Vera Rostova
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Vera Rostova is a minor character in Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace," known as the proud and somewhat cold eldest daughter of the Rostov family.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Vera Rostova canonical | 6 |
| Countess Rostova | 1 |
| Sonya (War and Peace character) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4514743 — 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: Vera Rostova Context triple: [Natasha Rostova, sibling, Vera Rostova]
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Natasha Rostova
Natasha Rostova is a central, emotionally vibrant young noblewoman in Leo Tolstoy’s novel "War and Peace," whose coming-of-age story reflects the moral and spiritual struggles of Russian society during the Napoleonic era.
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B.
Maria of Rostov
Maria of Rostov was a 13th-century Russian princess from the Rostov princely house who became a Grand Princess of Moscow through her marriage to Daniil Aleksandrovich, the first Prince of Moscow.
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C.
Princess Marya Bolkonskaya
Princess Marya Bolkonskaya is a deeply religious, self-sacrificing noblewoman in Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, known for her inner strength, moral integrity, and emotional suffering within a strict aristocratic family.
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D.
Count Ilya Rostov
Count Ilya Rostov is a warm-hearted, generous, and somewhat imprudent Russian nobleman and patriarch of the Rostov family in Leo Tolstoy’s novel "War and Peace."
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E.
Sophia Tolstaya
Sophia Tolstaya was a Russian diarist, editor, and wife of novelist Leo Tolstoy, known for managing his household, copying his manuscripts, and documenting their complex marriage.
- 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: Vera Rostova Target entity description: Vera Rostova is a minor character in Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace," known as the proud and somewhat cold eldest daughter of the Rostov family.
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A.
Natasha Rostova
Natasha Rostova is a central, emotionally vibrant young noblewoman in Leo Tolstoy’s novel "War and Peace," whose coming-of-age story reflects the moral and spiritual struggles of Russian society during the Napoleonic era.
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B.
Maria of Rostov
Maria of Rostov was a 13th-century Russian princess from the Rostov princely house who became a Grand Princess of Moscow through her marriage to Daniil Aleksandrovich, the first Prince of Moscow.
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C.
Princess Marya Bolkonskaya
Princess Marya Bolkonskaya is a deeply religious, self-sacrificing noblewoman in Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, known for her inner strength, moral integrity, and emotional suffering within a strict aristocratic family.
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D.
Count Ilya Rostov
Count Ilya Rostov is a warm-hearted, generous, and somewhat imprudent Russian nobleman and patriarch of the Rostov family in Leo Tolstoy’s novel "War and Peace."
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E.
Sophia Tolstaya
Sophia Tolstaya was a Russian diarist, editor, and wife of novelist Leo Tolstoy, known for managing his household, copying his manuscripts, and documenting their complex marriage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | War and Peace ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | historical novel ⓘ |
| appearsInPartOfWork | Rostov family storyline ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
cold
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formal ⓘ proud ⓘ reserved ⓘ |
| createdBy | Leo Tolstoy ⓘ |
| familyName | Rostov ⓘ |
| givenName | Vera ⓘ |
| hasSibling |
Natasha Rostova
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Nikolai Rostov ⓘ Petya Rostov ⓘ |
| hasSpouseInFiction | Berg ⓘ |
| isMemberOfFamily | Rostov family ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Russian ⓘ |
| literaryPeriodOfWork | 19th-century literature ⓘ |
| maritalStatusInNarrative | married ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
contrasts with Natasha Rostova’s warmth
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linked to:
Natasha Rostova
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| nationalityInFiction | Russian ⓘ |
| positionInFamily | eldest daughter ⓘ |
| relatedWorkAuthorNationality | Russian ⓘ |
| roleInWork | minor character ⓘ |
| setInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| setInCountry | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| workFirstPublication | 1860s ⓘ |
| workOriginalTitle | Война и мир ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Vera Rostova Description of subject: Vera Rostova is a minor character in Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace," known as the proud and somewhat cold eldest daughter of the Rostov family.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Vera Rostova
linked to: Vera Rostova