Mikhail Prokhorov
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Mikhail Prokhorov is a Russian billionaire businessman and politician who ran as a prominent liberal, pro-business candidate in the 2012 Russian presidential election.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mikhail Prokhorov canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11913015 — 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: Mikhail Prokhorov Context triple: [2012 Russian presidential election, mainOppositionCandidate, Mikhail Prokhorov]
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A.
Alexander Prokhorov
Alexander Prokhorov was a Soviet physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in the development of masers and lasers.
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B.
Viktor Vekselberg
Viktor Vekselberg is a Russian billionaire businessman and art collector known for amassing one of the largest collections of Fabergé eggs and for his prominent role in Russia’s energy and investment sectors.
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C.
Anatoly Kvashnin
Anatoly Kvashnin was a Russian Army general who served as Chief of the General Staff and played a leading role in Russia’s military operations in the North Caucasus.
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D.
Arkadiy Abramovich
Arkadiy Abramovich is a Russian businessman and investor, known as the son of billionaire and former Chelsea F.C. owner Roman Abramovich.
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E.
Sergei Shchukin
Sergei Shchukin was a prominent Russian art collector and patron known for assembling one of the most important collections of modern French art, including major works by Matisse and Picasso.
- 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: Mikhail Prokhorov Target entity description: Mikhail Prokhorov is a Russian billionaire businessman and politician who ran as a prominent liberal, pro-business candidate in the 2012 Russian presidential election.
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A.
Alexander Prokhorov
Alexander Prokhorov was a Soviet physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in the development of masers and lasers.
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B.
Viktor Vekselberg
Viktor Vekselberg is a Russian billionaire businessman and art collector known for amassing one of the largest collections of Fabergé eggs and for his prominent role in Russia’s energy and investment sectors.
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C.
Anatoly Kvashnin
Anatoly Kvashnin was a Russian Army general who served as Chief of the General Staff and played a leading role in Russia’s military operations in the North Caucasus.
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D.
Arkadiy Abramovich
Arkadiy Abramovich is a Russian businessman and investor, known as the son of billionaire and former Chelsea F.C. owner Roman Abramovich.
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E.
Sergei Shchukin
Sergei Shchukin was a prominent Russian art collector and patron known for assembling one of the most important collections of modern French art, including major works by Matisse and Picasso.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian businessperson
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Russian politician ⓘ billionaire ⓘ businessperson ⓘ human ⓘ oligarch ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| businessSector |
finance
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metals and mining ⓘ real estate ⓘ sports management ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Russia
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Russian Federation ⓘ
linked to:
Russia
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| dateOfBirth | 1965-05-03 ⓘ |
| education | Moscow Finance Institute ⓘ |
| electionContested | 2012 Russian presidential election ⓘ |
| familyName | Prokhorov ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | international economic relations ⓘ |
| founded | Civic Platform (Russia) ⓘ |
| fullName | Mikhail Dmitrievich Prokhorov ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Mikhail ⓘ |
| knownFor |
2012 Russian presidential campaign
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ownership of Brooklyn Nets ⓘ ownership of ONEXIM Group ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Russian ⓘ |
| name | Mikhail Prokhorov ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| notableCompany |
Norilsk Nickel
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Polyus Gold ⓘ Renaissance Capital (stakeholder, former) ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
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investor ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| ownerOf |
Barclays Center stake (former)
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Brooklyn Nets (former majority owner) ⓘ ONEXIM Group ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Moscow ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology | liberalism in Russia ⓘ |
| politicalPosition |
economic liberal
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pro-business ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chairman of Norilsk Nickel (former)
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chairman of Polyus Gold ⓘ leader of the Civic Platform party ⓘ president of ONEXIM Group ⓘ |
| ranForOffice | President of Russia ⓘ |
| residence |
Moscow
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New York City (periodically, during Nets ownership) ⓘ
linked to:
New York City (during playing career)
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mikhail Prokhorov Description of subject: Mikhail Prokhorov is a Russian billionaire businessman and politician who ran as a prominent liberal, pro-business candidate in the 2012 Russian presidential election.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.