Konstantin Mereschkowski
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Konstantin Mereschkowski was a Russian biologist best known for pioneering the concept of symbiogenesis, proposing that complex cells evolved through the symbiotic union of simpler organisms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Konstantin Mereschkowski canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T81822 — 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: Konstantin Mereschkowski Context triple: [Lynn Margulis, influencedBy, Konstantin Mereschkowski]
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A.
Nikolay Krasnov
Nikolay Krasnov was a prominent Russian architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for his palatial and eclectic designs in Crimea and later in Yugoslavia.
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B.
Ivan Susloparov
Ivan Susloparov was a Soviet general and military diplomat who represented the USSR at the signing of Germany’s unconditional surrender in World War II.
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C.
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia was the youngest brother of Tsar Nicholas II and the last heir to the Russian throne before the monarchy’s collapse during the 1917 Revolution.
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D.
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia was a prominent late-19th-century Romanov grand duke, Moscow’s governor-general, and influential conservative figure whose assassination in 1905 marked a key moment in the turmoil preceding the Russian Revolution.
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E.
Aleksandr Vasilevsky
Aleksandr Vasilevsky was a prominent Soviet military leader and Marshal of the Soviet Union who played a key strategic role in major Eastern Front operations during World War II.
- 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: Konstantin Mereschkowski Target entity description: Konstantin Mereschkowski was a Russian biologist best known for pioneering the concept of symbiogenesis, proposing that complex cells evolved through the symbiotic union of simpler organisms.
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A.
Nikolay Krasnov
Nikolay Krasnov was a prominent Russian architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for his palatial and eclectic designs in Crimea and later in Yugoslavia.
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B.
Ivan Susloparov
Ivan Susloparov was a Soviet general and military diplomat who represented the USSR at the signing of Germany’s unconditional surrender in World War II.
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C.
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia was the youngest brother of Tsar Nicholas II and the last heir to the Russian throne before the monarchy’s collapse during the 1917 Revolution.
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D.
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia was a prominent late-19th-century Romanov grand duke, Moscow’s governor-general, and influential conservative figure whose assassination in 1905 marked a key moment in the turmoil preceding the Russian Revolution.
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E.
Aleksandr Vasilevsky
Aleksandr Vasilevsky was a prominent Soviet military leader and Marshal of the Soviet Union who played a key strategic role in major Eastern Front operations during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian scientist
ⓘ
biologist ⓘ person ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Konstantin Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky ⓘ |
| alternativeTransliteration | Konstantin Sergeevich Mereschkowsky ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Harbin ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| citizenship | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| contributedTo | endosymbiotic theory ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Republic of China ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1855-08-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1921-01-10 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Leningrad State University
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg State University
|
| employer |
Leningrad State University
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg State University
Tomsk University ⓘ |
| era |
19th century
ⓘ
20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Mereschkowski ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biology
ⓘ
botany ⓘ evolutionary biology ⓘ |
| givenName | Konstantin ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| influenced | Lynn Margulis ⓘ |
| knownFor |
symbiogenesis
ⓘ
theory that complex cells evolved via symbiosis of simpler organisms ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Russian ⓘ |
| name | Konstantin Mereschkowski self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Russian ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
endosymbiotic origin of chloroplasts
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symbiogenesis ⓘ |
| occupation |
biologist
ⓘ
botanist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
St. Petersburg
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg
|
| placeOfDeath | Harbin ⓘ |
| proposed | that eukaryotic cells arose from symbiotic unions of distinct prokaryotic cells ⓘ |
| publishedIn |
German
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ |
| religion |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
| studied |
algae
ⓘ
lichen symbiosis ⓘ |
| theoryProposed | that plastids originated from symbiotic cyanobacteria ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Konstantin Mereschkowski Description of subject: Konstantin Mereschkowski was a Russian biologist best known for pioneering the concept of symbiogenesis, proposing that complex cells evolved through the symbiotic union of simpler organisms.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.