Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
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"Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District" is a provocative opera by Dmitri Shostakovich, based on Nikolai Leskov’s novella, renowned for its intense drama, modernist musical language, and the political controversy it sparked in the Soviet Union.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District canonical | 6 |
| Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk | 3 |
| Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (opera) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5642110 — 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: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District Context triple: [Dmitri Shostakovich, notableWork, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District]
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Masbeth
Maspeth is a residential and industrial neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City, known for its diverse community and mix of row houses, warehouses, and small businesses.
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Miss Julie
Miss Julie is a naturalistic tragedy by Swedish playwright August Strindberg that explores class conflict, gender power dynamics, and psychological struggle through the doomed relationship between an aristocratic woman and her servant.
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Macbeth
Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that follows a Scottish nobleman’s bloody rise to power after a prophecy and his own unchecked ambition drive him to murder and tyranny.
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Jezebel (play)
"Jezebel (play)" is a stage drama that served as the source material for the 1938 Bette Davis film about a headstrong Southern woman whose defiance leads to personal and social ruin in antebellum New Orleans.
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E.
Uncle Vanya
Uncle Vanya is a renowned tragicomic play by Anton Chekhov that explores unfulfilled lives, wasted potential, and emotional turmoil in a rural Russian estate.
- 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: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District Target entity description: "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District" is a provocative opera by Dmitri Shostakovich, based on Nikolai Leskov’s novella, renowned for its intense drama, modernist musical language, and the political controversy it sparked in the Soviet Union.
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A.
Masbeth
Maspeth is a residential and industrial neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City, known for its diverse community and mix of row houses, warehouses, and small businesses.
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B.
Miss Julie
Miss Julie is a naturalistic tragedy by Swedish playwright August Strindberg that explores class conflict, gender power dynamics, and psychological struggle through the doomed relationship between an aristocratic woman and her servant.
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C.
Macbeth
Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that follows a Scottish nobleman’s bloody rise to power after a prophecy and his own unchecked ambition drive him to murder and tyranny.
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D.
Jezebel (play)
"Jezebel (play)" is a stage drama that served as the source material for the 1938 Bette Davis film about a headstrong Southern woman whose defiance leads to personal and social ruin in antebellum New Orleans.
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E.
Uncle Vanya
Uncle Vanya is a renowned tragicomic play by Anton Chekhov that explores unfulfilled lives, wasted potential, and emotional turmoil in a rural Russian estate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
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Instruction
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Subject: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District Description of subject: "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District" is a provocative opera by Dmitri Shostakovich, based on Nikolai Leskov’s novella, renowned for its intense drama, modernist musical language, and the political controversy it sparked in the Soviet Union.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Katerina Izmailova in Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
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Katerina Izmailova in Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
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Katerina Izmailova in Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
linked to: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District