Figes
E850550
Figes is a surname most notably associated with British historian and author Orlando Figes, known for his works on Russian and European history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Figes canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10223749 — 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: Figes Context triple: [Orlando Figes, familyName, Figes]
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A.
Faulks
Faulks is the surname of British novelist and journalist Sebastian Faulks, best known for his historical and literary fiction.
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B.
Hettie
Hettie is a feminine given name, commonly used as a diminutive or nickname for Heather and similar names.
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C.
Gies
Gies is the surname of Miep Gies, the Dutch woman renowned for helping hide Anne Frank and preserving her diary during World War II.
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D.
Schiffrin
Schiffrin is a surname most notably associated with André Schiffrin, an influential publisher and intellectual known for his work in progressive and independent publishing.
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E.
Logue
Logue is a surname most notably associated with Lionel Logue, the Australian speech therapist who helped King George VI overcome his stammer.
- 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: Figes Target entity description: Figes is a surname most notably associated with British historian and author Orlando Figes, known for his works on Russian and European history.
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A.
Faulks
Faulks is the surname of British novelist and journalist Sebastian Faulks, best known for his historical and literary fiction.
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B.
Hettie
Hettie is a feminine given name, commonly used as a diminutive or nickname for Heather and similar names.
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C.
Gies
Gies is the surname of Miep Gies, the Dutch woman renowned for helping hide Anne Frank and preserving her diary during World War II.
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D.
Schiffrin
Schiffrin is a surname most notably associated with André Schiffrin, an influential publisher and intellectual known for his work in progressive and independent publishing.
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E.
Logue
Logue is a surname most notably associated with Lionel Logue, the Australian speech therapist who helped King George VI overcome his stammer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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surname ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth |
1932-04-15
ⓘ
1959-11-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2012-08-28 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Cambridge University
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Birkbeck, University of London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName |
Figes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Figes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
European history
ⓘ
Russian history ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ |
| givenName |
Eva
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orlando NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Eva Figes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orlando Figes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| mother | Eva Figes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | second-wave feminism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A People’s Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891–1924
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Natasha’s Dance: A Cultural History of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Patriarchal Attitudes NERFINISHED ⓘ The Europeans: Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture NERFINISHED ⓘ The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin’s Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
feminist ⓘ historian ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Berlin
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| positionHeld | Professor of History ⓘ |
| spouse | Stephanie Palmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingLanguage |
English
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
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: Figes Description of subject: Figes is a surname most notably associated with British historian and author Orlando Figes, known for his works on Russian and European history.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.