Major Kovalyov
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Major Kovalyov is the pompous St. Petersburg official in Nikolai Gogol’s satirical short story “The Nose,” whose detached nose absurdly gains a higher social rank than he has.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Major Kovalyov canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5747271 — 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: Major Kovalyov Context triple: [The Nose, mainCharacter, Major Kovalyov]
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A.
Soviet Colonel Zaysen
Soviet Colonel Zaysen is the main Soviet antagonist in the action film "Rambo III," depicted as a ruthless military officer overseeing operations in Afghanistan against the Mujahideen and John Rambo.
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B.
Viktor Abakumov
Viktor Abakumov was a high-ranking Soviet security official who headed Stalin’s postwar state security apparatus and oversaw major political repressions.
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C.
General Ivan Susloparov
General Ivan Susloparov was a Soviet military officer best known for representing the USSR and signing as its delegate at Germany’s unconditional surrender in Reims in May 1945.
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D.
Ivan Kalyayev
Ivan Kalyayev was a Russian Socialist Revolutionary and terrorist who assassinated Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich in 1905 as part of the revolutionary struggle against the tsarist regime.
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E.
Akhromeyev
Akhromeyev is the surname of Sergei Akhromeyev, a prominent Soviet military leader and Marshal of the Soviet Union.
- 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: Major Kovalyov Target entity description: Major Kovalyov is the pompous St. Petersburg official in Nikolai Gogol’s satirical short story “The Nose,” whose detached nose absurdly gains a higher social rank than he has.
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A.
Soviet Colonel Zaysen
Soviet Colonel Zaysen is the main Soviet antagonist in the action film "Rambo III," depicted as a ruthless military officer overseeing operations in Afghanistan against the Mujahideen and John Rambo.
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B.
Viktor Abakumov
Viktor Abakumov was a high-ranking Soviet security official who headed Stalin’s postwar state security apparatus and oversaw major political repressions.
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C.
General Ivan Susloparov
General Ivan Susloparov was a Soviet military officer best known for representing the USSR and signing as its delegate at Germany’s unconditional surrender in Reims in May 1945.
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D.
Ivan Kalyayev
Ivan Kalyayev was a Russian Socialist Revolutionary and terrorist who assassinated Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich in 1905 as part of the revolutionary struggle against the tsarist regime.
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E.
Akhromeyev
Akhromeyev is the surname of Sergei Akhromeyev, a prominent Soviet military leader and Marshal of the Soviet Union.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in short story
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Nose ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
pompous
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status-conscious ⓘ vain ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| createdBy | Nikolai Gogol ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Nose ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext |
The Nose (1836 short story)
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linked to:
The Nose
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasBodyPart | nose ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Russian ⓘ |
| literaryFunction | vehicle for satire of social hierarchy ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century Russian literature ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist of The Nose ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | Russian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
having his nose acquire a higher social rank than he has
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having his nose detach from his face ⓘ |
| occupation |
St. Petersburg official
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major ⓘ |
| plotEvent |
attempts to reclaim his nose
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encounters his own nose in public dressed as a high-ranking official ⓘ wakes up to discover his nose is missing ⓘ |
| residence | St. Petersburg ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
bureaucracy
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identity ⓘ social rank ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Major Kovalyov Description of subject: Major Kovalyov is the pompous St. Petersburg official in Nikolai Gogol’s satirical short story “The Nose,” whose detached nose absurdly gains a higher social rank than he has.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
the Nose
subject linked to:
the Nose
subject linked to:
the Nose
subject linked to:
barber Ivan Yakovlevich