The Overcoat
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The Overcoat is a classic short story by Russian author Nikolai Gogol that follows a poor government clerk whose life briefly changes after acquiring a new overcoat, often seen as a foundational work of Russian literary realism and social critique.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nikolai Gogol’s Petersburg tales | 1 |
| The Overcoat canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1071788 — 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: The Overcoat Context triple: [Nikolai Gogol, notableWork, The Overcoat]
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A.
The Nose
The Nose is one of the most famous big-wall rock climbing routes in the world, ascending the prominent central prow of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.
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B.
The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths is a seminal 1902 play by Russian writer Maksim Gorky that portrays the harsh lives and moral struggles of impoverished lodgers in a flophouse.
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C.
The Life of Klim Samgin
The Life of Klim Samgin is a multi-volume novel by Russian writer Maksim Gorky that chronicles the life of an intellectual protagonist against the backdrop of Russia’s social and political upheavals from the late 19th century to the 1917 Revolution.
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D.
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
The Death of Ivan Ilyich is a novella by Leo Tolstoy that explores the existential and spiritual crisis of a dying Russian judge confronting the meaning of his life.
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E.
The Bronze Horseman
The Bronze Horseman is a narrative poem by Alexander Pushkin that intertwines a legendary statue of Peter the Great with a tragic tale set during the catastrophic 1824 flood in St. Petersburg.
- 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: The Overcoat Target entity description: The Overcoat is a classic short story by Russian author Nikolai Gogol that follows a poor government clerk whose life briefly changes after acquiring a new overcoat, often seen as a foundational work of Russian literary realism and social critique.
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A.
The Nose
The Nose is one of the most famous big-wall rock climbing routes in the world, ascending the prominent central prow of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.
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B.
The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths is a seminal 1902 play by Russian writer Maksim Gorky that portrays the harsh lives and moral struggles of impoverished lodgers in a flophouse.
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C.
The Life of Klim Samgin
The Life of Klim Samgin is a multi-volume novel by Russian writer Maksim Gorky that chronicles the life of an intellectual protagonist against the backdrop of Russia’s social and political upheavals from the late 19th century to the 1917 Revolution.
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D.
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
The Death of Ivan Ilyich is a novella by Leo Tolstoy that explores the existential and spiritual crisis of a dying Russian judge confronting the meaning of his life.
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E.
The Bronze Horseman
The Bronze Horseman is a narrative poem by Alexander Pushkin that intertwines a legendary statue of Peter the Great with a tragic tale set during the catastrophic 1824 flood in St. Petersburg.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian literature
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literary work ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| adaptation |
film adaptations
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opera adaptations ⓘ stage adaptations ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Shinel’ ⓘ |
| author | Nikolai Gogol ⓘ |
| centralObject | overcoat ⓘ |
| characterType | little man protagonist ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| firstPublicationLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium | literary journal ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
fantastic fiction
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literary realism ⓘ satire ⓘ social critique ⓘ |
| influenced |
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Russian realist writers ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | 19th-century short story ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Russian realism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
foundational work of Russian literary realism
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influential work of social criticism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Akaky Akakievich Bashmachkin ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableQuoteAttributed | We all came out from Gogol’s ‘Overcoat’ ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Шинель ⓘ |
| plotElement |
acquisition of a new overcoat
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death of the protagonist ⓘ ghostly revenge ⓘ theft of the overcoat ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | low-ranking government clerk ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
St. Petersburg
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surface form:
Saint Petersburg
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| theme |
alienation
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bureaucracy ⓘ bureaucratic cruelty ⓘ class inequality ⓘ dehumanization ⓘ identity ⓘ indifference of authorities ⓘ materialism ⓘ poverty ⓘ social injustice ⓘ the dignity of the little man ⓘ |
| tone |
satirical
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tragicomic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Overcoat Description of subject: The Overcoat is a classic short story by Russian author Nikolai Gogol that follows a poor government clerk whose life briefly changes after acquiring a new overcoat, often seen as a foundational work of Russian literary realism and social critique.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.