Yuri Knorozov
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Yuri Knorozov was a Russian linguist and epigrapher renowned for pioneering the successful decipherment of the Maya script.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yuri Knorozov canonical | 5 |
| Knorozov | 1 |
| Yuri Valentinovich Knorozov | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6561367 — 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: Yuri Knorozov Context triple: [Maya epigraphy, hasKeyFigure, Yuri Knorozov]
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A.
Nikolai Trubetzkoy
Nikolai Trubetzkoy was a Russian linguist and founding figure of structural phonology, best known for his work on phonological theory and the concept of the phoneme.
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B.
Vladimir Koren
Vladimir Koren was a designer best known for creating the iconic state emblem of the Soviet Union.
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C.
Sergey Vavilov
Sergey Vavilov was a prominent Soviet physicist and academician, known for his work in physical optics and for serving as president of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
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D.
Fedor Reingold
Fedor Reingold was one of the individuals prosecuted in the Soviet "Trial of the Sixteen," a major Stalin-era show trial targeting alleged political opponents.
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E.
Sergei Gaposchkin
Sergei Gaposchkin was a Russian-American astronomer known for his collaborative work with his wife Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin on variable stars and stellar photometry.
- 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: Yuri Knorozov Target entity description: Yuri Knorozov was a Russian linguist and epigrapher renowned for pioneering the successful decipherment of the Maya script.
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A.
Nikolai Trubetzkoy
Nikolai Trubetzkoy was a Russian linguist and founding figure of structural phonology, best known for his work on phonological theory and the concept of the phoneme.
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B.
Vladimir Koren
Vladimir Koren was a designer best known for creating the iconic state emblem of the Soviet Union.
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C.
Sergey Vavilov
Sergey Vavilov was a prominent Soviet physicist and academician, known for his work in physical optics and for serving as president of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
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D.
Fedor Reingold
Fedor Reingold was one of the individuals prosecuted in the Soviet "Trial of the Sixteen," a major Stalin-era show trial targeting alleged political opponents.
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E.
Sergei Gaposchkin
Sergei Gaposchkin was a Russian-American astronomer known for his collaborative work with his wife Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin on variable stars and stellar photometry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamericanist
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epigrapher ⓘ human ⓘ linguist ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
Mesoamerican linguistics
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decipherment of ancient scripts ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Russian Academy of Sciences
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Soviet Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Russia
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Soviet Union ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1922-11-19 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1999-03-31 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Moscow State University ⓘ |
| employer |
Institute of Ethnography of the USSR Academy of Sciences
ⓘ
Russian Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName |
Knorozov
ⓘ
linked to:
Yuri Knorozov
|
| fieldOfWork |
Maya studies
ⓘ
epigraphy ⓘ linguistics ⓘ |
| fullName |
Yuri Valentinovich Knorozov
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linked to:
Yuri Knorozov
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Yuri ⓘ |
| hasWikipediaPage | Yuri Knorozov ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | founder of the scientific decipherment of Maya writing ⓘ |
| influenced | modern Maya epigraphy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
decipherment of Maya script
ⓘ
phonetic approach to Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ |
| languageStudied | Mayan languages ⓘ |
| methodology |
structural analysis of glyphic signs
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use of phonetic complements in decipherment ⓘ |
| nationality |
Russian
ⓘ
Soviet ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| notableIdea | all writing systems can be deciphered with sufficient internal evidence ⓘ |
| notableWork |
papers on the decipherment of Maya hieroglyphic writing
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“Ancient Writing of Central America” ⓘ |
| occupation |
epigrapher
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ethnographer ⓘ linguist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Yuzhny, Kharkov Governorate, Ukrainian SSR
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linked to:
Kharkov Governorate
|
| placeOfBurial |
Saint Petersburg, Russia
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linked to:
Saint Petersburg Federal City
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| placeOfDeath |
Saint Petersburg, Russia
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linked to:
Saint Petersburg Federal City
|
| receivedAward |
Order of the Aztec Eagle
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State Prize of the USSR ⓘ |
| studied |
Maya codices
ⓘ
Mesoamerican writing systems ⓘ |
| theory |
Maya script is a mixed logo-syllabic system
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linked to:
Maya hieroglyphs
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Yuri Knorozov Description of subject: Yuri Knorozov was a Russian linguist and epigrapher renowned for pioneering the successful decipherment of the Maya script.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Yuri Knorozov
linked to: Yuri Knorozov