Kuragin
E467599
Kuragin is the aristocratic Russian family name borne by several characters in Leo Tolstoy’s novel "War and Peace," including the rakish nobleman Anatole.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kuragin canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4754741 — 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: Kuragin Context triple: [Anatole Kuragin, familyName, Kuragin]
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A.
Nitobe
Nitobe is a Japanese surname most notably associated with Inazo Nitobe, a prominent educator, diplomat, and author of "Bushido: The Soul of Japan."
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B.
Georgy Shonin
Georgy Shonin was a Soviet cosmonaut and pilot who flew on the Soyuz 6 mission in 1969 and later became a prominent aviation and space program official.
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C.
Kenjirō
Kenjirō is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and is borne by multiple notable individuals in fields such as sports, arts, and entertainment.
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D.
Yoshitsugu
Yoshitsugu is a Japanese given name commonly used for males.
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E.
Shinpei
Shinpei is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in politics, arts, and entertainment.
- 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: Kuragin Target entity description: Kuragin is the aristocratic Russian family name borne by several characters in Leo Tolstoy’s novel "War and Peace," including the rakish nobleman Anatole.
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A.
Nitobe
Nitobe is a Japanese surname most notably associated with Inazo Nitobe, a prominent educator, diplomat, and author of "Bushido: The Soul of Japan."
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B.
Georgy Shonin
Georgy Shonin was a Soviet cosmonaut and pilot who flew on the Soyuz 6 mission in 1969 and later became a prominent aviation and space program official.
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C.
Kenjirō
Kenjirō is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and is borne by multiple notable individuals in fields such as sports, arts, and entertainment.
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D.
Yoshitsugu
Yoshitsugu is a Japanese given name commonly used for males.
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E.
Shinpei
Shinpei is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in politics, arts, and entertainment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian noble family
ⓘ
aristocratic family ⓘ fictional character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ fictional family name ⓘ literary family ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | War and Peace ⓘ |
| characterRole | rakish nobleman ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| creator | Leo Tolstoy ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
aristocratic
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socially ambitious ⓘ wealthy ⓘ |
| familyMember |
Anatole Kuragin
ⓘ
Hélène Kuragin ⓘ Prince Vassily Kuragin ⓘ |
| familyName | Kuragin ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | realist novel ⓘ |
| givenName |
Anatole
ⓘ
Hélène ⓘ
linked to:
Helene
Vassily ⓘ
linked to:
Vasily
|
| languageOfOrigin | Russian ⓘ |
| nationality | Russian ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Prince ⓘ |
| notableBearer |
Anatole Kuragin
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Hélène Kuragin ⓘ Prince Vassily Kuragin ⓘ |
| relative |
Anatole Kuragin
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Hélène Kuragin ⓘ Prince Vassily Kuragin ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| socialClass | aristocracy ⓘ |
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: Kuragin Description of subject: Kuragin is the aristocratic Russian family name borne by several characters in Leo Tolstoy’s novel "War and Peace," including the rakish nobleman Anatole.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.