Kyra Nijinsky
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Kyra Nijinsky was the daughter of legendary ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky and the wife of conductor and composer Igor Markevitch.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kyra Nijinsky canonical | 2 |
| Tamara Nijinsky | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3967169 — 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: Kyra Nijinsky Context triple: [Igor Markevitch, spouse, Kyra Nijinsky]
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A.
Tamara Karsavina
Tamara Karsavina was a renowned Russian prima ballerina of the early 20th century, celebrated for her artistry in works by Mikhail Fokine and for helping to shape modern classical ballet.
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B.
Vishneva
Vishneva is a small historic town in present-day Belarus, known for its multicultural heritage and as the birthplace of Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres.
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C.
Alexandra Danilova
Alexandra Danilova was a renowned Russian-American ballerina and influential ballet teacher, celebrated for her work with the Ballets Russes and later as a leading figure at the School of American Ballet.
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D.
Anna Pavlova
Anna Pavlova was a legendary Russian prima ballerina of the early 20th century, renowned worldwide for her expressive dancing and iconic role in "The Dying Swan."
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E.
Diana Vishneva
Diana Vishneva is a renowned Russian prima ballerina celebrated for her expressive artistry and long-standing career with the Mariinsky Ballet and major international companies.
- 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: Kyra Nijinsky Target entity description: Kyra Nijinsky was the daughter of legendary ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky and the wife of conductor and composer Igor Markevitch.
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A.
Tamara Karsavina
Tamara Karsavina was a renowned Russian prima ballerina of the early 20th century, celebrated for her artistry in works by Mikhail Fokine and for helping to shape modern classical ballet.
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B.
Vishneva
Vishneva is a small historic town in present-day Belarus, known for its multicultural heritage and as the birthplace of Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres.
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C.
Alexandra Danilova
Alexandra Danilova was a renowned Russian-American ballerina and influential ballet teacher, celebrated for her work with the Ballets Russes and later as a leading figure at the School of American Ballet.
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D.
Anna Pavlova
Anna Pavlova was a legendary Russian prima ballerina of the early 20th century, renowned worldwide for her expressive dancing and iconic role in "The Dying Swan."
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E.
Diana Vishneva
Diana Vishneva is a renowned Russian prima ballerina celebrated for her expressive artistry and long-standing career with the Mariinsky Ballet and major international companies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballet dancer
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Polish descent ⓘ |
| familyName |
Nijinsky
ⓘ
linked to:
Vaslav Nijinsky
|
| father | Vaslav Nijinsky ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | dance ⓘ |
| givenName | Kyra ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
French
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ |
| mother | Romola de Pulszky ⓘ |
| notableFamily | Nijinsky family ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the daughter of Vaslav Nijinsky
ⓘ
being the wife of Igor Markevitch ⓘ |
| notableRelative | Bronislava Nijinska ⓘ |
| notableWork | performances in European ballet companies ⓘ |
| occupation | ballet dancer ⓘ |
| performingArtsDiscipline | ballet ⓘ |
| relative |
Igor Markevitch
ⓘ
Romola de Pulszky ⓘ Vaslav Nijinsky ⓘ |
| residence | France ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Igor Markevitch ⓘ |
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: Kyra Nijinsky Description of subject: Kyra Nijinsky was the daughter of legendary ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky and the wife of conductor and composer Igor Markevitch.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kyra Nijinsky