Matvei Platov
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Matvei Platov was a prominent Russian cavalry general and Don Cossack leader best known for his role in the Napoleonic Wars.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Matvei Ivanovich Platov | 4 |
| Matvei Platov canonical | 3 |
| Матвей Иванович Платов | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9092234 — 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: Matvei Platov Context triple: [Novocherkassk, founder, Matvei Platov]
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A.
Platon Volkov
Platon Volkov was the husband of Zinaida Volkova, the daughter of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky.
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B.
Aleksey Pleshcheyev
Aleksey Pleshcheyev was a 19th-century Russian poet and radical intellectual associated with progressive and revolutionary circles in Tsarist Russia.
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C.
Leonty Pleshcheyev
Leonty Pleshcheyev was a Russian figure known for his prominent role in the 1648 Moscow Salt Riot, a major urban uprising against tsarist fiscal policies.
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D.
Rodion Nakhapetov
Rodion Nakhapetov is a Soviet and Russian actor, film director, and screenwriter known for his work in cinema from the 1960s onward.
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E.
Vasiliy Fet
Vasiliy Fet is a tough, resourceful exterminator-turned-vampire hunter in the horror television series "The Strain."
- 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: Matvei Platov Target entity description: Matvei Platov was a prominent Russian cavalry general and Don Cossack leader best known for his role in the Napoleonic Wars.
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A.
Platon Volkov
Platon Volkov was the husband of Zinaida Volkova, the daughter of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky.
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B.
Aleksey Pleshcheyev
Aleksey Pleshcheyev was a 19th-century Russian poet and radical intellectual associated with progressive and revolutionary circles in Tsarist Russia.
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C.
Leonty Pleshcheyev
Leonty Pleshcheyev was a Russian figure known for his prominent role in the 1648 Moscow Salt Riot, a major urban uprising against tsarist fiscal policies.
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D.
Rodion Nakhapetov
Rodion Nakhapetov is a Soviet and Russian actor, film director, and screenwriter known for his work in cinema from the 1960s onward.
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E.
Vasiliy Fet
Vasiliy Fet is a tough, resourceful exterminator-turned-vampire hunter in the horror television series "The Strain."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Don Cossack ataman
ⓘ
cavalry general ⓘ human ⓘ military commander ⓘ |
| allegiance | Tsar of Russia ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Order of St. Andrew
ⓘ
linked to:
Order of St. Andrew (Russia)
Order of St. Anna ⓘ Order of St. George ⓘ Order of St. Vladimir ⓘ Order of the Bath ⓘ |
| conflict |
French invasion of Russia
ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| describedAs | prominent Russian cavalry general and Don Cossack leader ⓘ |
| era | Napoleonic era ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Don Cossacks ⓘ |
| familyName | Platov ⓘ |
| givenName |
Matvei
ⓘ
linked to:
Matvey
|
| hasPartIn |
Cossack raids on Napoleon’s lines of communication in 1812
ⓘ
pursuit of retreating French army from Russia ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Count of the Russian Empire ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Russian ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Don Cossack Host
ⓘ
linked to:
Don Cossacks
Imperial Russian Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general of cavalry ⓘ |
| militaryUnitCommanded |
Don Cossack cavalry formations
ⓘ
linked to:
Cossack regiments
|
| name |
Matvei Ivanovich Platov
ⓘ
linked to:
Matvei Platov
|
| nativeLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership of Don Cossack cavalry in the Napoleonic Wars
ⓘ
role in the French invasion of Russia in 1812 ⓘ use of light cavalry and partisan tactics against French forces ⓘ |
| notableWork | organization of Don Cossack forces against Napoleon ⓘ |
| occupation |
Cossack leader
ⓘ
general ⓘ military officer ⓘ |
| partOf | Russian high command during the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| patronymicName | Ivanovich ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Don region
ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Ataman of the Don Cossacks
ⓘ
commander of Cossack cavalry corps ⓘ |
| residence | Don Cossack Host territory ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Matvei Platov Description of subject: Matvei Platov was a prominent Russian cavalry general and Don Cossack leader best known for his role in the Napoleonic Wars.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Matvei Platov
linked to: Matvei Platov
linked to: Matvei Platov
linked to: Matvei Platov
linked to: Matvei Platov