Iona Yakir
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Iona Yakir was a prominent Soviet Red Army commander and military strategist during the Russian Civil War and early Soviet period, later executed during Stalin's Great Purge.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Iona Yakir canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13045207 — 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: Iona Yakir Context triple: [Perekop–Chongar operation, commander, Iona Yakir]
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A.
Ori Marmur
Ori Marmur is a film producer known for his work on the science fiction thriller "Passengers."
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B.
Yoni Brenner
Yoni Brenner is a screenwriter and humorist known for his work on animated films, including contributing to the screenplay of "Rio 2."
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C.
Uriel Frisch
Uriel Frisch is a French physicist and mathematician renowned for his contributions to fluid dynamics and turbulence theory.
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D.
Tsion Ben-Judah
Tsion Ben-Judah is a former Israeli rabbi who becomes a key Christian teacher and spiritual leader of the Tribulation Force in the Left Behind series.
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E.
Tamir Greenwood
Tamir Greenwood is a child of Radiohead guitarist and composer Jonny Greenwood.
- 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: Iona Yakir Target entity description: Iona Yakir was a prominent Soviet Red Army commander and military strategist during the Russian Civil War and early Soviet period, later executed during Stalin's Great Purge.
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A.
Ori Marmur
Ori Marmur is a film producer known for his work on the science fiction thriller "Passengers."
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B.
Yoni Brenner
Yoni Brenner is a screenwriter and humorist known for his work on animated films, including contributing to the screenplay of "Rio 2."
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C.
Uriel Frisch
Uriel Frisch is a French physicist and mathematician renowned for his contributions to fluid dynamics and turbulence theory.
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D.
Tsion Ben-Judah
Tsion Ben-Judah is a former Israeli rabbi who becomes a key Christian teacher and spiritual leader of the Tribulation Force in the Left Behind series.
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E.
Tamir Greenwood
Tamir Greenwood is a child of Radiohead guitarist and composer Jonny Greenwood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Red Army officer
ⓘ
Soviet military commander ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Bolshevik Red Army
ⓘ
linked to:
Red Army
|
| causeOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| charges | alleged treason during Stalinist purges ⓘ |
| closeColleague | Mikhail Tukhachevsky ⓘ |
| convictedBy |
Soviet military tribunal
ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet military tribunals
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
Russian Empire
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| employer |
Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
ⓘ
linked to:
Red Army
|
| era | early Soviet period ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Jewish people
ⓘ
linked to:
Jews
|
| familyName | Yakir ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
military science
ⓘ
operational art ⓘ |
| givenName | Iona ⓘ |
| hasCause | Stalinist political repression ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| ideology | communism ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Russian
ⓘ
Ukrainian ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | extrajudicial killing ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
ⓘ
Red Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Komandarm 1st rank ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
modernization of Red Army training and tactics in the 1920s and 1930s
ⓘ
successful command of Red Army forces during the Russian Civil War ⓘ |
| notableFor | innovative operational-level exercises in the Kiev Military District ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Mikhail Tukhachevsky ⓘ |
| notableWork | development of deep operations theory in the Red Army ⓘ |
| occupation |
military officer
ⓘ
military strategist ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Great Purge
ⓘ
Russian Civil War ⓘ Russian Revolution era conflicts ⓘ World War I ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Moscow ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
Bolshevik
ⓘ
linked to:
Bolshevik faction
|
| positionHeld |
commander of the Kiev Military District
ⓘ
commander of the Ukrainian Military District ⓘ |
| residence |
Kiev
ⓘ
linked to:
Kyiv
Moscow ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| victimOf | Great Purge ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Iona Yakir Description of subject: Iona Yakir was a prominent Soviet Red Army commander and military strategist during the Russian Civil War and early Soviet period, later executed during Stalin's Great Purge.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.