Triple

T1663151

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Nikolai Yezhov	`E35952`	entity
Predicate	positionHeld	`P8`	FINISHED
Object	People's Commissar for Internal Affairs of the RSFSR The People's Commissar for Internal Affairs of the RSFSR was the Soviet Russian government post overseeing internal security, law enforcement, and political policing before these functions were fully centralized at the all-Union level.	`E189149`	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: People's Commissar for Internal Affairs of the RSFSR | Statement: [Nikolai Yezhov, positionHeld, People's Commissar for Internal Affairs of the RSFSR]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: People's Commissar for Internal Affairs of the RSFSR
Context triple: [Nikolai Yezhov, positionHeld, People's Commissar for Internal Affairs of the RSFSR]

A. People's Commissar for Internal Affairs of the USSR
The People's Commissar for Internal Affairs of the USSR was the powerful head of the Soviet secret police and internal security apparatus, overseeing state security, political repression, and law enforcement.
B. Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR was the central Soviet state body responsible for internal security, law enforcement, and policing across the Soviet Union.
C. People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of the RSFSR
The People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of the RSFSR was the early Soviet government post responsible for directing the Red Army and Navy during and after the Russian Civil War.
D. People's Commissar for Nationalities
The People's Commissar for Nationalities was a Soviet government post responsible for managing the affairs and policies related to the diverse ethnic and national groups within the early Soviet state.
E. People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR
The People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR was the top Soviet government post responsible for directing the Red Army and overseeing the military defense policy of the Soviet Union.
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: People's Commissar for Internal Affairs of the RSFSR
Triple: [Nikolai Yezhov, positionHeld, People's Commissar for Internal Affairs of the RSFSR]

Generated description

The People's Commissar for Internal Affairs of the RSFSR was the Soviet Russian government post overseeing internal security, law enforcement, and political policing before these functions were fully centralized at the all-Union level.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: People's Commissar for Internal Affairs of the RSFSR
Target entity description: The People's Commissar for Internal Affairs of the RSFSR was the Soviet Russian government post overseeing internal security, law enforcement, and political policing before these functions were fully centralized at the all-Union level.

A. People's Commissar for Internal Affairs of the USSR
The People's Commissar for Internal Affairs of the USSR was the powerful head of the Soviet secret police and internal security apparatus, overseeing state security, political repression, and law enforcement.
B. Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR was the central Soviet state body responsible for internal security, law enforcement, and policing across the Soviet Union.
C. People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of the RSFSR
The People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of the RSFSR was the early Soviet government post responsible for directing the Red Army and Navy during and after the Russian Civil War.
D. People's Commissar for Nationalities
The People's Commissar for Nationalities was a Soviet government post responsible for managing the affairs and policies related to the diverse ethnic and national groups within the early Soviet state.
E. People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR
The People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR was the top Soviet government post responsible for directing the Red Army and overseeing the military defense policy of the Soviet Union.
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_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_69ad71adb0388190b358e83fa8dfaef5`	completed	March 8, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69ad7252c9d88190a6bc782139e97342`	completed	March 8, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69ad72e9403081909915a0a2649946d0`	completed	March 8, 2026, 1 p.m.

Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.