Count Ilya Rostov
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Count Ilya Rostov is a warm-hearted, generous, and somewhat imprudent Russian nobleman and patriarch of the Rostov family in Leo Tolstoy’s novel "War and Peace."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Count Ilya Rostov canonical | 6 |
| Nikolai Rostov | 2 |
| Petya Rostov | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T860472 — 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: Count Ilya Rostov Context triple: [War and Peace, featuresCharacter, Count Ilya Rostov]
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A.
Vasily Ulrikh
Vasily Ulrikh was a Soviet judge and key figure in Stalin’s Great Purge, notorious for presiding over major show trials and issuing numerous death sentences.
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B.
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky is a central, introspective nobleman and army officer in Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, whose search for meaning and personal transformation drives much of the novel’s moral and philosophical depth.
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C.
Vasily
Vasily is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, commonly used in Russian-speaking countries.
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D.
Natasha Rostova
Natasha Rostova is a central, emotionally vibrant young noblewoman in Leo Tolstoy’s novel "War and Peace," whose coming-of-age story reflects the moral and spiritual struggles of Russian society during the Napoleonic era.
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E.
Pierre Bezukhov
Pierre Bezukhov is a central character in Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace," a wealthy, idealistic nobleman whose spiritual and moral development is a major focus of the story.
- 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: Count Ilya Rostov Target entity description: Count Ilya Rostov is a warm-hearted, generous, and somewhat imprudent Russian nobleman and patriarch of the Rostov family in Leo Tolstoy’s novel "War and Peace."
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A.
Vasily Ulrikh
Vasily Ulrikh was a Soviet judge and key figure in Stalin’s Great Purge, notorious for presiding over major show trials and issuing numerous death sentences.
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B.
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky is a central, introspective nobleman and army officer in Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, whose search for meaning and personal transformation drives much of the novel’s moral and philosophical depth.
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C.
Vasily
Vasily is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, commonly used in Russian-speaking countries.
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D.
Natasha Rostova
Natasha Rostova is a central, emotionally vibrant young noblewoman in Leo Tolstoy’s novel "War and Peace," whose coming-of-age story reflects the moral and spiritual struggles of Russian society during the Napoleonic era.
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E.
Pierre Bezukhov
Pierre Bezukhov is a central character in Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace," a wealthy, idealistic nobleman whose spiritual and moral development is a major focus of the story.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian nobleman
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | War and Peace ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
decline of the nobility
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family life ⓘ generosity ⓘ |
| basedInPeriod | Napoleonic Wars era ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
generous
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hospitable ⓘ imprudent ⓘ kind ⓘ sentimental ⓘ warm-hearted ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| createdBy | Leo Tolstoy ⓘ |
| familyName | Rostov ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
War and Peace
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surface form:
War and Peace universe
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| financialStatus |
eventually ruined by debts
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imprudent with money ⓘ |
| firstPublicationAppearance |
War and Peace
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surface form:
War and Peace (1869)
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| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | historical novel ⓘ |
| givenName | Ilya ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Natasha Rostova
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Nikolai Rostov ⓘ Petya Rostov ⓘ Vera Rostova ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Natasha Rostova
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surface form:
Countess Natalya Rostova
Natasha Rostova ⓘ Nikolai Rostov ⓘ Petya Rostov ⓘ Vera Rostova ⓘ |
| languageOfCharacter | Russian ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
embodies generosity and familial warmth
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represents the old Russian nobility ⓘ |
| occupation | landowner ⓘ |
| residence |
Moscow
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Otradnoe estate ⓘ |
| roleInWork | patriarch of the Rostov family ⓘ |
| socialClass | Russian nobility ⓘ |
| spouse |
Natasha Rostova
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surface form:
Countess Natalya Rostova
|
| title | Count ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Count Ilya Rostov Description of subject: Count Ilya Rostov is a warm-hearted, generous, and somewhat imprudent Russian nobleman and patriarch of the Rostov family in Leo Tolstoy’s novel "War and Peace."
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nikolai Rostov
this entity surface form:
Nikolai Rostov
this entity surface form:
Petya Rostov
subject surface form:
Volume III (War and Peace)