Aleksandr
E214186
Aleksandr is a common Russian male given name of Greek origin, equivalent to Alexander in English.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aleksandr canonical | 30 |
| Александр | 5 |
| Alexandr | 4 |
| Aleksandr Pavlovich | 1 |
| ალექსანდრე | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1597798 — 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: Aleksandr Context triple: [Aleksandr Lyapunov, givenName, Aleksandr]
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A.
Pyotr
Pyotr is the Russian given name of Peter Kropotkin, the influential 19th-century anarchist philosopher, geographer, and revolutionary.
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B.
Nikolaevich
Nikolaevich is a Russian patronymic meaning "son of Nikolai," commonly used in the full names of male members of the Russian imperial family and others bearing the given name Nikolai.
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C.
Mikhail
Mikhail is a common Russian male given name, famously borne by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
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D.
Nikolay
Nikolay is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, commonly used in Russian-speaking countries and equivalent to Nicholas in English.
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E.
Alexey
Alexey is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, commonly used in Russian-speaking countries and derived from the Greek name Alexios, meaning "defender" or "helper."
- 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: Aleksandr Target entity description: Aleksandr is a common Russian male given name of Greek origin, equivalent to Alexander in English.
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A.
Pyotr
Pyotr is the Russian given name of Peter Kropotkin, the influential 19th-century anarchist philosopher, geographer, and revolutionary.
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B.
Nikolaevich
Nikolaevich is a Russian patronymic meaning "son of Nikolai," commonly used in the full names of male members of the Russian imperial family and others bearing the given name Nikolai.
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C.
Mikhail
Mikhail is a common Russian male given name, famously borne by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
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D.
Nikolay
Nikolay is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, commonly used in Russian-speaking countries and equivalent to Nicholas in English.
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E.
Alexey
Alexey is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, commonly used in Russian-speaking countries and derived from the Greek name Alexios, meaning "defender" or "helper."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ male given name ⓘ |
| equivalentFormInEnglish | Alexander ⓘ |
| etymologicallyRelatedTo | Alexandros ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
alexein (to defend)
ⓘ
aner (man) ⓘ |
| hasDiminutive |
Sashenka
ⓘ
Sashka ⓘ
linked to:
Sashenka
|
| hasGender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| hasNameDayMonth | September ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Greek language ⓘ |
| hasPopularity | common in Russian-speaking countries ⓘ |
| hasShortForm |
Sanya
ⓘ
Sasha ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Aleksander
ⓘ
Alexander ⓘ Alexandr ⓘ
linked to:
Aleksandr
|
| isCognateWith |
Alejandro
ⓘ
Alessandro ⓘ Alexandre ⓘ Iskandar ⓘ
linked to:
Eskandar
|
| meaning |
defender of men
ⓘ
protector of people ⓘ |
| nameDayObservedIn |
Eastern Orthodox tradition
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
|
| transliterationOf |
Александр
ⓘ
linked to:
Aleksandr
|
| usedInCountry |
Belarus
ⓘ
Kazakhstan ⓘ Russia ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ |
| usedInCulture | Russian culture ⓘ |
| usedInWritingSystem | Cyrillic script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Aleksandr Description of subject: Aleksandr is a common Russian male given name of Greek origin, equivalent to Alexander in English.
Referenced by (41)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Aleksandr
linked to: Aleksandr
linked to: Aleksandr
linked to: Aleksandr
linked to: Aleksandr
subject linked to:
"Александр Невский"
linked to: Aleksandr
linked to: Aleksandr
linked to: Aleksandr
linked to: Aleksandr
linked to: Aleksandr
subject linked to:
Pokryshkin
linked to: Aleksandr