Leon Trotsky
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Leon Trotsky was a Marxist revolutionary, key leader of the Russian Revolution, founder of the Red Army, and later a principal critic and exile of Stalinist rule.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Leon Trotsky canonical | 155 |
| Lev Davidovich Bronstein | 2 |
| Trotsky | 2 |
| Leon Trotsky (minimally or omitted due to politics) | 1 |
| Leon Trotsky as People’s Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs | 1 |
| Lev Trotsky | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7135 — 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: Leon Trotsky Context triple: [Joseph Stalin, opponent, Leon Trotsky]
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Vasily Stalin
Vasily Stalin was a Soviet Air Force officer and the son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, known for his privileged yet troubled life within the Soviet elite.
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Yakov Dzhugashvili
Yakov Dzhugashvili was the eldest son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, a Red Army officer who was captured by the Germans during World War II and died in Nazi captivity under disputed circumstances.
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Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin was the authoritarian leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953, overseeing rapid industrialization, World War II victory, and brutal political repression.
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Mikhail Bakunin
Mikhail Bakunin was a 19th-century Russian revolutionary anarchist whose anti-authoritarian ideas and advocacy of stateless socialism were foundational for the development of libertarian socialism.
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Rosa Luxemburg
Rosa Luxemburg was a Marxist theorist, revolutionary socialist, and co-founder of the Spartacist League whose critiques of authoritarianism and advocacy of democratic, grassroots socialism deeply shaped libertarian socialist thought.
- 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: Leon Trotsky Target entity description: Leon Trotsky was a Marxist revolutionary, key leader of the Russian Revolution, founder of the Red Army, and later a principal critic and exile of Stalinist rule.
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A.
Vasily Stalin
Vasily Stalin was a Soviet Air Force officer and the son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, known for his privileged yet troubled life within the Soviet elite.
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B.
Yakov Dzhugashvili
Yakov Dzhugashvili was the eldest son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, a Red Army officer who was captured by the Germans during World War II and died in Nazi captivity under disputed circumstances.
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C.
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin was the authoritarian leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953, overseeing rapid industrialization, World War II victory, and brutal political repression.
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D.
Mikhail Bakunin
Mikhail Bakunin was a 19th-century Russian revolutionary anarchist whose anti-authoritarian ideas and advocacy of stateless socialism were foundational for the development of libertarian socialism.
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E.
Rosa Luxemburg
Rosa Luxemburg was a Marxist theorist, revolutionary socialist, and co-founder of the Spartacist League whose critiques of authoritarianism and advocacy of democratic, grassroots socialism deeply shaped libertarian socialist thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (78)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Leon Trotsky Description of subject: Leon Trotsky was a Marxist revolutionary, key leader of the Russian Revolution, founder of the Red Army, and later a principal critic and exile of Stalinist rule.
Referenced by (162)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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October: Ten Days That Shook the World
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Leon Trotsky (minimally or omitted due to politics)
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Bronstein
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