ballad of a Soldier."
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C.
Alyosha Peshkov
Alyosha Peshkov is the young, semi-autobiographical protagonist of Maxim Gorky’s novel "My Childhood," depicting his harsh upbringing and moral development in late 19th-century Russia.
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D.
Arkady Nikolayevich Kirsanov
Arkady Nikolayevich Kirsanov is a central character in Ivan Turgenev’s novel "Fathers and Sons," representing the younger generation’s evolving ideals in 19th-century Russia.
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E.
Nikolai Kalmykov
Nikolai Kalmykov was a Russian engineer best known for his role in designing and constructing major infrastructure projects such as Moscow’s Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge.
- 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: Nikolai Kirsanov Target entity description: Nikolai Kirsanov is a gentle, liberal-minded Russian landowner and father in Ivan Turgenev’s novel "Fathers and Sons," embodying the older generation’s values amid rising nihilist ideas.
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A.
Konstantin Vershinin
Konstantin Vershinin was a prominent Soviet military leader who served as a senior commander of the Soviet Air Forces during and after World War II.
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B.
Alyosha Skvortsov
Alyosha Skvortsov is the young, idealistic Soviet soldier who serves as the central protagonist in the classic 1959 war film "Ballad of a Soldier."
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C.
Alyosha Peshkov
Alyosha Peshkov is the young, semi-autobiographical protagonist of Maxim Gorky’s novel "My Childhood," depicting his harsh upbringing and moral development in late 19th-century Russia.
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D.
Arkady Nikolayevich Kirsanov
Arkady Nikolayevich Kirsanov is a central character in Ivan Turgenev’s novel "Fathers and Sons," representing the younger generation’s evolving ideals in 19th-century Russia.
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E.
Nikolai Kalmykov
Nikolai Kalmykov was a Russian engineer best known for his role in designing and constructing major infrastructure projects such as Moscow’s Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Nikolai Kirsanov