Nur Muhammad Taraki
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Nur Muhammad Taraki was an Afghan communist politician, revolutionary leader, and the first President of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan after the 1978 Saur Revolution.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nur Muhammad Taraki canonical | 14 |
| Nur Mohammad Taraki | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3903558 — 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: Nur Muhammad Taraki Context triple: [People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, foundedBy, Nur Muhammad Taraki]
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A.
Babrak Karmal
Babrak Karmal was a Soviet-backed Afghan communist politician who served as President of Afghanistan and General Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party during the early years of the Soviet–Afghan War.
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B.
Mohammad Najibullah
Mohammad Najibullah was the last Soviet-backed president of Afghanistan, known for leading the communist government in Kabul during the final years of the Afghan civil conflict before the Taliban takeover.
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C.
Sibghatullah Mojaddedi
Sibghatullah Mojaddedi was an Afghan mujahideen leader and politician who briefly served as the first interim president of Afghanistan after the fall of the communist regime in 1992.
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D.
Burhanuddin Rabbani
Burhanuddin Rabbani was an Afghan political and religious leader who served as President of Afghanistan in the 1990s and became a key figure in the resistance against the Taliban.
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E.
Ahmad Shah Massoud
Ahmad Shah Massoud was a prominent Afghan military and political leader, famed for his effective guerrilla resistance against Soviet forces and later the Taliban, earning him the nickname "Lion of Panjshir."
- 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: Nur Muhammad Taraki Target entity description: Nur Muhammad Taraki was an Afghan communist politician, revolutionary leader, and the first President of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan after the 1978 Saur Revolution.
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A.
Babrak Karmal
Babrak Karmal was a Soviet-backed Afghan communist politician who served as President of Afghanistan and General Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party during the early years of the Soviet–Afghan War.
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B.
Mohammad Najibullah
Mohammad Najibullah was the last Soviet-backed president of Afghanistan, known for leading the communist government in Kabul during the final years of the Afghan civil conflict before the Taliban takeover.
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C.
Sibghatullah Mojaddedi
Sibghatullah Mojaddedi was an Afghan mujahideen leader and politician who briefly served as the first interim president of Afghanistan after the fall of the communist regime in 1992.
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D.
Burhanuddin Rabbani
Burhanuddin Rabbani was an Afghan political and religious leader who served as President of Afghanistan in the 1990s and became a key figure in the resistance against the Taliban.
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E.
Ahmad Shah Massoud
Ahmad Shah Massoud was a prominent Afghan military and political leader, famed for his effective guerrilla resistance against Soviet forces and later the Taliban, earning him the nickname "Lion of Panjshir."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
communist
ⓘ
head of state ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| cameToPowerThrough | Saur Revolution ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath |
assassination
ⓘ
suffocation ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Afghanistan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1917 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1979 ⓘ |
| endTimeOfPosition | 1979 ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Pashtuns
ⓘ
surface form:
Pashtun
|
| faction |
Khalq faction
ⓘ
surface form:
Khalq faction of the PDPA
|
| familyName | Taraki ⓘ |
| founded |
People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
ⓘ
surface form:
People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan
|
| givenName | Nur Muhammad ⓘ |
| headOfGovernment | Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ |
| implementedPolicy |
land reform in Afghanistan
ⓘ
modernization reforms in Afghanistan ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Dari
ⓘ
Pashto ⓘ |
| memberOf |
People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
ⓘ
surface form:
People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan
|
| name | Nur Muhammad Taraki self-link ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage |
Pashto language
ⓘ
surface form:
Pashto
|
| notableEvent | Saur Revolution ⓘ |
| notableWork | Pashto short stories ⓘ |
| occupation |
journalist
ⓘ
politician ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| opponent | Hafizullah Amin ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Nawa District (Ghazni)
ⓘ
surface form:
Nawa District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
|
| placeOfDeath |
Kabul
ⓘ
surface form:
Kabul, Afghanistan
|
| politicalIdeology |
Marxism–Leninism
ⓘ
communism ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of Afghanistan
ⓘ
General Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan ⓘ President of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan
ⓘ
surface form:
Mohammad Daoud Khan
|
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Hafizullah Amin ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| tookOffice | 1978 ⓘ |
| workLocation | Kabul ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nur Muhammad Taraki Description of subject: Nur Muhammad Taraki was an Afghan communist politician, revolutionary leader, and the first President of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan after the 1978 Saur Revolution.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
General Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan
→
officeHolder
→
Nur Muhammad Taraki
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Nur Mohammad Taraki
subject surface form:
People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
subject surface form:
People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
subject surface form:
People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan