Triple
T87337
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Great Purge |
E1755
|
entity |
| Predicate | keyFigure |
P256
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Nikolai Yezhov
Nikolai Yezhov was a high-ranking Soviet secret police chief who oversaw the most brutal phase of Stalin’s Great Purge before himself falling victim to the terror.
|
E35952
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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: Nikolai Yezhov | Statement: [Great Purge, keyFigure, Nikolai Yezhov]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nikolai Yezhov Context triple: [Great Purge, keyFigure, Nikolai Yezhov]
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A.
Felix Dzerzhinsky
Felix Dzerzhinsky was a Polish-born Bolshevik revolutionary best known as the founder and first head of the Soviet secret police, the Cheka, which evolved into the KGB.
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B.
Sergei Kirov
Sergei Kirov was a prominent early Bolshevik leader and close ally of Joseph Stalin, whose 1934 assassination in Leningrad became a key pretext for the Great Purge in the Soviet Union.
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C.
Alexander Kolchak
Alexander Kolchak was a Russian admiral and anti-Bolshevik leader who headed the White movement in Siberia during the Russian Civil War and briefly ruled as "Supreme Ruler" of Russia.
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D.
Mikhail Kovalyov
Mikhail Kovalyov was a Soviet military commander who played a leading role in the Red Army’s operations during the 1939 invasion of Poland, known as the September Campaign.
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E.
Vasily Stalin
Vasily Stalin was a Soviet Air Force officer and the son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, known for his privileged yet troubled life within the Soviet elite.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Nikolai Yezhov Triple: [Great Purge, keyFigure, Nikolai Yezhov]
Generated description
Nikolai Yezhov was a high-ranking Soviet secret police chief who oversaw the most brutal phase of Stalin’s Great Purge before himself falling victim to the terror.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nikolai Yezhov Target entity description: Nikolai Yezhov was a high-ranking Soviet secret police chief who oversaw the most brutal phase of Stalin’s Great Purge before himself falling victim to the terror.
-
A.
Felix Dzerzhinsky
Felix Dzerzhinsky was a Polish-born Bolshevik revolutionary best known as the founder and first head of the Soviet secret police, the Cheka, which evolved into the KGB.
-
B.
Sergei Kirov
Sergei Kirov was a prominent early Bolshevik leader and close ally of Joseph Stalin, whose 1934 assassination in Leningrad became a key pretext for the Great Purge in the Soviet Union.
-
C.
Alexander Kolchak
Alexander Kolchak was a Russian admiral and anti-Bolshevik leader who headed the White movement in Siberia during the Russian Civil War and briefly ruled as "Supreme Ruler" of Russia.
-
D.
Mikhail Kovalyov
Mikhail Kovalyov was a Soviet military commander who played a leading role in the Red Army’s operations during the 1939 invasion of Poland, known as the September Campaign.
-
E.
Vasily Stalin
Vasily Stalin was a Soviet Air Force officer and the son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, known for his privileged yet troubled life within the Soviet elite.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 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_69a24c8150408190910a693eb51c1f71 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a24f50e004819083f5bfccd597a312 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a39148b1d0819089f46f9d287a23b3 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 1:07 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a3932aa7d48190a598d9c0615a72b9 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 1:15 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a393794150819092f44b23ba95c449 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 1:16 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:06 a.m.