barber Ivan Yakovlevich
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Barber Ivan Yakovlevich is a hapless and comically inept barber in Nikolai Gogol’s satirical short story “The Nose,” whose discovery of a client’s detached nose sets the absurd plot in motion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| barber Ivan Yakovlevich canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5747289 — 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: barber Ivan Yakovlevich Context triple: [The Nose, character, barber Ivan Yakovlevich]
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A.
Ivan Yakubovsky
Ivan Yakubovsky was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union who played a leading role in Warsaw Pact operations during the Cold War.
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B.
Ivan Ivanovich
Ivan Ivanovich was the eldest son and heir apparent of Tsar Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) of Russia, whose death—traditionally believed to have been caused by his father—had major consequences for the Russian succession.
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C.
Yakov Slashchov
Yakov Slashchov was a Russian Imperial and later White Army general best known for leading anti-Bolshevik forces in southern Russia and Crimea during the Russian Civil War.
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D.
Ivan Briukhovetsky
Ivan Briukhovetsky was a 17th-century Ukrainian Cossack leader who served as Hetman of the Left-bank Cossack Hetmanate and was known for his controversial alliance with Muscovy.
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E.
Ivan Susloparov
Ivan Susloparov was a Soviet general and military diplomat who represented the USSR at the signing of Germany’s unconditional surrender in World War II.
- 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: barber Ivan Yakovlevich Target entity description: Barber Ivan Yakovlevich is a hapless and comically inept barber in Nikolai Gogol’s satirical short story “The Nose,” whose discovery of a client’s detached nose sets the absurd plot in motion.
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A.
Ivan Yakubovsky
Ivan Yakubovsky was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union who played a leading role in Warsaw Pact operations during the Cold War.
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B.
Ivan Ivanovich
Ivan Ivanovich was the eldest son and heir apparent of Tsar Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) of Russia, whose death—traditionally believed to have been caused by his father—had major consequences for the Russian succession.
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C.
Yakov Slashchov
Yakov Slashchov was a Russian Imperial and later White Army general best known for leading anti-Bolshevik forces in southern Russia and Crimea during the Russian Civil War.
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D.
Ivan Briukhovetsky
Ivan Briukhovetsky was a 17th-century Ukrainian Cossack leader who served as Hetman of the Left-bank Cossack Hetmanate and was known for his controversial alliance with Muscovy.
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E.
Ivan Susloparov
Ivan Susloparov was a Soviet general and military diplomat who represented the USSR at the signing of Germany’s unconditional surrender in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ male character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Nose ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Major Kovalyov ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
comically inept
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hapless ⓘ superstitious ⓘ timid ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| createdBy | Nikolai Gogol ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Nikolai Gogol’s Petersburg tales ⓘ |
| genre | satire ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Russian ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Russian literature of the 19th century ⓘ |
| literaryWorkType | short story character ⓘ |
| medium | prose literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
comic relief
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vehicle for social satire ⓘ |
| notableEvent | attempts to dispose of the found nose ⓘ |
| notableFor | discovering a detached nose in a loaf of bread ⓘ |
| occupation | barber ⓘ |
| relationshipWith | shaves Major Kovalyov as a client ⓘ |
| residence | St. Petersburg ⓘ |
| roleInPlot | catalyst of main events ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | St. Petersburg ⓘ |
| spouse | Praskovya Osipovna ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
absurdity of bureaucracy
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social hierarchy in imperial Russia ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: barber Ivan Yakovlevich Description of subject: Barber Ivan Yakovlevich is a hapless and comically inept barber in Nikolai Gogol’s satirical short story “The Nose,” whose discovery of a client’s detached nose sets the absurd plot in motion.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
the Nose