Katerina Lvovna Izmailova
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Katerina Lvovna Izmailova is the tragic, passionate heroine of Nikolai Leskov’s novella “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District,” whose destructive love and rebellion against her oppressive environment drive the story’s dramatic events.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Katerina Lvovna Izmailova canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7046937 — 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: Katerina Lvovna Izmailova Context triple: [Katherine Lester, basedOn, Katerina Lvovna Izmailova]
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A.
Vasilisa Yegorovna Mironova
Vasilisa Yegorovna Mironova is a central figure in Alexander Pushkin’s historical novella "The Captain’s Daughter," portrayed as the brave and principled wife of Captain Mironov who embodies moral strength amid the turmoil of the Pugachev Rebellion.
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B.
Nadezhda Vasilyeva
Nadezhda Vasilyeva is known primarily as a daughter of Vasily Stalin, the son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
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C.
Evgenia Petrovna Shelepina
Evgenia Petrovna Shelepina was a Russian-born woman best known as the second wife of British author and journalist Arthur Ransome, whom he met while working in Russia during the revolutionary period.
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D.
Nina Ivanovna Yakushova
Nina Ivanovna Yakushova, better known as Ninotchka, is the stern Soviet envoy whose gradual transformation into a warm, romantic figure drives the plot of the classic 1939 Greta Garbo film "Ninotchka."
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E.
Faina Ipatyevna Vakhreva
Faina Ipatyevna Vakhreva was the Belarusian-born wife of Taiwanese leader Chiang Ching-kuo, who served as First Lady of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
- 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: Katerina Lvovna Izmailova Target entity description: Katerina Lvovna Izmailova is the tragic, passionate heroine of Nikolai Leskov’s novella “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District,” whose destructive love and rebellion against her oppressive environment drive the story’s dramatic events.
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A.
Vasilisa Yegorovna Mironova
Vasilisa Yegorovna Mironova is a central figure in Alexander Pushkin’s historical novella "The Captain’s Daughter," portrayed as the brave and principled wife of Captain Mironov who embodies moral strength amid the turmoil of the Pugachev Rebellion.
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B.
Nadezhda Vasilyeva
Nadezhda Vasilyeva is known primarily as a daughter of Vasily Stalin, the son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
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C.
Evgenia Petrovna Shelepina
Evgenia Petrovna Shelepina was a Russian-born woman best known as the second wife of British author and journalist Arthur Ransome, whom he met while working in Russia during the revolutionary period.
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D.
Nina Ivanovna Yakushova
Nina Ivanovna Yakushova, better known as Ninotchka, is the stern Soviet envoy whose gradual transformation into a warm, romantic figure drives the plot of the classic 1939 Greta Garbo film "Ninotchka."
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E.
Faina Ipatyevna Vakhreva
Faina Ipatyevna Vakhreva was the Belarusian-born wife of Taiwanese leader Chiang Ching-kuo, who served as First Lady of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ tragic heroine ⓘ |
| adaptedBy | Dmitri Shostakovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptedIn | Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (opera) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | novella ⓘ |
| centralThemeRelation |
adultery
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crime ⓘ female rebellion ⓘ oppression ⓘ tragic love ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
determined
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impulsive ⓘ jealous ⓘ passionate ⓘ rebellious ⓘ violent ⓘ |
| commits | murder ⓘ |
| createdBy | Nikolai Leskov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (1865) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasLoverInFiction | Sergei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryComparison | compared to Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovementContext | 19th-century Russian literature ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| motivatedBy |
desire for freedom
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desire for love ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | drives the plot through her passionate actions ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | Russian ⓘ |
| occupationInFiction | merchant’s wife ⓘ |
| operaRoleType | soprano role ⓘ |
| opposes | patriarchal oppression ⓘ |
| roleInWork | protagonist of Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingOfLife | Mtsensk District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClassInFiction | merchant class ⓘ |
| spouseInFiction | Zinovy Borisovich Izmailov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
destructive power of unrestrained passion
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individual revolt against social constraints ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | 19th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Katerina Lvovna Izmailova Description of subject: Katerina Lvovna Izmailova is the tragic, passionate heroine of Nikolai Leskov’s novella “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District,” whose destructive love and rebellion against her oppressive environment drive the story’s dramatic events.
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