Lifar
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Lifar is a surname most notably associated with Serge Lifar, a prominent 20th-century ballet dancer and choreographer.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lifar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9500828 — 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: Lifar Context triple: [Serge Lifar, familyName, Lifar]
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A.
Melfitani
Melfitani are the inhabitants or natives of Melfi, a historic town in the Basilicata region of southern Italy.
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B.
Liluah
Liluah is a suburban locality in the Howrah district of West Bengal, India, known for its residential areas and railway facilities near Kolkata.
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C.
Firiplaka
Firiplaka is a scenic, volcanic-sand beach on the Greek island of Milos, known for its colorful cliffs and clear turquoise waters.
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D.
Filitosa
Filitosa is a renowned prehistoric archaeological site in southern Corsica, famous for its Bronze Age megalithic statues and stone structures.
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E.
Erris
Erris is a remote barony on the northwest coast of County Mayo in Ireland, known for its rugged Atlantic landscapes, Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking) communities, and rich traditional culture.
- 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: Lifar Target entity description: Lifar is a surname most notably associated with Serge Lifar, a prominent 20th-century ballet dancer and choreographer.
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A.
Melfitani
Melfitani are the inhabitants or natives of Melfi, a historic town in the Basilicata region of southern Italy.
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B.
Liluah
Liluah is a suburban locality in the Howrah district of West Bengal, India, known for its residential areas and railway facilities near Kolkata.
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C.
Firiplaka
Firiplaka is a scenic, volcanic-sand beach on the Greek island of Milos, known for its colorful cliffs and clear turquoise waters.
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D.
Filitosa
Filitosa is a renowned prehistoric archaeological site in southern Corsica, famous for its Bronze Age megalithic statues and stone structures.
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E.
Erris
Erris is a remote barony on the northwest coast of County Mayo in Ireland, known for its rugged Atlantic landscapes, Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking) communities, and rich traditional culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballet dancer
ⓘ
ballet master ⓘ choreographer ⓘ person ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Légion d'honneur
ⓘ
surface form:
Legion of Honour
|
| burialPlace | Lausanne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
France
ⓘ
Ukraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Sergei Diaghilev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Switzerland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1905-04-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1986-12-15 ⓘ |
| employer | Paris Opera Ballet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Ukrainian ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ballet
ⓘ
choreography ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | ballet ⓘ |
| language |
French
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ Ukrainian ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | French ⓘ |
| memberOf | Ballets Russes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | neoclassical ballet ⓘ |
| notableBearer | Serge Lifar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to neoclassical ballet
ⓘ
revitalizing the Paris Opera Ballet in the 20th century ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Icare
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Le Chevalier et la Damoiselle NERFINISHED ⓘ Les Mirages NERFINISHED ⓘ Suite en blanc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
ballet dancer
ⓘ
ballet master ⓘ choreographer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kyiv NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Lausanne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | ballet master of the Paris Opera Ballet ⓘ |
| residence | Paris ⓘ |
| studentOf |
Bronislava Nijinska
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Enrico Cecchetti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Paris ⓘ |
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: Lifar Description of subject: Lifar is a surname most notably associated with Serge Lifar, a prominent 20th-century ballet dancer and choreographer.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.