Soghomon Tehlirian
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Soghomon Tehlirian was an Armenian revolutionary best known for assassinating former Ottoman Interior Minister Talaat Pasha in 1921 in retaliation for the Armenian Genocide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Soghomon Tehlirian canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8256566 — 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: Soghomon Tehlirian Context triple: [Talaat Pasha, killedBy, Soghomon Tehlirian]
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A.
Hrant Dink
Hrant Dink was a Turkish-Armenian journalist, editor, and human rights advocate known for his work on Armenian identity and reconciliation, whose assassination in 2007 sparked widespread national and international outrage.
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B.
Krikor Zohrab
Krikor Zohrab was a prominent late Ottoman Armenian writer, lawyer, and politician known for his influential short stories and advocacy for Armenian civil rights before his assassination during the Armenian Genocide.
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C.
Aram Garoghlanian
Aram Garoghlanian is the young Armenian American boy whose humorous and poignant coming-of-age experiences are chronicled in William Saroyan’s short story collection "My Name Is Aram."
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D.
Armen Tigranian
Armen Tigranian was an Armenian composer and conductor best known for his opera "Anoush," a landmark work in Armenian national music.
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E.
Garabet Balyan
Garabet Balyan was a prominent 19th-century Ottoman Armenian architect known for designing major imperial buildings in Istanbul in a blend of European and Ottoman styles.
- 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: Soghomon Tehlirian Target entity description: Soghomon Tehlirian was an Armenian revolutionary best known for assassinating former Ottoman Interior Minister Talaat Pasha in 1921 in retaliation for the Armenian Genocide.
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A.
Hrant Dink
Hrant Dink was a Turkish-Armenian journalist, editor, and human rights advocate known for his work on Armenian identity and reconciliation, whose assassination in 2007 sparked widespread national and international outrage.
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B.
Krikor Zohrab
Krikor Zohrab was a prominent late Ottoman Armenian writer, lawyer, and politician known for his influential short stories and advocacy for Armenian civil rights before his assassination during the Armenian Genocide.
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C.
Aram Garoghlanian
Aram Garoghlanian is the young Armenian American boy whose humorous and poignant coming-of-age experiences are chronicled in William Saroyan’s short story collection "My Name Is Aram."
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D.
Armen Tigranian
Armen Tigranian was an Armenian composer and conductor best known for his opera "Anoush," a landmark work in Armenian national music.
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E.
Garabet Balyan
Garabet Balyan was a prominent 19th-century Ottoman Armenian architect known for designing major imperial buildings in Istanbul in a blend of European and Ottoman styles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Armenian revolutionary
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assassin ⓘ person ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Ararat Cemetery
NERFINISHED
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California NERFINISHED ⓘ Fresno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfAction | Armenian Genocide NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cerebral hemorrhage ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Kingdom of Serbia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ Weimar Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfAssassination | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfTrial | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfAssassination | 1921-03-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1896-04-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1960-05-23 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
German universities
ⓘ
Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ
surface form:
University of Berlin
University of Jena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Armenian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Tehlirian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Soghomon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalCharge | murder of Talaat Pasha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Armenian Revolutionary Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motive | retaliation for the Armenian Genocide ⓘ |
| movement | Armenian national liberation movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | assassination of Talaat Pasha ⓘ |
| notableWork | assassination of Talaat Pasha ⓘ |
| opponent | Talaat Pasha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| outcomeOfTrial | acquittal ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Operation Nemesis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
assassination of Talaat Pasha ⓘ |
| placeOfAssassination | Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Erzinga district
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nerkin Bagarich NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| placeOfTrial | Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Armenian Apostolic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Belgrade
NERFINISHED
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Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ Marseille NERFINISHED ⓘ San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| subjectOf | trial of Soghomon Tehlirian ⓘ |
| victimOfAssassination | Talaat Pasha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Soghomon Tehlirian Description of subject: Soghomon Tehlirian was an Armenian revolutionary best known for assassinating former Ottoman Interior Minister Talaat Pasha in 1921 in retaliation for the Armenian Genocide.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.