Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (person’s given name)
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Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a renowned Russian writer and thinker, best known for his epic novels "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina" and his influential ideas on nonviolence and moral philosophy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (person’s given name) canonical | 1 |
| Tolstoy (masculine form) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1709865 — 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: Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (person’s given name) Context triple: [Lev, shortFormOf, Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (person’s given name)]
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Mikhail Lvovich Tolstoy
Mikhail Lvovich Tolstoy was one of the children of Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sophia Tolstaya, belonging to the prominent Tolstoy family.
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Dmitry Andreyevich Tolstoy
Dmitry Andreyevich Tolstoy was a prominent 19th-century Russian statesman and conservative reformer who served as Minister of Education and later as Minister of the Interior in the Russian Empire.
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Ivan Lvovich Tolstoy
Ivan Lvovich Tolstoy was one of the sons of Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sophia Tolstaya, belonging to the prominent Tolstoy family.
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D.
Andrei Lvovich Tolstoy
Andrei Lvovich Tolstoy was one of the children of the famed Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sophia Tolstaya, belonging to the prominent Tolstoy family.
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E.
Fyodor Tolstoy
Fyodor Tolstoy was a Russian nobleman and artist from the prominent Tolstoy family, known for his work as a painter, engraver, and medalist in the early 19th century.
- 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: Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (person’s given name) Target entity description: Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a renowned Russian writer and thinker, best known for his epic novels "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina" and his influential ideas on nonviolence and moral philosophy.
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A.
Mikhail Lvovich Tolstoy
Mikhail Lvovich Tolstoy was one of the children of Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sophia Tolstaya, belonging to the prominent Tolstoy family.
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B.
Dmitry Andreyevich Tolstoy
Dmitry Andreyevich Tolstoy was a prominent 19th-century Russian statesman and conservative reformer who served as Minister of Education and later as Minister of the Interior in the Russian Empire.
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C.
Ivan Lvovich Tolstoy
Ivan Lvovich Tolstoy was one of the sons of Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sophia Tolstaya, belonging to the prominent Tolstoy family.
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D.
Andrei Lvovich Tolstoy
Andrei Lvovich Tolstoy was one of the children of the famed Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sophia Tolstaya, belonging to the prominent Tolstoy family.
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E.
Fyodor Tolstoy
Fyodor Tolstoy was a Russian nobleman and artist from the prominent Tolstoy family, known for his work as a painter, engraver, and medalist in the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (64)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (person’s given name) Description of subject: Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a renowned Russian writer and thinker, best known for his epic novels "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina" and his influential ideas on nonviolence and moral philosophy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tolstoy (masculine form)