Alexander Ulyanov
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Alexander Ulyanov was a Russian revolutionary and older brother of Vladimir Lenin, best known for his involvement in a failed plot to assassinate Tsar Alexander III, for which he was executed in 1887.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alexander Ulyanov canonical | 5 |
| Aleksandr Ulyanov | 2 |
| Alexander Ilyich Ulyanov | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T604456 — 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: Alexander Ulyanov Context triple: [Vladimir Lenin, sibling, Alexander Ulyanov]
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A.
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin was a Russian revolutionary leader, Marxist theorist, and the founding head of the Soviet state who played a central role in the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.
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B.
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky was a Marxist revolutionary, key leader of the Russian Revolution, founder of the Red Army, and later a principal critic and exile of Stalinist rule.
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C.
Yakov Sverdlov
Yakov Sverdlov was a prominent Bolshevik revolutionary and early Soviet statesman who served as the first head of state of Soviet Russia following the October Revolution.
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D.
Sergei Kamenev
Sergei Kamenev was a prominent Soviet military commander who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War.
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E.
Vasily Stalin
Vasily Stalin was a Soviet Air Force officer and the son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, known for his privileged yet troubled life within the Soviet elite.
- 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: Alexander Ulyanov Target entity description: Alexander Ulyanov was a Russian revolutionary and older brother of Vladimir Lenin, best known for his involvement in a failed plot to assassinate Tsar Alexander III, for which he was executed in 1887.
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A.
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin was a Russian revolutionary leader, Marxist theorist, and the founding head of the Soviet state who played a central role in the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.
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B.
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky was a Marxist revolutionary, key leader of the Russian Revolution, founder of the Red Army, and later a principal critic and exile of Stalinist rule.
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C.
Yakov Sverdlov
Yakov Sverdlov was a prominent Bolshevik revolutionary and early Soviet statesman who served as the first head of state of Soviet Russia following the October Revolution.
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D.
Sergei Kamenev
Sergei Kamenev was a prominent Soviet military commander who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War.
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E.
Vasily Stalin
Vasily Stalin was a Soviet Air Force officer and the son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, known for his privileged yet troubled life within the Soviet elite.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian revolutionary
ⓘ
human ⓘ political activist ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
St. Petersburg
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg
|
| causeOfDeath | capital punishment ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
attempted regicide
ⓘ
terrorism against the state ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1866-04-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1887-05-20 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Leningrad State University
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg University
|
| ethnicGroup | Russian ⓘ |
| familyName | Ulyanov ⓘ |
| father | Ilya Ulyanov ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | natural sciences ⓘ |
| fullName |
Alexander Ulyanov
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Alexander Ilyich Ulyanov
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| givenName | Alexander ⓘ |
| hasRole | conspirator in assassination plot against Alexander III ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late Russian Empire ⓘ |
| ideology | revolutionary populism ⓘ |
| influenced | Vladimir Lenin ⓘ |
| knownFor | participation in a plot to assassinate Tsar Alexander III ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Russian ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution by hanging ⓘ |
| memberOf | terrorist faction of Narodnaya Volya ⓘ |
| mother |
Maria Ulyanova
ⓘ
surface form:
Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova
|
| movement | revolutionary movement in the Russian Empire ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
arrest in 1887 for involvement in plot against Alexander III
ⓘ
trial and sentencing in 1887 ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the elder brother of Vladimir Lenin ⓘ |
| occupation |
revolutionary
ⓘ
student ⓘ |
| participantIn | assassination plot against Alexander III ⓘ |
| patronymicName | Ilyich ⓘ |
| penalty | death sentence ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Nizhny Novgorod
ⓘ
Nizhny Novgorod Governorate ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Russian Empire
ⓘ
St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg
|
| religion |
Russian Orthodox Church
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Orthodoxy
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling |
Anna Ulyanova
ⓘ
Dmitry Ulyanov ⓘ Maria Ulyanova ⓘ Nikolai Ulyanov ⓘ Olga Ulyanova ⓘ Vladimir Lenin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alexander Ulyanov Description of subject: Alexander Ulyanov was a Russian revolutionary and older brother of Vladimir Lenin, best known for his involvement in a failed plot to assassinate Tsar Alexander III, for which he was executed in 1887.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Alexander Ilyich Ulyanov
this entity surface form:
Aleksandr Ulyanov
this entity surface form:
Aleksandr Ulyanov