Stepan Trofimovich
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Stepan Trofimovich is a fictional Russian intellectual and idealistic yet ineffectual liberal thinker from Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel "Demons" (also known as "The Devils" or "The Possessed").
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Stepan Trofimovich canonical | 1 |
| Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovenskiy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22048469 — 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: Stepan Trofimovich Context triple: [Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky, alsoKnownAs, Stepan Trofimovich]
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A.
Iván Petrovich
Iván Petrovich was a Serbian-born film actor prominent in European and early Hollywood cinema during the silent and early sound eras.
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B.
Pyotr Leonovich
Pyotr Leonovich is the Soviet scientist protagonist of Isaac Asimov’s science fiction novel "Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain," who participates in a miniaturization mission inside the human body.
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C.
Feodor Borisovich
Feodor Borisovich was the short-reigning Tsar of Russia in 1605 during the Time of Troubles, known historically as Feodor II of Russia.
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D.
Ivan Alekseyevich
Ivan Alekseyevich, better known as Ivan V of Russia, was a late 17th-century Tsar who nominally co-ruled with his half-brother Peter the Great while wielding limited actual power.
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E.
Afanasy Danilovich
Afanasy Danilovich was a medieval Russian prince from the ruling house of Moscow, known primarily as a son of Daniil Aleksandrovich and a member of the early Muscovite dynasty.
- 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: Stepan Trofimovich Target entity description: Stepan Trofimovich is a fictional Russian intellectual and idealistic yet ineffectual liberal thinker from Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel "Demons" (also known as "The Devils" or "The Possessed").
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A.
Iván Petrovich
Iván Petrovich was a Serbian-born film actor prominent in European and early Hollywood cinema during the silent and early sound eras.
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B.
Pyotr Leonovich
Pyotr Leonovich is the Soviet scientist protagonist of Isaac Asimov’s science fiction novel "Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain," who participates in a miniaturization mission inside the human body.
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C.
Feodor Borisovich
Feodor Borisovich was the short-reigning Tsar of Russia in 1605 during the Time of Troubles, known historically as Feodor II of Russia.
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D.
Ivan Alekseyevich
Ivan Alekseyevich, better known as Ivan V of Russia, was a late 17th-century Tsar who nominally co-ruled with his half-brother Peter the Great while wielding limited actual power.
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E.
Afanasy Danilovich
Afanasy Danilovich was a medieval Russian prince from the ruling house of Moscow, known primarily as a son of Daniil Aleksandrovich and a member of the early Muscovite dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Stepan Trofimovich