Pozdnyshev’s wife
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Pozdnyshev’s wife is a central, unnamed character in Leo Tolstoy’s novella "The Kreutzer Sonata," whose troubled marriage and tragic fate highlight themes of jealousy, sexuality, and the constraints placed on women in 19th-century Russian society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pozdnyshev’s wife canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T860585 — 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: Pozdnyshev’s wife Context triple: [The Kreutzer Sonata, containsCharacter, Pozdnyshev’s wife]
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A.
Nadezhda Vasilyeva
Nadezhda Vasilyeva is known primarily as a daughter of Vasily Stalin, the son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
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B.
Praskovia Saltykova
Praskovia Saltykova was a Russian noblewoman and tsarevna consort best known as the wife of Tsar Ivan V and the mother of Empress Anna of Russia.
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C.
Eudoxia Streshneva
Eudoxia Streshneva was a 17th-century Russian tsarina and the second wife of Tsar Michael I, noted as the mother of Tsar Alexis of Russia.
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D.
Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya
Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya, better known as Catherine I of Russia, was the Empress of Russia and the second wife of Peter the Great, becoming the first woman to rule the Russian Empire.
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E.
Margarita Petrovna
Margarita Petrovna was a lesser-known daughter of Empress Catherine I of Russia, connected to the early 18th-century Russian imperial family.
- 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: Pozdnyshev’s wife Target entity description: Pozdnyshev’s wife is a central, unnamed character in Leo Tolstoy’s novella "The Kreutzer Sonata," whose troubled marriage and tragic fate highlight themes of jealousy, sexuality, and the constraints placed on women in 19th-century Russian society.
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A.
Nadezhda Vasilyeva
Nadezhda Vasilyeva is known primarily as a daughter of Vasily Stalin, the son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
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B.
Praskovia Saltykova
Praskovia Saltykova was a Russian noblewoman and tsarevna consort best known as the wife of Tsar Ivan V and the mother of Empress Anna of Russia.
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C.
Eudoxia Streshneva
Eudoxia Streshneva was a 17th-century Russian tsarina and the second wife of Tsar Michael I, noted as the mother of Tsar Alexis of Russia.
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D.
Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya
Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya, better known as Catherine I of Russia, was the Empress of Russia and the second wife of Peter the Great, becoming the first woman to rule the Russian Empire.
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E.
Margarita Petrovna
Margarita Petrovna was a lesser-known daughter of Empress Catherine I of Russia, connected to the early 18th-century Russian imperial family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
female character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Kreutzer Sonata ⓘ |
| createdBy | Leo Tolstoy ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
The Kreutzer Sonata
ⓘ
surface form:
1889 work The Kreutzer Sonata
|
| hasActivity |
performs chamber music
ⓘ
plays piano ⓘ |
| hasChildrenWith | Pozdnyshev ⓘ |
| hasFate | tragic ⓘ |
| hasGender | female ⓘ |
| hasMaritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| hasNameStatus | unnamed ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | housewife ⓘ |
| hasRole | central character in The Kreutzer Sonata ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Pozdnyshev ⓘ |
| hasThemeRelation |
constraints on women
ⓘ
domestic violence ⓘ jealousy ⓘ marital conflict ⓘ patriarchy ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
| isAccusedOf | adultery ⓘ |
| isCharacterInGenre | novella ⓘ |
| isMurderedBy | Pozdnyshev ⓘ |
| livesIn | 19th-century Russian society ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | catalyst for Pozdnyshev’s confession ⓘ |
| performsWith | Trukhachevsky ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
oppression of women in marriage
ⓘ
victim of male jealousy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pozdnyshev’s wife Description of subject: Pozdnyshev’s wife is a central, unnamed character in Leo Tolstoy’s novella "The Kreutzer Sonata," whose troubled marriage and tragic fate highlight themes of jealousy, sexuality, and the constraints placed on women in 19th-century Russian society.
Referenced by (1)
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