Sviatopolk I of Kiev
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Sviatopolk I of Kiev was a Grand Prince of Kievan Rus' known for his violent struggle for power and the alleged murder of his half-brothers, earning him the epithet "the Accursed."
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sviatopolk I of Kiev canonical | 5 |
| Sviatopolk the Accursed | 2 |
| Sviatopolk | 1 |
| Sviatopolk I of Kyiv | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3463129 — 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: Sviatopolk I of Kiev Context triple: [Vladimir the Great, child, Sviatopolk I of Kiev]
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A.
Vsevolod II of Kiev
Vsevolod II of Kiev was a 12th-century Grand Prince of Kiev from the Olgovichi branch of the Rurikid dynasty, known for his role in the complex dynastic struggles of Kievan Rus'.
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B.
Yaroslav II of Vladimir
Yaroslav II of Vladimir was a 13th-century Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal and a prominent Rus' ruler, best known as the father of the famed military leader and saint Alexander Nevsky.
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C.
Vladimir II Monomakh
Vladimir II Monomakh was a Grand Prince of Kievan Rus' renowned for his military leadership, efforts to unify the realm, and authorship of the moral treatise "Instruction."
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D.
Mstislav I of Kiev
Mstislav I of Kiev was a 12th-century Grand Prince of Kiev from the Rurikid dynasty, noted for his military campaigns and efforts to strengthen and unify Kievan Rus.
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E.
Vsevolod I of Kiev
Vsevolod I of Kiev was an 11th-century Grand Prince of Kiev known for consolidating Kievan Rus' power and fostering close political and cultural ties with the Byzantine Empire.
- 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: Sviatopolk I of Kiev Target entity description: Sviatopolk I of Kiev was a Grand Prince of Kievan Rus' known for his violent struggle for power and the alleged murder of his half-brothers, earning him the epithet "the Accursed."
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A.
Vsevolod II of Kiev
Vsevolod II of Kiev was a 12th-century Grand Prince of Kiev from the Olgovichi branch of the Rurikid dynasty, known for his role in the complex dynastic struggles of Kievan Rus'.
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B.
Yaroslav II of Vladimir
Yaroslav II of Vladimir was a 13th-century Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal and a prominent Rus' ruler, best known as the father of the famed military leader and saint Alexander Nevsky.
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C.
Vladimir II Monomakh
Vladimir II Monomakh was a Grand Prince of Kievan Rus' renowned for his military leadership, efforts to unify the realm, and authorship of the moral treatise "Instruction."
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D.
Mstislav I of Kiev
Mstislav I of Kiev was a 12th-century Grand Prince of Kiev from the Rurikid dynasty, noted for his military campaigns and efforts to strengthen and unify Kievan Rus.
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E.
Vsevolod I of Kiev
Vsevolod I of Kiev was an 11th-century Grand Prince of Kiev known for consolidating Kievan Rus' power and fostering close political and cultural ties with the Byzantine Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Slavic ruler
ⓘ
Grand Prince of Kiev ⓘ human ⓘ medieval monarch ⓘ ruler of Kievan Rus' ⓘ |
| accusedOf |
ordering the murder of Boris of Kiev
ⓘ
ordering the murder of Gleb of Kiev ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
Kingdom of Poland
ⓘ
Pechenegs ⓘ |
| associatedWith | martyrdom of Saints Boris and Gleb ⓘ |
| burialPlace | unknown ⓘ |
| conflict |
civil war with Yaroslav the Wise
ⓘ
succession struggle after the death of Vladimir the Great ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kievan Rus'
ⓘ
linked to:
Kyivan Rus
|
| deathCause | illness during flight after defeat ⓘ |
| deathPlace | on the way to Poland ⓘ |
| dynasty | Rurik dynasty ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | East Slavs ⓘ |
| father | Yaropolk I of Kiev ⓘ |
| givenName |
Sviatopolk
ⓘ
linked to:
Sviatopolk I of Kiev
|
| historicalReputation |
tyrannical ruler
ⓘ
usurper of the Kievan throne ⓘ |
| monarchOf |
Kiev
ⓘ
linked to:
Kyiv
Kievan Rus' ⓘ
linked to:
Kyivan Rus
|
| mother | Greek nun captured by Sviatoslav I ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Old East Slavic ⓘ |
| nickname | the Accursed ⓘ |
| notableFor |
alleged murder of his half-brothers Boris and Gleb
ⓘ
dynastic conflict with Yaroslav the Wise ⓘ violent struggle for power in Kievan Rus' ⓘ |
| opponent |
Novgorod forces
ⓘ
Yaroslav the Wise ⓘ
linked to:
Yaroslav I of Kyiv
|
| placeOfRule |
Kiev
ⓘ
linked to:
Kyiv
Turov ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Grand Prince of Kiev
ⓘ
Prince of Turov ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1019 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1015 ⓘ |
| relative |
Boris of Kiev
ⓘ
Gleb of Kiev ⓘ Sviatoslav of Kiev ⓘ
linked to:
Sviatoslav I of Kiev
Vladimir the Great ⓘ Yaroslav the Wise ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | daughter of Bolesław I the Brave ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Bolesław I the Brave ⓘ |
| title |
Grand Prince of Kiev
ⓘ
Prince of Turov ⓘ |
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: Sviatopolk I of Kiev Description of subject: Sviatopolk I of Kiev was a Grand Prince of Kievan Rus' known for his violent struggle for power and the alleged murder of his half-brothers, earning him the epithet "the Accursed."
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Viking
linked to: Sviatopolk I of Kiev
linked to: Sviatopolk I of Kiev
linked to: Sviatopolk I of Kiev
linked to: Sviatopolk I of Kiev
subject linked to:
Polish rulers Mieszko I and Bolesław I the Brave