Alicia Markova
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Alicia Markova was a renowned British prima ballerina and choreographer, celebrated as one of the leading classical dancers of the 20th century and a founding figure of English ballet.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alicia Markova canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9492972 — 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: Alicia Markova Context triple: [Enrico Cecchetti, student, Alicia Markova]
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A.
Vishneva
Vishneva is a small historic town in present-day Belarus, known for its multicultural heritage and as the birthplace of Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres.
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B.
Irina Smirnova
Irina Smirnova is best known as the wife of legendary Soviet ice hockey player Valeri Kharlamov.
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C.
Natalya Simonova
Natalya Simonova is a Russian computer programmer and Bond girl who serves as the primary female lead and ally to James Bond in the 1995 film "GoldenEye."
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D.
Natalya Zakharina
Natalya Zakharina was the wife of Russian writer and political thinker Alexander Herzen and a figure associated with the Russian intelligentsia of the mid-19th century.
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E.
Natalya Abramova
Natalya Abramova was a Soviet actress best known for her role in Andrei Tarkovsky’s acclaimed 1979 science fiction film "Stalker."
- 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: Alicia Markova Target entity description: Alicia Markova was a renowned British prima ballerina and choreographer, celebrated as one of the leading classical dancers of the 20th century and a founding figure of English ballet.
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A.
Vishneva
Vishneva is a small historic town in present-day Belarus, known for its multicultural heritage and as the birthplace of Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres.
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B.
Irina Smirnova
Irina Smirnova is best known as the wife of legendary Soviet ice hockey player Valeri Kharlamov.
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C.
Natalya Simonova
Natalya Simonova is a Russian computer programmer and Bond girl who serves as the primary female lead and ally to James Bond in the 1995 film "GoldenEye."
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D.
Natalya Zakharina
Natalya Zakharina was the wife of Russian writer and political thinker Alexander Herzen and a figure associated with the Russian intelligentsia of the mid-19th century.
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E.
Natalya Abramova
Natalya Abramova was a Soviet actress best known for her role in Andrei Tarkovsky’s acclaimed 1979 science fiction film "Stalker."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person
ⓘ
ballet dancer ⓘ choreographer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1963 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1920 ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
ⓘ
Order of the British Empire ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Highgate Cemetery, London ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| coFounderOf |
London Festival Ballet
ⓘ
linked to:
English National Ballet
Markova-Dolin Ballet ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1910-12-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2004-12-02 ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Jewish ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | ballet ⓘ |
| fullName | Lilian Alicia Marks ⓘ |
| genre | classical ballet ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | ballet teacher ⓘ |
| hasRole | founder of English ballet tradition ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Dame ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of British ballet
ⓘ
later generations of British ballerinas ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Ballets Russes
ⓘ
Sadler's Wells Ballet ⓘ
linked to:
The Royal Ballet
Vic-Wells Ballet ⓘ
linked to:
The Royal Ballet
|
| movement | English ballet ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a founding figure of English ballet
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being one of the leading classical ballerinas of the 20th century ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Giselle (title role interpretations)
ⓘ
Swan Lake (Odette-Odile interpretations) ⓘ
linked to:
Odette-Odile in Swan Lake
|
| occupation |
ballerina
ⓘ
choreographer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | London, England ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Bath, England
ⓘ
linked to:
Bath
|
| positionHeld | artistic director of the Metropolitan Opera Ballet ⓘ |
| residence |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| stageName | Alicia Markova ⓘ |
| taughtAt |
American Ballet Theatre
ⓘ
Royal Ballet School ⓘ |
| trainedBy | Sergei Diaghilev ⓘ |
| workedWith | Anton Dolin ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Referenced by (3)
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