Youth (novel by Leo Tolstoy)
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"Youth" is the third part of Leo Tolstoy’s autobiographical trilogy, depicting his formative years and moral and intellectual development.
All labels observed (1)
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| Youth (novel by Leo Tolstoy) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Youth (novel by Leo Tolstoy) Context triple: [Yasnaya Polyana (Tolstoy's autobiographical writings), relatedWork, Youth (novel by Leo Tolstoy)]
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How the Steel Was Tempered
How the Steel Was Tempered is a classic socialist realist novel by Nikolai Ostrovsky that follows the ideological and personal formation of a young Bolshevik during the Russian Civil War and early Soviet era.
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La meglio gioventù
La meglio gioventù is an acclaimed Italian epic drama film that follows the lives of two brothers across several decades, exploring Italy’s social and political changes from the 1960s onward.
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Doctor Zhivago (novel)
Doctor Zhivago (novel) is Boris Pasternak’s epic 1957 Russian novel that follows the life and loves of a physician-poet amid the turmoil of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath.
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And Quiet Flows the Don
"And Quiet Flows the Don" is a classic epic novel by Mikhail Sholokhov that portrays the lives, struggles, and transformations of Don Cossacks during World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the Civil War.
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Giovinezza
Giovinezza was the fascist-era anthem of Italy, closely associated with Benito Mussolini’s regime and its youth-centered ideology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Youth (novel by Leo Tolstoy) Target entity description: "Youth" is the third part of Leo Tolstoy’s autobiographical trilogy, depicting his formative years and moral and intellectual development.
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A.
How the Steel Was Tempered
How the Steel Was Tempered is a classic socialist realist novel by Nikolai Ostrovsky that follows the ideological and personal formation of a young Bolshevik during the Russian Civil War and early Soviet era.
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B.
La meglio gioventù
La meglio gioventù is an acclaimed Italian epic drama film that follows the lives of two brothers across several decades, exploring Italy’s social and political changes from the 1960s onward.
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C.
Doctor Zhivago (novel)
Doctor Zhivago (novel) is Boris Pasternak’s epic 1957 Russian novel that follows the life and loves of a physician-poet amid the turmoil of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath.
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D.
And Quiet Flows the Don
"And Quiet Flows the Don" is a classic epic novel by Mikhail Sholokhov that portrays the lives, struggles, and transformations of Don Cossacks during World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the Civil War.
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E.
Giovinezza
Giovinezza was the fascist-era anthem of Italy, closely associated with Benito Mussolini’s regime and its youth-centered ideology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Russian literature work
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autobiographical novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Leo Tolstoy ⓘ |
| basedOn | Leo Tolstoy’s early life ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| depicts |
formative years of the protagonist
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intellectual aspirations of a young nobleman ⓘ moral struggles of adolescence ⓘ |
| followedBy | none (final part of trilogy) ⓘ |
| follows | Boyhood (novel by Leo Tolstoy) ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical fiction
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coming-of-age novel ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Russian ⓘ |
| hasAutobiographicalElement | yes ⓘ |
| hasTrilogyPartNumber | 3 ⓘ |
| isAbout |
education and self-education
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ethical self-examination ⓘ transition from adolescence to early adulthood ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | realism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Nikolai Irtenyev ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| partOf | Leo Tolstoy autobiographical trilogy ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Childhood–Boyhood–Youth trilogy ⓘ |
| precedes | none (final part of trilogy) ⓘ |
| predecessorInSeries | Boyhood (novel by Leo Tolstoy) ⓘ |
| prequel | Boyhood (novel by Leo Tolstoy) ⓘ |
| sequel | none (final part of trilogy) ⓘ |
| setting | Russia ⓘ |
| successorInSeries | none (end of series) ⓘ |
| theme |
family relationships
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intellectual development ⓘ moral development ⓘ search for identity ⓘ social class and privilege ⓘ spiritual questioning ⓘ |
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Subject: Youth (novel by Leo Tolstoy) Description of subject: "Youth" is the third part of Leo Tolstoy’s autobiographical trilogy, depicting his formative years and moral and intellectual development.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Yasnaya Polyana (Tolstoy's autobiographical writings)
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relatedWork
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Youth (novel by Leo Tolstoy)
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