Crime and Punishment
E143119
Crime and Punishment is a classic 19th-century Russian novel that explores morality, guilt, and redemption through the story of a destitute ex-student who commits a murder in St. Petersburg.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Crime and Punishment canonical | 13 |
| Crime and Punishment (novel) | 2 |
| crime and punishment | 1 |
| tormented murderer Raskolnikov | 1 |
| Преступление и наказание | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1258250 — 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: Crime and Punishment Context triple: [Fyodor Dostoevsky, notableWork, Crime and Punishment]
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A.
On Crimes and Punishments
On Crimes and Punishments is an influential 18th-century treatise that laid the foundations of modern criminal law and penology by arguing for rational, proportionate punishment and against torture and the death penalty.
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B.
The Overcoat
The Overcoat is a classic short story by Russian author Nikolai Gogol that follows a poor government clerk whose life briefly changes after acquiring a new overcoat, often seen as a foundational work of Russian literary realism and social critique.
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C.
The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths is a seminal 1902 play by Russian writer Maksim Gorky that portrays the harsh lives and moral struggles of impoverished lodgers in a flophouse.
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D.
Dead Souls
Dead Souls is a satirical novel by Nikolai Gogol that critiques 19th-century Russian society through the misadventures of a scheming landowner who buys the rights to deceased serfs.
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E.
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
The Death of Ivan Ilyich is a novella by Leo Tolstoy that explores the existential and spiritual crisis of a dying Russian judge confronting the meaning of his life.
- 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: Crime and Punishment Target entity description: Crime and Punishment is a classic 19th-century Russian novel that explores morality, guilt, and redemption through the story of a destitute ex-student who commits a murder in St. Petersburg.
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A.
On Crimes and Punishments
On Crimes and Punishments is an influential 18th-century treatise that laid the foundations of modern criminal law and penology by arguing for rational, proportionate punishment and against torture and the death penalty.
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B.
The Overcoat
The Overcoat is a classic short story by Russian author Nikolai Gogol that follows a poor government clerk whose life briefly changes after acquiring a new overcoat, often seen as a foundational work of Russian literary realism and social critique.
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C.
The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths is a seminal 1902 play by Russian writer Maksim Gorky that portrays the harsh lives and moral struggles of impoverished lodgers in a flophouse.
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D.
Dead Souls
Dead Souls is a satirical novel by Nikolai Gogol that critiques 19th-century Russian society through the misadventures of a scheming landowner who buys the rights to deceased serfs.
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E.
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
The Death of Ivan Ilyich is a novella by Leo Tolstoy that explores the existential and spiritual crisis of a dying Russian judge confronting the meaning of his life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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philosophical novel ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
film
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opera ⓘ radio drama ⓘ stage play ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| author | Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
conscience
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crime ⓘ guilt ⓘ morality ⓘ nihilism ⓘ punishment ⓘ redemption ⓘ utilitarianism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
Christian redemption
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free will ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ the extraordinary man theory ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1866 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Russian Messenger ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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philosophical fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasCrime |
murder of a pawnbroker
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murder of a pawnbroker’s sister ⓘ |
| influenced | modern psychological fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Realism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Arkady Svidrigailov
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Avdotya Romanovna Raskolnikova ⓘ Dmitri Razumikhin ⓘ Porfiry Petrovich ⓘ Roderick Raskolnikov ⓘ
surface form:
Rodion Raskolnikov
Sofya Semyonovna Marmeladova ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor | deep psychological analysis of the protagonist ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Roderick Raskolnikov
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surface form:
Rodion Raskolnikov
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| publicationFormat | serial ⓘ |
| publisher | The Russian Messenger ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
St. Petersburg
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surface form:
Saint Petersburg
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| settingTime | 19th century ⓘ |
| structure | six parts and an epilogue ⓘ |
| titleInRussian |
Crime and Punishment
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Преступление и наказание
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Crime and Punishment Description of subject: Crime and Punishment is a classic 19th-century Russian novel that explores morality, guilt, and redemption through the story of a destitute ex-student who commits a murder in St. Petersburg.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
tormented murderer Raskolnikov
this entity surface form:
Crime and Punishment (novel)
subject surface form:
The Russian Messenger
this entity surface form:
crime and punishment
this entity surface form:
Преступление и наказание
subject surface form:
Fyodor Dostoevsky
subject surface form:
Crime and Punishment (1935 film)
this entity surface form:
Crime and Punishment (novel)