Triple
T1663144
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Nikolai Yezhov |
E35952
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object | NKVD |
E14038
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: NKVD | Statement: [Nikolai Yezhov, employer, NKVD]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NKVD Context triple: [Nikolai Yezhov, employer, NKVD]
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A.
NKVD
chosen
The NKVD was the Soviet Union’s interior ministry and secret police organization, notorious for political repression, mass arrests, and executions, especially under Joseph Stalin.
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B.
Cheka
The Cheka was the Soviet Union’s first secret police organization, notorious for its role in political repression, mass executions, and enforcing Bolshevik rule during and after the Russian Civil War.
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C.
Okhrana
The Okhrana was the secret police force of the late Russian Empire, notorious for surveilling, infiltrating, and suppressing revolutionary and opposition movements.
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D.
KGB
The KGB was the Soviet Union’s main security and intelligence organization, responsible for state security, espionage, and political repression during much of the Cold War.
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E.
Yezhovshchina
Yezhovshchina refers to the most intense phase of Stalin’s Great Purge in the late 1930s, marked by mass arrests, executions, and widespread political repression under NKVD chief Nikolai Yezhov.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69a88606aa808190aa0b421b4271f220 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a90ab5d1a08190a3325ff203b573fb |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:46 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad682d968081909494920f3a7ea3af |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:14 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.