The Demon
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"The Demon" is a narrative poem by Russian Romantic writer Mikhail Lermontov that tells the tragic love story between a fallen spirit and a mortal Georgian princess.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Демон | 2 |
| Demon (poem) | 1 |
| The Demon canonical | 1 |
| The Demon Seated | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5846930 — 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: The Demon Context triple: [Mikhail Lermontov, notableWork, The Demon]
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A.
White Demon
White Demon is a formidable mythical monster from the Persian epic Shahnameh, best known as the fearsome adversary slain by the hero Rostam.
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B.
The Black Devil
The Black Devil was the fearsome nickname of Erich Hartmann, the German World War II fighter ace who remains the highest-scoring fighter pilot in history.
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C.
Raising Demons
Raising Demons is a humorous memoir by Shirley Jackson that continues her autobiographical accounts of family life and domestic chaos.
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D.
Demons
The Demons are the nickname of the Melbourne Football Club, one of the oldest and most storied teams in Australian rules football.
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E.
Demons
Demons is a political and psychological novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores radicalism, moral chaos, and the destructive consequences of nihilist ideology in 19th-century Russia.
- 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: The Demon Target entity description: "The Demon" is a narrative poem by Russian Romantic writer Mikhail Lermontov that tells the tragic love story between a fallen spirit and a mortal Georgian princess.
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A.
White Demon
White Demon is a formidable mythical monster from the Persian epic Shahnameh, best known as the fearsome adversary slain by the hero Rostam.
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B.
The Black Devil
The Black Devil was the fearsome nickname of Erich Hartmann, the German World War II fighter ace who remains the highest-scoring fighter pilot in history.
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C.
Raising Demons
Raising Demons is a humorous memoir by Shirley Jackson that continues her autobiographical accounts of family life and domestic chaos.
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D.
Demons
The Demons are the nickname of the Melbourne Football Club, one of the oldest and most storied teams in Australian rules football.
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E.
Demons
Demons is a political and psychological novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores radicalism, moral chaos, and the destructive consequences of nihilist ideology in 19th-century Russia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
narrative poem ⓘ |
| author | Mikhail Lermontov ⓘ |
| characterType | demon as Byronic hero ⓘ |
| conflictType | supernatural versus human world ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| form |
narrative verse
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verse ⓘ |
| genre | Romanticism ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The Demon (opera) ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationBy |
Konstantin Makovsky
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Mikhail Vrubel ⓘ |
| influenced |
Russian Symbolist poets
ⓘ
linked to:
Alexander Blok
|
| literaryMovement | Russian Romanticism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | classic of Russian poetry ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Georgian princess
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fallen spirit ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| partOf | Russian Romantic literature canon ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | supernatural being in love with mortal woman ⓘ |
| setting | Georgia ⓘ |
| theme |
fatal love
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good and evil ⓘ redemption ⓘ spiritual rebellion ⓘ tragic love ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Demon Description of subject: "The Demon" is a narrative poem by Russian Romantic writer Mikhail Lermontov that tells the tragic love story between a fallen spirit and a mortal Georgian princess.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Demon