Vasily Zhukovsky
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Vasily Zhukovsky was a prominent Russian Romantic poet and translator, best known for his ballads and for shaping early 19th-century Russian literature while serving as a tutor to the future Tsar Alexander II.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vasily Zhukovsky canonical | 2 |
| Zhukovsky | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Vasily Zhukovsky Context triple: [Alexander Nevsky Lavra, burialPlaceOf, Vasily Zhukovsky]
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Zhukovsky
Zhukovsky is a town near Moscow, Russia, known as a major center of aviation research and industry.
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Mikhail Lermontov
Mikhail Lermontov was a 19th-century Russian Romantic poet, novelist, and playwright, often regarded as Pushkin’s literary heir and one of Russia’s greatest writers.
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Sergey Lvovich Pushkin
Sergey Lvovich Pushkin was a Russian nobleman and landowner best known as the father of the great poet Alexander Pushkin.
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Alexander Pechersky
Alexander Pechersky was a Soviet Jewish Red Army officer who became a key leader of the 1943 prisoner uprising at the Sobibor extermination camp, one of the most significant acts of armed resistance during the Holocaust.
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Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Pushkin was a pioneering 19th-century Russian poet, playwright, and novelist widely regarded as the founder of modern Russian literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Vasily Zhukovsky Target entity description: Vasily Zhukovsky was a prominent Russian Romantic poet and translator, best known for his ballads and for shaping early 19th-century Russian literature while serving as a tutor to the future Tsar Alexander II.
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A.
Zhukovsky
Zhukovsky is a town near Moscow, Russia, known as a major center of aviation research and industry.
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B.
Mikhail Lermontov
Mikhail Lermontov was a 19th-century Russian Romantic poet, novelist, and playwright, often regarded as Pushkin’s literary heir and one of Russia’s greatest writers.
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C.
Sergey Lvovich Pushkin
Sergey Lvovich Pushkin was a Russian nobleman and landowner best known as the father of the great poet Alexander Pushkin.
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D.
Alexander Pechersky
Alexander Pechersky was a Soviet Jewish Red Army officer who became a key leader of the 1943 prisoner uprising at the Sobibor extermination camp, one of the most significant acts of armed resistance during the Holocaust.
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E.
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Pushkin was a pioneering 19th-century Russian poet, playwright, and novelist widely regarded as the founder of modern Russian literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Romantic poet
ⓘ
human ⓘ poet ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| contributedTo | formation of Russian literary language ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| educated |
Alexander II of Russia
ⓘ
surface form:
future Tsar Alexander II
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| employer |
Imperial Court of Russia
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Imperial Court
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| ethnicGroup | Russian ⓘ |
| familyName |
Vasily Zhukovsky
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Zhukovsky
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| fieldOfWork |
literature
ⓘ
translation ⓘ |
| genre |
ballad
ⓘ
poetry ⓘ |
| givenName | Vasily ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | Russian Romantic tradition ⓘ |
| influenced |
Alexander Pushkin
ⓘ
Mikhail Lermontov ⓘ early 19th-century Russian literature ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Romanticism
ⓘ
surface form:
European Romanticism
German literature ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Russian ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| movement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| name | Vasily Zhukovsky self-link ⓘ |
| nativeName | Василий Андреевич Жуковский ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ballads
ⓘ
introducing Romanticism into Russian poetry ⓘ shaping early 19th-century Russian literature ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ludmila
ⓘ
surface form:
Lyudmila
Svetlana ⓘ The Bard ⓘ The Sea ⓘ |
| occupation |
poet
ⓘ
translator ⓘ |
| partOf |
Golden Age of Russian literature
ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Age of Russian poetry
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| placeOfActivity |
Moscow
ⓘ
St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg
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| positionHeld |
court poet
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tutor to the future Tsar Alexander II ⓘ |
| student | Alexander II of Russia ⓘ |
| style |
romantic ballad
ⓘ
sentimentalism ⓘ |
| translatedWork |
Homer's Odyssey
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Homer's Iliad ⓘ
surface form:
The Iliad (partial)
Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
surface form:
The Odyssey
works of Friedrich Schiller ⓘ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ
surface form:
works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
works of Lord Byron ⓘ |
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