Ilya Lvovich Tolstoy
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Ilya Lvovich Tolstoy was a Russian writer, public figure, and the son of the famous novelist Leo Tolstoy, known for his memoirs and work promoting his father's legacy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ilya Lvovich Tolstoy canonical | 7 |
| Ilya Tolstoy | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5553485 — 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: Ilya Lvovich Tolstoy Context triple: [Alexandra Lvovna Tolstaya, sibling, Ilya Lvovich Tolstoy]
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A.
Dmitry Andreyevich Tolstoy
Dmitry Andreyevich Tolstoy was a prominent 19th-century Russian statesman and conservative reformer who served as Minister of Education and later as Minister of the Interior in the Russian Empire.
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B.
Sergei Lvovich Tolstoy
Sergei Lvovich Tolstoy was a Russian musician, composer, and translator, best known as the eldest son of the writer Leo Tolstoy and for promoting his father’s literary legacy.
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C.
Ivan Lvovich Tolstoy
Ivan Lvovich Tolstoy was one of the sons of Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sophia Tolstaya, belonging to the prominent Tolstoy family.
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D.
Andrei Lvovich Tolstoy
Andrei Lvovich Tolstoy was one of the children of the famed Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sophia Tolstaya, belonging to the prominent Tolstoy family.
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E.
Mikhail Lvovich Tolstoy
Mikhail Lvovich Tolstoy was one of the children of Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sophia Tolstaya, belonging to the prominent Tolstoy family.
- 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: Ilya Lvovich Tolstoy Target entity description: Ilya Lvovich Tolstoy was a Russian writer, public figure, and the son of the famous novelist Leo Tolstoy, known for his memoirs and work promoting his father's legacy.
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A.
Dmitry Andreyevich Tolstoy
Dmitry Andreyevich Tolstoy was a prominent 19th-century Russian statesman and conservative reformer who served as Minister of Education and later as Minister of the Interior in the Russian Empire.
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B.
Sergei Lvovich Tolstoy
Sergei Lvovich Tolstoy was a Russian musician, composer, and translator, best known as the eldest son of the writer Leo Tolstoy and for promoting his father’s literary legacy.
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C.
Ivan Lvovich Tolstoy
Ivan Lvovich Tolstoy was one of the sons of Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sophia Tolstaya, belonging to the prominent Tolstoy family.
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D.
Andrei Lvovich Tolstoy
Andrei Lvovich Tolstoy was one of the children of the famed Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sophia Tolstaya, belonging to the prominent Tolstoy family.
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E.
Mikhail Lvovich Tolstoy
Mikhail Lvovich Tolstoy was one of the children of Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sophia Tolstaya, belonging to the prominent Tolstoy family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian person
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human ⓘ memoirist ⓘ public figure ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
Tolstoyan movement
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linked to:
Tolstoyanism
reception of Leo Tolstoy’s works ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| describedAs |
Russian writer and public figure
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memoirist of Leo Tolstoy’s life ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Russian ⓘ |
| familyName | Tolstoy ⓘ |
| father |
Leo Tolstoy
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linked to:
Aleksei Lvovich Tolstoy
|
| fieldOfWork |
literature
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memoir literature ⓘ public advocacy of Tolstoyan ideas ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical writing
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memoir ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Ilya ⓘ |
| hasPerspectiveOn | Tolstoyan ethics and philosophy ⓘ |
| hasRelative | children of Leo Tolstoy ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Russian intellectual history
ⓘ
Tolstoy family life ⓘ life of Leo Tolstoy ⓘ
linked to:
Reminiscences of Tolstoy
|
| influencedBy | Leo Tolstoy ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Russian ⓘ |
| memberOf | Tolstoy family ⓘ |
| mother | Sophia Tolstaya ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| notableFamilyMember |
Leo Tolstoy
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Sophia Tolstaya ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the son of Leo Tolstoy
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promoting Leo Tolstoy’s literary and philosophical legacy ⓘ writing memoirs about Leo Tolstoy ⓘ |
| notableWork |
memoirs about Leo Tolstoy
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reminiscences of his father ⓘ works promoting Leo Tolstoy’s legacy ⓘ |
| notedFor |
first-hand accounts of Leo Tolstoy’s personal life
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preserving documents and memories related to Leo Tolstoy ⓘ |
| occupation |
memoirist
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public figure ⓘ publicist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ilya Lvovich Tolstoy Description of subject: Ilya Lvovich Tolstoy was a Russian writer, public figure, and the son of the famous novelist Leo Tolstoy, known for his memoirs and work promoting his father's legacy.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Ilya Lvovich Tolstoy
linked to: Ilya Lvovich Tolstoy