Bolshoi Theatre
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The Bolshoi Theatre is Russia’s most famous historic theatre and home of the renowned Bolshoi Ballet and Opera companies.
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How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bolshoi Theatre Context triple: [Moscow, contains, Bolshoi Theatre]
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A.
Mariinsky Theatre
The Mariinsky Theatre is a historic opera and ballet house in Saint Petersburg, Russia, renowned as one of the world’s leading centers for classical music and performing arts.
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B.
Hermitage Museum
The Hermitage Museum is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious art and culture museums, renowned for its vast collections spanning from antiquity to modern times.
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C.
Opera House
The Opera House is a principal performance venue within the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., primarily hosting opera, ballet, and other large-scale theatrical productions.
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D.
Saint Isaac's Cathedral
Saint Isaac's Cathedral is a monumental 19th-century Russian Orthodox church in St. Petersburg, renowned for its massive gilded dome and richly decorated interior.
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Kazan Cathedral
Kazan Cathedral is a prominent Russian Orthodox church in Saint Petersburg, renowned for its grand neoclassical colonnade and role as a major religious and architectural landmark of the city.
- 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: Bolshoi Theatre Target entity description: The Bolshoi Theatre is Russia’s most famous historic theatre and home of the renowned Bolshoi Ballet and Opera companies.
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A.
Mariinsky Theatre
The Mariinsky Theatre is a historic opera and ballet house in Saint Petersburg, Russia, renowned as one of the world’s leading centers for classical music and performing arts.
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B.
Hermitage Museum
The Hermitage Museum is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious art and culture museums, renowned for its vast collections spanning from antiquity to modern times.
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C.
Opera House
The Opera House is a principal performance venue within the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., primarily hosting opera, ballet, and other large-scale theatrical productions.
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D.
Saint Isaac's Cathedral
Saint Isaac's Cathedral is a monumental 19th-century Russian Orthodox church in St. Petersburg, renowned for its massive gilded dome and richly decorated interior.
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E.
Kazan Cathedral
Kazan Cathedral is a prominent Russian Orthodox church in Saint Petersburg, renowned for its grand neoclassical colonnade and role as a major religious and architectural landmark of the city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballet theatre
ⓘ
opera house ⓘ theatre building ⓘ |
| architect |
Alberto Cavos
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Joseph Bové ⓘ Mikhail Posokhin (restoration) ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Neoclassical architecture ⓘ |
| coFounder | Michael Maddox ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 55.7601°N 37.6186°E ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| founder | Prince Pyotr Vasilyevich Urusov ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Beethoven Hall
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Historic Stage ⓘ Imperial boxes ⓘ Main foyer ⓘ New Stage ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | cultural heritage monument of federal significance in Russia ⓘ |
| homeOf |
Bolshoi Ballet
ⓘ
Bolshoi Theatre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Bolshoi Opera
Bolshoi Orchestra ⓘ |
| inception | 1776 ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Russian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Moscow
ⓘ
Theatre Square, Moscow ⓘ Tverskoy District, Moscow ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Bolshoi Theatre
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Большой театр
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| notableWorkPerformed |
ballet "Giselle"
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Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ
surface form:
ballet "Swan Lake"
The Nutcracker (Balanchine version) ⓘ
surface form:
ballet "The Nutcracker"
Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky ⓘ
surface form:
opera "Boris Godunov"
opera "Eugene Onegin" ⓘ opera "The Queen of Spades" ⓘ |
| opened | 1825 ⓘ |
| operator |
Bolshoi Theatre
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Bolshoi Theatre company
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| ownedBy |
Government of the Russian Federation
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surface form:
Government of Russia
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| publicTransit |
near Okhotny Ryad metro station
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near Ploshchad Revolyutsii metro station ⓘ near Teatralnaya metro station ⓘ |
| reconstructed |
1856
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2005–2011 ⓘ |
| reopenedAfterRenovation | 28 October 2011 ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity | about 2,000 ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Soviet-era state ceremonies and concerts
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World War II performances for troops and citizens ⓘ major fire in 1853 ⓘ premiere of Prokofiev’s ballet "Cinderella" (Bolshoi production) ⓘ premiere of Prokofiev’s ballet "Romeo and Juliet" (Bolshoi production) ⓘ premiere of Rachmaninoff’s opera "Aleko" ⓘ premiere of Shostakovich’s opera "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District" (Bolshoi production) ⓘ premiere of Tchaikovsky’s opera "The Maid of Orleans" ⓘ premiere of Tchaikovsky’s opera "The Queen of Spades" ⓘ |
| translatedName | Grand Theatre ⓘ |
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Bolshoi Theatre studio
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Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
this entity surface form:
Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
subject surface form:
Albert Cavos
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Bolshoi Theatre (reconstruction)
this entity surface form:
Большой театр
this entity surface form:
оперно-балетный театр (Большой театр)
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Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
subject surface form:
Four Seasons Hotel Moscow
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Bolshoi Theatre main building
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Bolshoi Theatre New Stage
subject surface form:
Teatralnaya
this entity surface form:
The Bolshoi Theatre