Tamara Toumanova
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Tamara Toumanova was a celebrated 20th-century Russian-American ballerina and actress renowned for her dramatic stage presence and association with the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tamara Toumanova canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9199070 — 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: Tamara Toumanova Context triple: [Mathilde Kschessinska, notableStudent, Tamara Toumanova]
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A.
Tatiana Orlova
Tatiana Orlova was the wife of renowned Russian choreographer and ballet dancer Léonide Massine.
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B.
Tatiana Afanasyeva
Tatiana Afanasyeva was a Russian-Dutch mathematician and physicist known for her work in statistical mechanics and the foundations of thermodynamics, as well as for her collaborations with her husband, physicist Paul Ehrenfest.
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C.
Zinaida Volkova
Zinaida Volkova was the eldest daughter of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, known for her involvement in the early Soviet intellectual milieu and her tragic death in exile.
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D.
Varvara Shcherbatskaya
Varvara Shcherbatskaya is a fictional Russian noblewoman from Leo Tolstoy’s novel "Anna Karenina," known as one of the Shcherbatsky sisters in the story’s aristocratic milieu.
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E.
Irina Skobtseva
Irina Skobtseva was a Soviet and Russian actress known for her roles in classic films such as "War and Peace" and "Walking the Streets of Moscow."
- 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: Tamara Toumanova Target entity description: Tamara Toumanova was a celebrated 20th-century Russian-American ballerina and actress renowned for her dramatic stage presence and association with the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo.
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A.
Tatiana Orlova
Tatiana Orlova was the wife of renowned Russian choreographer and ballet dancer Léonide Massine.
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B.
Tatiana Afanasyeva
Tatiana Afanasyeva was a Russian-Dutch mathematician and physicist known for her work in statistical mechanics and the foundations of thermodynamics, as well as for her collaborations with her husband, physicist Paul Ehrenfest.
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C.
Zinaida Volkova
Zinaida Volkova was the eldest daughter of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, known for her involvement in the early Soviet intellectual milieu and her tragic death in exile.
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D.
Varvara Shcherbatskaya
Varvara Shcherbatskaya is a fictional Russian noblewoman from Leo Tolstoy’s novel "Anna Karenina," known as one of the Shcherbatsky sisters in the story’s aristocratic milieu.
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E.
Irina Skobtseva
Irina Skobtseva was a Soviet and Russian actress known for her roles in classic films such as "War and Peace" and "Walking the Streets of Moscow."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian-American
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actress ⓘ ballerina ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1930s
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1940s ⓘ 1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Tamara Toumanoff
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Black Pearl of the Russian Ballet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1919-03-02 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Tyumen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Alfred Hitchcock
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gene Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1996-05-29 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Santa Monica, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emigratedTo |
France
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Georgian ⓘ |
| eyeColor | dark brown ⓘ |
| father | Konstantin Zakharovich Toumanov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | classical ballet ⓘ |
| hairColor | black ⓘ |
| marriageEnd | 1955 ⓘ |
| marriageStart | 1944 ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Ballet Theatre
NERFINISHED
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Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo NERFINISHED ⓘ Original Ballet Russe NERFINISHED ⓘ Paris Opera Ballet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Princess Eugenia Dmitrievna Toumanova NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Ballets Russes tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Tamara Toumanova NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality |
American
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Russian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo
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dramatic stage presence ⓘ |
| occupation |
ballet dancer
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film actress ⓘ stage actress ⓘ |
| performedWith |
George Balanchine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Igor Youskevitch NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonide Massine NERFINISHED ⓘ Serge Lifar NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergei Denham’s Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Casey Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starredIn |
Days of Glory
NERFINISHED
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Deep in My Heart NERFINISHED ⓘ Invitation to the Dance NERFINISHED ⓘ Tonight We Sing NERFINISHED ⓘ Torn Curtain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic | expressive acting in dance roles ⓘ |
| trainedBy | Olga Preobrajenska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trainedIn | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tamara Toumanova Description of subject: Tamara Toumanova was a celebrated 20th-century Russian-American ballerina and actress renowned for her dramatic stage presence and association with the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.