PMC Wagner
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PMC Wagner is a Russian private military company and paramilitary organization known for its involvement in conflicts abroad and close ties to the Kremlin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PMC Wagner canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9803323 — 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: PMC Wagner Context triple: [Wagner Group, alsoKnownAs, PMC Wagner]
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A.
Thor Corps
Thor Corps is a Marvel Comics organization composed of various alternate-universe versions of Thor who serve as a unified police force across the multiverse.
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B.
MARSOC Raiders
MARSOC Raiders are elite United States Marine Corps special operations forces specializing in direct action, special reconnaissance, and counterterrorism missions worldwide.
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C.
Bobcat Company
Bobcat Company is an American manufacturer best known for its compact construction and agricultural equipment, including skid-steer loaders and mini excavators.
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D.
Int Corps
Int Corps is the commonly used abbreviation for the British Army’s Intelligence Corps, the unit responsible for military intelligence and security.
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E.
Special Forces Support Group
The Special Forces Support Group is a British military unit that provides specialized infantry and fire support to UK special forces operations.
- 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: PMC Wagner Target entity description: PMC Wagner is a Russian private military company and paramilitary organization known for its involvement in conflicts abroad and close ties to the Kremlin.
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A.
Thor Corps
Thor Corps is a Marvel Comics organization composed of various alternate-universe versions of Thor who serve as a unified police force across the multiverse.
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B.
MARSOC Raiders
MARSOC Raiders are elite United States Marine Corps special operations forces specializing in direct action, special reconnaissance, and counterterrorism missions worldwide.
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C.
Bobcat Company
Bobcat Company is an American manufacturer best known for its compact construction and agricultural equipment, including skid-steer loaders and mini excavators.
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D.
Int Corps
Int Corps is the commonly used abbreviation for the British Army’s Intelligence Corps, the unit responsible for military intelligence and security.
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E.
Special Forces Support Group
The Special Forces Support Group is a British military unit that provides specialized infantry and fire support to UK special forces operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (77)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
paramilitary organization
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private military company ⓘ |
| accusedOf |
extrajudicial killings
ⓘ
human rights abuses in Central African Republic ⓘ human rights abuses in Mali ⓘ human rights abuses in Syria ⓘ looting ⓘ summary executions ⓘ torture ⓘ war crimes ⓘ |
| advancedTowards | Moscow during June 2023 mutiny ⓘ |
| allegedFinancier | Yevgeny Prigozhin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| allegedFounder | Dmitry Utkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPerson |
Dmitry Utkin
NERFINISHED
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Yevgeny Prigozhin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| businessModel |
resource extraction concessions
ⓘ
security-for-resources deals ⓘ |
| capturedCityDuringMutiny | Rostov-on-Don NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closeTo | Vladimir Putin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| designatedAs | transnational criminal organization by United States ⓘ |
| estimatedSize | tens of thousands of fighters at peak ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Gruppa Vagnera
NERFINISHED
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Liga NERFINISHED ⓘ Liga PMC NERFINISHED ⓘ Wagner Group NERFINISHED ⓘ Wagner PMC NERFINISHED ⓘ Частная военная компания Вагнера ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | Dmitry Utkin’s call sign "Wagner" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTrainingFacility | Molkino, Krasnodar Krai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTypeOf | mercenary organization ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideologicalAssociation |
Russian ultranationalism
ⓘ
far-right symbolism ⓘ |
| involvedInConflict |
Central African Republic conflict
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Libyan civil war NERFINISHED ⓘ Mali conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ Mozambique insurgency NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian invasion of Ukraine NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudan conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ Syrian civil war NERFINISHED ⓘ Venezuela operations ⓘ War in Donbas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalStatusInRussia | not officially recognized as a private military company for many years ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
GRU
NERFINISHED
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Kremlin NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Ministry of Defence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaPortrayal | tool of Russian foreign policy ⓘ |
| mutinyLeader | Yevgeny Prigozhin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mutinyTarget | Russian Ministry of Defence leadership NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCommander | Yevgeny Prigozhin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableOperation |
Battle of Bakhmut
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Palmyra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatesFrom | Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatesInSector |
diamond mining
ⓘ
gold mining ⓘ timber ⓘ |
| postMutinyStatus |
announced relocation to Belarus for some forces
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partial disbandment and restructuring ⓘ |
| providesService |
VIP protection
ⓘ
information operations ⓘ military training ⓘ regime protection ⓘ |
| recruitmentSource |
Russian military veterans
ⓘ
Russian prisons ⓘ foreign fighters ⓘ |
| roleInUkraine |
frontline assault operations
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prisoner recruitment for combat ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
Australia sanctions
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Canada sanctions ⓘ European Union sanctions ⓘ United Kingdom sanctions ⓘ United States sanctions ⓘ |
| tookPartInEvent | June 2023 mutiny in Russia ⓘ |
| usesEquipmentFrom | Russian Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesSymbol |
Wolfsangel-like insignia
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skull insignia ⓘ |
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: PMC Wagner Description of subject: PMC Wagner is a Russian private military company and paramilitary organization known for its involvement in conflicts abroad and close ties to the Kremlin.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Wagner Group