Praskovya Osipovna
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Praskovya Osipovna is a minor character in Nikolai Gogol’s satirical short story "The Nose," representing the everyday Petersburg milieu that frames the absurd adventures of the protagonist’s runaway nose.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Praskovya Osipovna canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5747290 — 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: Praskovya Osipovna Context triple: [The Nose, character, Praskovya Osipovna]
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A.
Praskovya Fyodorovna
Praskovya Fyodorovna is the self-absorbed and socially preoccupied wife of the dying judge in Leo Tolstoy’s novella "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," embodying the superficiality and moral emptiness of the society around him.
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B.
Praskovia Saltykova
Praskovia Saltykova was a Russian noblewoman and tsarevna consort best known as the wife of Tsar Ivan V and the mother of Empress Anna of Russia.
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C.
Martha Apraksina
Martha Apraksina was a Russian noblewoman best known as the second wife of Tsar Feodor III of Russia.
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D.
Praskovya Fyodorovna Dubrovina
Praskovya Fyodorovna Dubrovina was the wife of the Russian mystic and royal advisor Grigori Rasputin and the mother of his children.
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E.
Nadezhda Vasilyeva
Nadezhda Vasilyeva is known primarily as a daughter of Vasily Stalin, the son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
- 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: Praskovya Osipovna Target entity description: Praskovya Osipovna is a minor character in Nikolai Gogol’s satirical short story "The Nose," representing the everyday Petersburg milieu that frames the absurd adventures of the protagonist’s runaway nose.
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A.
Praskovya Fyodorovna
Praskovya Fyodorovna is the self-absorbed and socially preoccupied wife of the dying judge in Leo Tolstoy’s novella "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," embodying the superficiality and moral emptiness of the society around him.
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B.
Praskovia Saltykova
Praskovia Saltykova was a Russian noblewoman and tsarevna consort best known as the wife of Tsar Ivan V and the mother of Empress Anna of Russia.
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C.
Martha Apraksina
Martha Apraksina was a Russian noblewoman best known as the second wife of Tsar Feodor III of Russia.
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D.
Praskovya Fyodorovna Dubrovina
Praskovya Fyodorovna Dubrovina was the wife of the Russian mystic and royal advisor Grigori Rasputin and the mother of his children.
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E.
Nadezhda Vasilyeva
Nadezhda Vasilyeva is known primarily as a daughter of Vasily Stalin, the son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (14)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Fictional character
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Minor character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Nose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Runaway nose of Collegiate Assessor Kovalyov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalSetting | Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Nikolai Gogol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkContext | Satire ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Russian ⓘ |
| medium | Short story ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | Represents everyday Petersburg milieu ⓘ |
| partOf | Everyday Petersburg social environment in The Nose ⓘ |
| roleInPlot | Frames the absurd adventures of the protagonist’s nose ⓘ |
| setting | Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workFirstPublishedIn | The Nose (1836 publication in Sovremennik) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Praskovya Osipovna Description of subject: Praskovya Osipovna is a minor character in Nikolai Gogol’s satirical short story "The Nose," representing the everyday Petersburg milieu that frames the absurd adventures of the protagonist’s runaway nose.
Referenced by (1)
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