A Terrible Vengeance
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"A Terrible Vengeance" is a dark, supernatural short story by Nikolai Gogol that blends Ukrainian folklore with themes of betrayal, fate, and retribution.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Terrible Vengeance canonical | 1 |
| Страшная месть | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5638585 — 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: A Terrible Vengeance Context triple: [Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, containsStory, A Terrible Vengeance]
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A.
The Purity of Vengeance
The Purity of Vengeance is a Danish crime thriller novel by Jussi Adler-Olsen, part of the Department Q series, following detectives Carl Mørck and Assad as they uncover a dark conspiracy rooted in past abuses at a women's institution.
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B.
God of Vengeance
God of Vengeance is a controversial early 20th-century Yiddish play by Sholem Asch, best known for its groundbreaking depiction of a lesbian relationship and its critique of religious hypocrisy.
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C.
The Sound of Revenge
The Sound of Revenge is the debut studio album by American rapper Chamillionaire, best known for featuring the hit single "Ridin'."
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D.
The Menacing Power
"The Menacing Power" is an episode title from the 1939 science fiction movie serial *The Phantom Creeps*, starring Bela Lugosi as a mad scientist.
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E.
The Fratricide
The Fratricide is a dramatic painting by Finnish artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela that depicts a violent, emotionally charged scene of brother killing brother, reflecting themes of guilt and moral conflict.
- 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: A Terrible Vengeance Target entity description: "A Terrible Vengeance" is a dark, supernatural short story by Nikolai Gogol that blends Ukrainian folklore with themes of betrayal, fate, and retribution.
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A.
The Purity of Vengeance
The Purity of Vengeance is a Danish crime thriller novel by Jussi Adler-Olsen, part of the Department Q series, following detectives Carl Mørck and Assad as they uncover a dark conspiracy rooted in past abuses at a women's institution.
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B.
God of Vengeance
God of Vengeance is a controversial early 20th-century Yiddish play by Sholem Asch, best known for its groundbreaking depiction of a lesbian relationship and its critique of religious hypocrisy.
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C.
The Sound of Revenge
The Sound of Revenge is the debut studio album by American rapper Chamillionaire, best known for featuring the hit single "Ridin'."
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D.
The Menacing Power
"The Menacing Power" is an episode title from the 1939 science fiction movie serial *The Phantom Creeps*, starring Bela Lugosi as a mad scientist.
-
E.
The Fratricide
The Fratricide is a dramatic painting by Finnish artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela that depicts a violent, emotionally charged scene of brother killing brother, reflecting themes of guilt and moral conflict.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
horror fiction
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literary work ⓘ short story ⓘ supernatural fiction ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Strashnaya mest ⓘ |
| antagonist | Katerina's father ⓘ |
| author | Nikolai Gogol ⓘ |
| characterRole | Cossack hero ⓘ |
| collection | Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| firstPublication | 1832 ⓘ |
| firstPublicationIn |
Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, second volume
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linked to:
Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka
|
| genre |
dark romanticism
ⓘ
gothic fiction ⓘ supernatural horror ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio adaptations
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stage adaptations ⓘ |
| hasMotive |
paternal betrayal
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vengeance ⓘ |
| hasTitleInRussian |
Страшная месть
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linked to:
A Terrible Vengeance
|
| hasTone |
dark
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macabre ⓘ tragic ⓘ |
| includedIn | Gogol's early Ukrainian tales ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian eschatology
ⓘ
Ukrainian oral tradition ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
fantastic realism
ⓘ
folkloric motifs ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Danilo Burulbash
ⓘ
Katerina ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| partOf | Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka ⓘ |
| periodOfCreation | early 1830s ⓘ |
| setting |
Cossack Ukraine
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linked to:
Cossacks
Ukraine ⓘ |
| theme |
betrayal
ⓘ
family curse ⓘ fate ⓘ good versus evil ⓘ retribution ⓘ sin and punishment ⓘ |
| usesElement |
Ukrainian folklore
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supernatural elements ⓘ |
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Subject: A Terrible Vengeance Description of subject: "A Terrible Vengeance" is a dark, supernatural short story by Nikolai Gogol that blends Ukrainian folklore with themes of betrayal, fate, and retribution.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: A Terrible Vengeance