Gavril Ardalionovich Ivolgin
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Gavril Ardalionovich Ivolgin is a proud, impulsive, and often comically self-important young officer in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel "The Idiot," entangled in its central romantic and social conflicts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gavril Ardalionovich Ivolgin canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6361543 — 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: Gavril Ardalionovich Ivolgin Context triple: [The Idiot, mainCharacter, Gavril Ardalionovich Ivolgin]
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A.
Konstantin Vershinin
Konstantin Vershinin was a prominent Soviet military leader who served as a senior commander of the Soviet Air Forces during and after World War II.
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B.
Alyosha Peshkov
Alyosha Peshkov is the young, semi-autobiographical protagonist of Maxim Gorky’s novel "My Childhood," depicting his harsh upbringing and moral development in late 19th-century Russia.
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C.
Malyuta Skuratov
Malyuta Skuratov was a notorious 16th-century Russian oprichnik and close enforcer of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, infamous for his role in brutal repressions.
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D.
Peter Ivanovich
Peter Ivanovich is a colleague and superficial friend of Ivan Ilyich in Leo Tolstoy’s novella "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," representing the shallow, self-interested attitudes of society toward death and suffering.
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E.
Foma Gordeyev
Foma Gordeyev is a novel by Russian writer Maksim Gorky that portrays the moral and spiritual decline of a wealthy merchant’s son amid the social tensions of late 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: Gavril Ardalionovich Ivolgin Target entity description: Gavril Ardalionovich Ivolgin is a proud, impulsive, and often comically self-important young officer in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel "The Idiot," entangled in its central romantic and social conflicts.
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A.
Konstantin Vershinin
Konstantin Vershinin was a prominent Soviet military leader who served as a senior commander of the Soviet Air Forces during and after World War II.
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B.
Alyosha Peshkov
Alyosha Peshkov is the young, semi-autobiographical protagonist of Maxim Gorky’s novel "My Childhood," depicting his harsh upbringing and moral development in late 19th-century Russia.
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C.
Malyuta Skuratov
Malyuta Skuratov was a notorious 16th-century Russian oprichnik and close enforcer of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, infamous for his role in brutal repressions.
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D.
Peter Ivanovich
Peter Ivanovich is a colleague and superficial friend of Ivan Ilyich in Leo Tolstoy’s novella "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," representing the shallow, self-interested attitudes of society toward death and suffering.
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E.
Foma Gordeyev
Foma Gordeyev is a novel by Russian writer Maksim Gorky that portrays the moral and spiritual decline of a wealthy merchant’s son amid the social tensions of late 19th-century Russia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in a novel
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Ganya ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Idiot ⓘ |
| appearsInForm | novel ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
philosophical novel
ⓘ
psychological novel ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aglaya Epanchin
ⓘ
linked to:
Aglaya Ivanovna Epanchin
General Epanchin family ⓘ
linked to:
Epanchin family
Nastasya Filippovna Barashkova ⓘ Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
ambitious
ⓘ
impulsive ⓘ proud ⓘ self-important ⓘ socially ambitious ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| creator | Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ |
| familyName | Ivolgin ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
The Idiot universe
ⓘ
linked to:
The Idiot
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Gavril ⓘ |
| hasFullName | Gavril Ardalionovich Ivolgin ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Russian ⓘ |
| literaryMovementContext | Russian literature ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
major character
ⓘ
participant in central romantic conflicts ⓘ participant in central social conflicts ⓘ |
| occupation | army officer ⓘ |
| relative |
Ardalion Ivolgin
ⓘ
Nina Alexandrovna Ivolgin ⓘ |
| relativeType |
brother of Kolya Ivolgin
ⓘ
brother of Varya Ivolgin ⓘ son ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFiction | 19th century Russia ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1869 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gavril Ardalionovich Ivolgin Description of subject: Gavril Ardalionovich Ivolgin is a proud, impulsive, and often comically self-important young officer in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel "The Idiot," entangled in its central romantic and social conflicts.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.