Alexandra Lvovna Tolstaya
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Alexandra Lvovna Tolstaya was a Russian writer, memoirist, and humanitarian, best known as the youngest daughter of Leo Tolstoy and for preserving and promoting her father's literary and philosophical legacy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alexandra Lvovna Tolstaya canonical | 6 |
| Alexandra Tolstaya | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1089750 — 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: Alexandra Lvovna Tolstaya Context triple: [Sophia Tolstaya, hasChild, Alexandra Lvovna Tolstaya]
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A.
Tatiana Lvovna Tolstaya
Tatiana Lvovna Tolstaya was a daughter of the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sophia, belonging to the prominent Tolstoy literary family.
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B.
Maria Lvovna Tolstaya
Maria Lvovna Tolstaya was one of the daughters of the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sophia, belonging to the prominent Tolstoy family.
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C.
Sophia Tolstaya
Sophia Tolstaya was a Russian diarist, editor, and wife of novelist Leo Tolstoy, known for managing his household, copying his manuscripts, and documenting their complex marriage.
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D.
Tatyana Tolstaya
Tatyana Tolstaya is a contemporary Russian writer, essayist, and television host known for her imaginative, stylistically rich fiction and sharp cultural commentary.
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E.
Alexei Tolstoy
Alexei Tolstoy was a prominent Russian writer and novelist known for his historical epics, science fiction works, and contributions to Soviet literature.
- 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: Alexandra Lvovna Tolstaya Target entity description: Alexandra Lvovna Tolstaya was a Russian writer, memoirist, and humanitarian, best known as the youngest daughter of Leo Tolstoy and for preserving and promoting her father's literary and philosophical legacy.
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A.
Tatiana Lvovna Tolstaya
Tatiana Lvovna Tolstaya was a daughter of the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sophia, belonging to the prominent Tolstoy literary family.
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B.
Maria Lvovna Tolstaya
Maria Lvovna Tolstaya was one of the daughters of the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sophia, belonging to the prominent Tolstoy family.
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C.
Sophia Tolstaya
Sophia Tolstaya was a Russian diarist, editor, and wife of novelist Leo Tolstoy, known for managing his household, copying his manuscripts, and documenting their complex marriage.
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D.
Tatyana Tolstaya
Tatyana Tolstaya is a contemporary Russian writer, essayist, and television host known for her imaginative, stylistically rich fiction and sharp cultural commentary.
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E.
Alexei Tolstoy
Alexei Tolstoy was a prominent Russian writer and novelist known for his historical epics, science fiction works, and contributions to Soviet literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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humanitarian ⓘ memoirist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| describedAs | Russian writer, memoirist, and humanitarian ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Russian ⓘ |
| familyName | Tolstaya ⓘ |
| father | Leo Tolstoy ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
humanitarian work
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literature ⓘ memoir writing ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Alexandra ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | reception of Leo Tolstoy's legacy in the 20th century ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Tolstoy family ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Russian ⓘ |
| mainSubjectOf | biographical works about the Tolstoy family ⓘ |
| mother | Sophia Tolstaya ⓘ |
| movement |
Tolstoyanism
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surface form:
Tolstoyan movement
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| name | Alexandra Lvovna Tolstaya self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
activities connected with the Tolstoyan movement
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being the youngest daughter of Leo Tolstoy ⓘ organizing and preserving Leo Tolstoy's archives ⓘ preserving Leo Tolstoy's literary legacy ⓘ promoting Leo Tolstoy's philosophical ideas ⓘ public speaking about Leo Tolstoy's life and work ⓘ |
| notableWork |
memoirs about Leo Tolstoy
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writings on the life and ideas of Leo Tolstoy ⓘ |
| occupation |
humanitarian
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memoirist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| partOf | Tolstoy family ⓘ |
| patronymicName | Lvovna ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Yasnaya Polyana ⓘ |
| positionHeld | secretary to Leo Tolstoy ⓘ |
| residence | Yasnaya Polyana ⓘ |
| sibling |
Aleksei Lvovich Tolstoy
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Andrei Lvovich Tolstoy ⓘ Ilya Lvovich Tolstoy ⓘ Leo Tolstoy ⓘ
surface form:
Lev Lvovich Tolstoy
Maria Lvovna Tolstaya ⓘ Mikhail Lvovich Tolstoy ⓘ Sergei Lvovich Tolstoy ⓘ Tatiana Lvovna Tolstaya ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Alexandra Lvovna Tolstaya Description of subject: Alexandra Lvovna Tolstaya was a Russian writer, memoirist, and humanitarian, best known as the youngest daughter of Leo Tolstoy and for preserving and promoting her father's literary and philosophical legacy.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Alexandra Tolstaya