False Dmitry III
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False Dmitry III was the last and least successful of the three main impostors who claimed to be the murdered Tsarevich Dmitry during Russia’s Time of Troubles in the early 17th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| False Dmitry III canonical | 5 |
| third False Dmitry | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2386597 — 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: False Dmitry III Context triple: [False Dmitry II, successorAsPretender, False Dmitry III]
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A.
False Dmitry I
False Dmitry I was a pretender to the Russian throne who briefly ruled as tsar from 1605 to 1606 during the Time of Troubles before being overthrown and killed.
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B.
False Dmitry II
False Dmitry II was a pretender to the Russian throne during the Time of Troubles who claimed to be the miraculously surviving Tsarevich Dmitry and briefly led a rival court and army against the ruling authorities.
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C.
Dmitry the Impostor
Dmitry the Impostor was a pretender to the Russian throne during the Time of Troubles who falsely claimed to be the surviving son of Ivan the Terrible.
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D.
Grigori Otrepyev (False Dmitri)
Grigori Otrepyev, known as False Dmitri, is the ambitious pretender to the Russian throne who claims to be the murdered tsarevich in Alexander Pushkin’s historical drama "Boris Godunov."
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E.
Dimitri
Dimitri is a masculine given name of Greek origin, commonly used in various cultures and languages.
- 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: False Dmitry III Target entity description: False Dmitry III was the last and least successful of the three main impostors who claimed to be the murdered Tsarevich Dmitry during Russia’s Time of Troubles in the early 17th century.
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A.
False Dmitry I
False Dmitry I was a pretender to the Russian throne who briefly ruled as tsar from 1605 to 1606 during the Time of Troubles before being overthrown and killed.
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B.
False Dmitry II
False Dmitry II was a pretender to the Russian throne during the Time of Troubles who claimed to be the miraculously surviving Tsarevich Dmitry and briefly led a rival court and army against the ruling authorities.
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C.
Dmitry the Impostor
Dmitry the Impostor was a pretender to the Russian throne during the Time of Troubles who falsely claimed to be the surviving son of Ivan the Terrible.
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D.
Grigori Otrepyev (False Dmitri)
Grigori Otrepyev, known as False Dmitri, is the ambitious pretender to the Russian throne who claims to be the murdered tsarevich in Alexander Pushkin’s historical drama "Boris Godunov."
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E.
Dimitri
Dimitri is a masculine given name of Greek origin, commonly used in various cultures and languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
ⓘ
impostor tsar ⓘ pretender ⓘ |
| activity |
gathered supporters among Cossacks
ⓘ
led a rebellion ⓘ |
| allegedParent |
Ivan IV the Terrible
ⓘ
surface form:
Ivan IV of Russia
Maria Nagaya ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | Polish–Muscovite War ⓘ |
| century | 17th century ⓘ |
| claimedIdentity | Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich ⓘ |
| claimedTitle | Tsar of Russia ⓘ |
| comparedWith |
False Dmitry I
ⓘ
False Dmitry II ⓘ |
| conflictType |
dynastic conflict
ⓘ
pretender uprising ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| deathCause | execution ⓘ |
| deathManner | killed after capture ⓘ |
| era | early modern period ⓘ |
| governmentTypeContext | Tsardom of Russia ⓘ |
| historicalDebate |
identity uncertain
ⓘ
origins obscure ⓘ |
| historicalReputation |
minor pretender
ⓘ
unsuccessful claimant ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the last False Dmitry
ⓘ
weak political impact ⓘ |
| numberOfMainImpostors | 3 ⓘ |
| opponent |
Mikhail I of Russia
ⓘ
surface form:
Tsar Michael I of Russia
|
| opponentDynasty |
House of Romanov
ⓘ
surface form:
Romanov dynasty
|
| ordinalInSeries |
False Dmitry III
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
third False Dmitry
|
| outcome | claim to the throne failed ⓘ |
| partOf | series of False Dmitrys ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
Russian succession crisis
ⓘ
civil conflict in Russia ⓘ |
| predecessorPretender | False Dmitry II ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Seversk region
ⓘ
southern Russia ⓘ |
| relativeSuccess | least successful of the three main False Dmitrys ⓘ |
| religion |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
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| roleInHistory | last of the three main False Dmitrys ⓘ |
| successorTsar |
Mikhail I of Russia
ⓘ
surface form:
Michael I of Russia
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| supportBase |
Cossacks
ⓘ
discontented nobles ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Time of Troubles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: False Dmitry III Description of subject: False Dmitry III was the last and least successful of the three main impostors who claimed to be the murdered Tsarevich Dmitry during Russia’s Time of Troubles in the early 17th century.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
third False Dmitry
subject surface form:
Dmitry Ivanovich