TASK DEFINITION: Given a factoid/trivia type question, generate the topic of the question. The topic is the entity the question talks about.
PROBLEM: Who was Minister-Chairman of the Russian Provisional Government and Prime Minister of Russia from 21 July 1917 (following the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II) to 8 November 1917 (the Bolshevik revolution), who is buried in Putney Vale Cemetery, London?

SOLUTION: russian revolution

PROBLEM: Who succeeded Jon Pertwee as Doctor Who?

SOLUTION: doctor who

PROBLEM: Which 1969 novel by Alistair MacLean centres on a veteran Interpol natcotics expert named Paul Sherman and a violent struggle on the streets of Amsterdam ?

SOLUTION:
alistair maclean