Minin
E384897
Minin is a Russian surname most famously borne by Kuzma Minin, a merchant from Nizhny Novgorod who became a national hero for organizing resistance against Polish invaders in the early 17th century.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3735775 — 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: Minin Context triple: [Kuzma Minin, familyName, Minin]
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A.
Minginish
Minginish is a rugged peninsula on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, known for its dramatic coastal scenery and proximity to the Cuillin mountains.
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B.
Minna
Minna is a major city and administrative center in north-central Nigeria, known as the capital of Niger State and a regional hub for trade and transportation.
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C.
Mitanni
Mitanni was a powerful Hurrian-speaking kingdom of the Late Bronze Age in northern Mesopotamia and Syria, known for its chariotry, diplomacy, and rivalry with contemporary great powers such as Egypt and the Hittites.
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D.
Mino
Mino were an elite all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey, renowned for their discipline, bravery, and significant role in the kingdom’s warfare.
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E.
Emme
Emme is a river in Switzerland that flows through the canton of Bern and is a tributary of the Aare.
- 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: Minin Target entity description: Minin is a Russian surname most famously borne by Kuzma Minin, a merchant from Nizhny Novgorod who became a national hero for organizing resistance against Polish invaders in the early 17th century.
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A.
Minginish
Minginish is a rugged peninsula on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, known for its dramatic coastal scenery and proximity to the Cuillin mountains.
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B.
Minna
Minna is a major city and administrative center in north-central Nigeria, known as the capital of Niger State and a regional hub for trade and transportation.
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C.
Mitanni
Mitanni was a powerful Hurrian-speaking kingdom of the Late Bronze Age in northern Mesopotamia and Syria, known for its chariotry, diplomacy, and rivalry with contemporary great powers such as Egypt and the Hittites.
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D.
Mino
Mino were an elite all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey, renowned for their discipline, bravery, and significant role in the kingdom’s warfare.
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E.
Emme
Emme is a river in Switzerland that flows through the canton of Bern and is a tributary of the Aare.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian-language surname
ⓘ
human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Nizhny Novgorod region
ⓘ
linked to:
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
|
| commemoratedBy |
Russian postage stamps
ⓘ
monument on Red Square in Moscow ⓘ monuments in Nizhny Novgorod ⓘ street names in Russian cities ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Russia
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ Tsardom of Russia ⓘ |
| era | early 17th century ⓘ |
| etymologicalType | patronymic surname ⓘ |
| familyName | Minin ⓘ |
| givenName | Kuzma ⓘ |
| hasFeminineForm |
Minina
ⓘ
linked to:
Minin
|
| hasNameInRussian |
Кузьма Минин
ⓘ
linked to:
Minin and Pozharsky
|
| hasNotableBearer |
Kuzma Minin
ⓘ
Mikhail Minin ⓘ Nikolai Minin ⓘ Oleg Minin ⓘ Vitali Minin ⓘ |
| honouredAs | national hero of Russia ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Russian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with Kuzma Minin
ⓘ
organizing resistance against Polish–Lithuanian forces ⓘ role in the Time of Troubles ⓘ |
| occupation |
merchant
ⓘ
physicist ⓘ sailor ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Polish–Muscovite War (1605–1618)
ⓘ
linked to:
Polish–Muscovite War
liberation of Moscow in 1612 ⓘ |
| partnerInLeadershipWith |
Dmitry Pozharsky
ⓘ
linked to:
Prince Dmitry Pozharsky
|
| placeOfBirth | Nizhny Novgorod ⓘ |
| positionHeld | leader of Nizhny Novgorod militia ⓘ |
| religion |
Eastern Orthodoxy
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
|
| usedInCountry |
Belarus
ⓘ
Russia ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ |
| usedInLanguageCommunity | Russian speakers ⓘ |
| workLocation | Nizhny Novgorod ⓘ |
| writingSystem | 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: Minin Description of subject: Minin is a Russian surname most famously borne by Kuzma Minin, a merchant from Nizhny Novgorod who became a national hero for organizing resistance against Polish invaders in the early 17th century.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.