Marfa Lapkina
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Marfa Lapkina was a Soviet actress best known for her leading role in Sergei Eisenstein’s silent film "The General Line" (also known as "Old and New").
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Marfa Lapkina canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1826063 — 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: Marfa Lapkina Context triple: [The General Line, hasCastMember, Marfa Lapkina]
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A.
Natalya Reshetovskaya
Natalya Reshetovskaya was the first wife of Russian writer and Nobel laureate Alexander Solzhenitsyn, known primarily for her connection to his early life and career.
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B.
Galina Burdonskaya
Galina Burdonskaya was a Soviet woman best known as the wife of Vasily Stalin, the son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
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C.
Elena Bashkirova
Elena Bashkirova is a Russian-born pianist and renowned chamber musician who is also the founder and artistic director of the Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival.
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D.
Anna Krylova
Anna Krylova was the wife of Nobel Prize–winning Soviet physicist Peter Kapitza.
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E.
Zinaida Volkova
Zinaida Volkova was the eldest daughter of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, known for her involvement in the early Soviet intellectual milieu and her tragic death in exile.
- 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: Marfa Lapkina Target entity description: Marfa Lapkina was a Soviet actress best known for her leading role in Sergei Eisenstein’s silent film "The General Line" (also known as "Old and New").
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A.
Natalya Reshetovskaya
Natalya Reshetovskaya was the first wife of Russian writer and Nobel laureate Alexander Solzhenitsyn, known primarily for her connection to his early life and career.
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B.
Galina Burdonskaya
Galina Burdonskaya was a Soviet woman best known as the wife of Vasily Stalin, the son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
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C.
Elena Bashkirova
Elena Bashkirova is a Russian-born pianist and renowned chamber musician who is also the founder and artistic director of the Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival.
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D.
Anna Krylova
Anna Krylova was the wife of Nobel Prize–winning Soviet physicist Peter Kapitza.
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E.
Zinaida Volkova
Zinaida Volkova was the eldest daughter of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, known for her involvement in the early Soviet intellectual milieu and her tragic death in exile.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet actress
ⓘ
actress ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeIn | 1920s ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Old and New
ⓘ
The General Line ⓘ |
| artisticMovement | Soviet silent cinema ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Soviet avant-garde film
ⓘ
collectivization-themed cinema ⓘ |
| citizenshipPeriod | Soviet era ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Sergei Eisenstein ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| employer | Soviet film industry ⓘ |
| filmographyIncludes |
Old and New
ⓘ
The General Line ⓘ |
| genre | silent film ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leading role in Sergei Eisenstein’s film "Old and New"
ⓘ
leading role in Sergei Eisenstein’s film "The General Line" ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Russian ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Old and New
ⓘ
The General Line ⓘ |
| occupation | actress ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Soviet cinema
ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet film industry
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| portrayed | peasant woman (in "The General Line") ⓘ |
| subjectOf | film history writings on Eisenstein’s "The General Line" ⓘ |
| workedIn | silent film ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Marfa Lapkina Description of subject: Marfa Lapkina was a Soviet actress best known for her leading role in Sergei Eisenstein’s silent film "The General Line" (also known as "Old and New").
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.