Kovalyov
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Kovalyov is the absurdly unfortunate civil servant protagonist of Shostakovich’s opera “The Nose,” whose detached nose gains a higher social rank than he does.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kovalyov canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19137751 — 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: Kovalyov Context triple: [The Nose (opera production), roleOfPrincipalSinger, Kovalyov]
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A.
Ryazanov
Ryazanov is a Russian surname most notably borne by Eldar Ryazanov, a celebrated Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter.
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B.
Lukyanov
Lukyanov is a Russian surname borne by various notable figures in politics, science, and the arts.
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C.
Shchusev
Shchusev is a Russian surname most notably associated with Alexey Shchusev, a prominent Soviet architect known for designing Lenin's Mausoleum in Moscow.
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D.
Peshkov
Peshkov is a Russian surname most famously borne by Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, better known by his pen name Maxim Gorky, a prominent writer and political activist.
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E.
Kozlov
Kozlov is a historic Russian town, now known as Michurinsk, that developed as a significant regional center of trade and agriculture.
- 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: Kovalyov Target entity description: Kovalyov is the absurdly unfortunate civil servant protagonist of Shostakovich’s opera “The Nose,” whose detached nose gains a higher social rank than he does.
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A.
Ryazanov
Ryazanov is a Russian surname most notably borne by Eldar Ryazanov, a celebrated Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter.
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B.
Lukyanov
Lukyanov is a Russian surname borne by various notable figures in politics, science, and the arts.
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C.
Shchusev
Shchusev is a Russian surname most notably associated with Alexey Shchusev, a prominent Soviet architect known for designing Lenin's Mausoleum in Moscow.
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D.
Peshkov
Peshkov is a Russian surname most famously borne by Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, better known by his pen name Maxim Gorky, a prominent writer and political activist.
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E.
Kozlov
Kozlov is a historic Russian town, now known as Michurinsk, that developed as a significant regional center of trade and agriculture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.