Vasilisa Melentyeva, wife of Ivan the Terrible
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Vasilisa Melentyeva is a semi-legendary figure traditionally regarded as one of the later, possibly apocryphal, wives of Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible.
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16744499 — 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: Vasilisa Melentyeva, wife of Ivan the Terrible Context triple: [Vasilisa Melentyeva, alsoKnownAs, Vasilisa Melentyeva, wife of Ivan the Terrible]
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A.
Anna Vasilchikova (wife of Ivan the Terrible)
Anna Vasilchikova was a lesser-known Russian noblewoman who became one of Tsar Ivan the Terrible’s later wives during his tumultuous reign in the 16th century.
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B.
Anna Koltovskaya (wife of Ivan IV)
Anna Koltovskaya was the fourth wife of Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible), Tsar of Russia, and a Russian noblewoman who later became a nun.
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C.
Irina Godunova
Irina Godunova was a Russian tsarina and the wife of Tsar Feodor I, known for her role in the late 16th-century politics of the Tsardom of Russia as a member of the influential Godunov family.
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D.
Anna Vasilievna of Moscow
Anna Vasilievna of Moscow was a Russian princess of the House of Moscow in the 15th century, known primarily as a daughter of Grand Prince Vasily I and sister of Grand Prince Vasili II.
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E.
Elena of Moscow
Elena of Moscow was a Russian noblewoman of the late 15th and early 16th centuries, known primarily as a daughter of Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow and a member of the ruling Rurikid dynasty.
- 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: Vasilisa Melentyeva, wife of Ivan the Terrible Target entity description: Vasilisa Melentyeva is a semi-legendary figure traditionally regarded as one of the later, possibly apocryphal, wives of Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible.
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A.
Anna Vasilchikova (wife of Ivan the Terrible)
Anna Vasilchikova was a lesser-known Russian noblewoman who became one of Tsar Ivan the Terrible’s later wives during his tumultuous reign in the 16th century.
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B.
Anna Koltovskaya (wife of Ivan IV)
Anna Koltovskaya was the fourth wife of Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible), Tsar of Russia, and a Russian noblewoman who later became a nun.
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C.
Irina Godunova
Irina Godunova was a Russian tsarina and the wife of Tsar Feodor I, known for her role in the late 16th-century politics of the Tsardom of Russia as a member of the influential Godunov family.
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D.
Anna Vasilievna of Moscow
Anna Vasilievna of Moscow was a Russian princess of the House of Moscow in the 15th century, known primarily as a daughter of Grand Prince Vasily I and sister of Grand Prince Vasili II.
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E.
Elena of Moscow
Elena of Moscow was a Russian noblewoman of the late 15th and early 16th centuries, known primarily as a daughter of Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow and a member of the ruling Rurikid dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.