Kikimora
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Kikimora is a female household spirit in Slavic folklore, often depicted as a mischievous or malevolent being who haunts homes and causes domestic disturbances.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kikimora canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8783300 — 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: Kikimora Context triple: [Slavic mythology, hasSpirit, Kikimora]
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A.
Chimariko
Chimariko is an extinct Native American language once spoken by the Chimariko people in northwestern California.
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B.
Garuga
Garuga is a small genus of tropical trees in the frankincense and myrrh family Burseraceae, known for its resinous bark and occurrence in Asian and Pacific regions.
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C.
Kiname
"Kiname" is a popular song by Congolese singer-songwriter Fally Ipupa, known for its blend of contemporary Congolese rumba and Afro-pop rhythms.
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D.
Blumine
Blumine is an early, lyrical movement originally composed by Gustav Mahler for his Symphony No. 1 in D major, later removed and often performed as a standalone piece.
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E.
Kroitor
Kroitor is a surname most notably associated with Roman Kroitor, a pioneering Canadian filmmaker and co-founder of IMAX.
- 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: Kikimora Target entity description: Kikimora is a female household spirit in Slavic folklore, often depicted as a mischievous or malevolent being who haunts homes and causes domestic disturbances.
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A.
Chimariko
Chimariko is an extinct Native American language once spoken by the Chimariko people in northwestern California.
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B.
Garuga
Garuga is a small genus of tropical trees in the frankincense and myrrh family Burseraceae, known for its resinous bark and occurrence in Asian and Pacific regions.
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C.
Kiname
"Kiname" is a popular song by Congolese singer-songwriter Fally Ipupa, known for its blend of contemporary Congolese rumba and Afro-pop rhythms.
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D.
Blumine
Blumine is an early, lyrical movement originally composed by Gustav Mahler for his Symphony No. 1 in D major, later removed and often performed as a standalone piece.
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E.
Kroitor
Kroitor is a surname most notably associated with Roman Kroitor, a pioneering Canadian filmmaker and co-founder of IMAX.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Slavic folklore character
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female household spirit ⓘ mythological being ⓘ spirit ⓘ |
| actsOn |
loom
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spinning wheels ⓘ |
| alignment |
malevolent
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mischievous ⓘ |
| appeasesWith |
respectful behavior
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tidy household ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
domestic disturbances
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household ⓘ nightmares ⓘ spinning ⓘ weaving ⓘ |
| category |
Slavic legendary creatures
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female legendary creatures ⓘ household deities ⓘ |
| causes |
domestic quarrels
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nocturnal noises ⓘ poltergeist-like activity ⓘ sleep disturbances ⓘ |
| culture | Slavic folklore ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
old woman
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small female figure ⓘ thin and ugly woman ⓘ |
| etymologyRelatedTo | Old Slavic words for "scare" or "bogey" ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| habitat |
behind the stove
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house ⓘ in the cellar ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
disheveled hair
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long nose ⓘ wears ragged clothes ⓘ |
| knownIn |
Belarusian folklore
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Russian folklore ⓘ Ukrainian folklore ⓘ |
| mannerOfMovement | sneaks at night ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Domovoi ⓘ |
| punishes |
lazy housewives
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untidy households ⓘ |
| role | household spirit ⓘ |
| spouseOrCounterpart | Domovoi ⓘ |
| threatens |
children
ⓘ
sleeping people ⓘ |
| timeOfActivity | night ⓘ |
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: Kikimora Description of subject: Kikimora is a female household spirit in Slavic folklore, often depicted as a mischievous or malevolent being who haunts homes and causes domestic disturbances.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.