Assassination of Napoleon
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The Assassination of Napoleon is a fictional plot in Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace," in which the character Pierre Bezukhov contemplates killing Napoleon Bonaparte during the French invasion of Russia.
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| Assassination of Napoleon canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Assassination of Napoleon Context triple: [Pierre Bezukhov, attempts, Assassination of Napoleon]
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murder of Jean-Paul Marat
The murder of Jean-Paul Marat was the 1793 assassination of the radical French revolutionary leader by Charlotte Corday during the French Revolution, famously immortalized in Jacques-Louis David’s painting "The Death of Marat."
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Exile of Napoleon Bonaparte
The Exile of Napoleon Bonaparte refers to his final banishment by the British to the remote South Atlantic island of Saint Helena, where he lived under close supervision until his death in 1821.
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May Coup d'État
The May Coup d'État was a 1926 military takeover in Poland led by Józef Piłsudski that overthrew the democratic government and established a more authoritarian regime.
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Storming of the Winter Palace
The Storming of the Winter Palace was the key Bolshevik assault in Petrograd on October 25–26, 1917 (Julian calendar), which toppled the Provisional Government and marked the decisive seizure of power in the Russian October Revolution.
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E.
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln was the 1865 killing of the 16th U.S. president by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., an event that shocked the nation and profoundly shaped the aftermath of the Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Assassination of Napoleon Target entity description: The Assassination of Napoleon is a fictional plot in Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace," in which the character Pierre Bezukhov contemplates killing Napoleon Bonaparte during the French invasion of Russia.
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A.
murder of Jean-Paul Marat
The murder of Jean-Paul Marat was the 1793 assassination of the radical French revolutionary leader by Charlotte Corday during the French Revolution, famously immortalized in Jacques-Louis David’s painting "The Death of Marat."
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B.
Exile of Napoleon Bonaparte
The Exile of Napoleon Bonaparte refers to his final banishment by the British to the remote South Atlantic island of Saint Helena, where he lived under close supervision until his death in 1821.
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C.
May Coup d'État
The May Coup d'État was a 1926 military takeover in Poland led by Józef Piłsudski that overthrew the democratic government and established a more authoritarian regime.
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D.
Storming of the Winter Palace
The Storming of the Winter Palace was the key Bolshevik assault in Petrograd on October 25–26, 1917 (Julian calendar), which toppled the Provisional Government and marked the decisive seizure of power in the Russian October Revolution.
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E.
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln was the 1865 killing of the 16th U.S. president by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., an event that shocked the nation and profoundly shaped the aftermath of the Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional event
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fictional plot ⓘ |
| appearsIn | War and Peace ⓘ |
| appearsInLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Leo Tolstoy ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalWork |
War and Peace
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surface form:
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
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| hasCharacterInvolved |
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Pierre Bezukhov ⓘ Russian officers ⓘ |
| hasCountryOfOriginOfWork | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| hasFictionalPerpetrator | Pierre Bezukhov ⓘ |
| hasIntendedVictim | Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryFunction |
character development of Pierre Bezukhov
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exploration of Tolstoy’s philosophy of history ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryGenre | historical novel ⓘ |
| hasMedium | novel ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeStatus |
imagined by character
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not realized in plot ⓘ |
| hasOriginalTitleLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Moscow
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Russia ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
free will
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historical determinism ⓘ individual vs history ⓘ moral dilemma ⓘ patriotism ⓘ tyrannicide ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriod |
1812
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Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| hasWorkAuthor | Leo Tolstoy ⓘ |
| hasWorkPublicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| isContainedInWork | War and Peace ⓘ |
| isDepictedAs | unrealized plan ⓘ |
| isFictionalRepresentationOf |
Napoleon Bonaparte
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surface form:
historical figure Napoleon Bonaparte
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| motivatedBy |
Pierre Bezukhov’s desire to end suffering
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hatred of Napoleon’s tyranny ⓘ |
| narrativeContext | French invasion of Russia ⓘ |
| outcome | assassination not carried out ⓘ |
| partOf | War and Peace ⓘ |
| relatedToEvent |
French invasion of Russia
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surface form:
French invasion of Russia in 1812
Burning of Moscow ⓘ
surface form:
French occupation of Moscow
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