Roderick Raskolnikov
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Roderick Raskolnikov is the tormented, impoverished ex-student whose moral struggle after committing murder drives the central psychological drama of Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and its 1935 film adaptation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rodion Raskolnikov | 2 |
| Roderick Raskolnikov canonical | 1 |
| Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1928709 — 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: Roderick Raskolnikov Context triple: [Crime and Punishment (1935 film), characterRole, Roderick Raskolnikov]
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A.
Vladimir Dubrovsky
Vladimir Dubrovsky is a fictional Russian nobleman-turned-outlaw and the romantic hero of Alexander Pushkin’s historical novel "Dubrovsky."
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B.
Konstantin Vershinin
Konstantin Vershinin was a prominent Soviet military leader who served as a senior commander of the Soviet Air Forces during and after World War II.
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C.
Katerina Mikhailovna Maslova
Katerina Mikhailovna Maslova is the central female protagonist of Leo Tolstoy’s novel "Resurrection," whose wrongful conviction and moral struggle drive the book’s exploration of guilt, redemption, and social injustice.
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D.
Pyotr
Pyotr is the Russian given name of Peter Kropotkin, the influential 19th-century anarchist philosopher, geographer, and revolutionary.
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E.
Dmitri Ivanovich Nekhlyudov
Dmitri Ivanovich Nekhlyudov is the nobleman protagonist of Leo Tolstoy’s novel "Resurrection," whose moral and spiritual awakening drives the story’s exploration of guilt, redemption, and social injustice.
- 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: Roderick Raskolnikov Target entity description: Roderick Raskolnikov is the tormented, impoverished ex-student whose moral struggle after committing murder drives the central psychological drama of Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and its 1935 film adaptation.
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A.
Vladimir Dubrovsky
Vladimir Dubrovsky is a fictional Russian nobleman-turned-outlaw and the romantic hero of Alexander Pushkin’s historical novel "Dubrovsky."
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B.
Konstantin Vershinin
Konstantin Vershinin was a prominent Soviet military leader who served as a senior commander of the Soviet Air Forces during and after World War II.
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C.
Katerina Mikhailovna Maslova
Katerina Mikhailovna Maslova is the central female protagonist of Leo Tolstoy’s novel "Resurrection," whose wrongful conviction and moral struggle drive the book’s exploration of guilt, redemption, and social injustice.
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D.
Pyotr
Pyotr is the Russian given name of Peter Kropotkin, the influential 19th-century anarchist philosopher, geographer, and revolutionary.
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E.
Dmitri Ivanovich Nekhlyudov
Dmitri Ivanovich Nekhlyudov is the nobleman protagonist of Leo Tolstoy’s novel "Resurrection," whose moral and spiritual awakening drives the story’s exploration of guilt, redemption, and social injustice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Rodion Raskolnikov from Dostoevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Crime and Punishment (1935 film) ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Roderick Raskolnikov
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov
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| centralTheme |
guilt
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moral responsibility ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
| characterType |
antihero
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tormented protagonist ⓘ |
| commits | murder of a pawnbroker (in adaptation) ⓘ |
| createdBy | Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ |
| drivesPlotOf | Crime and Punishment (1935 film) ⓘ |
| featuredInGenre |
crime film
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psychological drama ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
alienated
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conflicted ⓘ intelligent ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | Russian ⓘ |
| notableFor | moral struggle after committing murder ⓘ |
| occupation | former student ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central figure in the psychological drama of Crime and Punishment (1935 film) ⓘ |
| socialStatus | impoverished ⓘ |
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: Roderick Raskolnikov Description of subject: Roderick Raskolnikov is the tormented, impoverished ex-student whose moral struggle after committing murder drives the central psychological drama of Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and its 1935 film adaptation.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Rodion Raskolnikov
this entity surface form:
Rodion Raskolnikov
this entity surface form:
Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov