Triple

T308357
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Isaac Asimov E6350 entity
Predicate placeOfBirth P1 FINISHED
Object Smolensk Governorate
Smolensk Governorate was an administrative division of the Russian Empire and early Soviet Russia, centered on the historic city of Smolensk in western Russia.
E40484 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: Smolensk Governorate | Statement: [Isaac Asimov, placeOfBirth, Smolensk Governorate]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Smolensk Governorate
Context triple: [Isaac Asimov, placeOfBirth, Smolensk Governorate]
  • A. Ryazan Governorate
    Ryazan Governorate was an administrative division of the Russian Empire and early Russian SFSR, located southeast of Moscow and historically part of central Russia.
  • B. Moscow Oblast
    Moscow Oblast is a federal subject of Russia that surrounds, but does not include, the city of Moscow and serves as a major industrial and population center in western Russia.
  • C. Leningrad Oblast
    Leningrad Oblast is a federal subject of Russia surrounding but not including Saint Petersburg, known for its historical regions such as the Karelian Isthmus and its strategic location in northwestern Russia.
  • D. Yaroslavl
    Yaroslavl is a historic city in central Russia, located on the Volga River and known as one of the Golden Ring cities famed for its well-preserved medieval architecture and cultural heritage.
  • E. Elisavetpol Governorate
    Elisavetpol Governorate was an administrative division of the Russian Empire in the South Caucasus, centered around the city of Ganja in what is now western Azerbaijan.
  • 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: Smolensk Governorate
Triple: [Isaac Asimov, placeOfBirth, Smolensk Governorate]
Generated description
Smolensk Governorate was an administrative division of the Russian Empire and early Soviet Russia, centered on the historic city of Smolensk in western Russia.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Smolensk Governorate
Target entity description: Smolensk Governorate was an administrative division of the Russian Empire and early Soviet Russia, centered on the historic city of Smolensk in western Russia.
  • A. Ryazan Governorate
    Ryazan Governorate was an administrative division of the Russian Empire and early Russian SFSR, located southeast of Moscow and historically part of central Russia.
  • B. Moscow Oblast
    Moscow Oblast is a federal subject of Russia that surrounds, but does not include, the city of Moscow and serves as a major industrial and population center in western Russia.
  • C. Leningrad Oblast
    Leningrad Oblast is a federal subject of Russia surrounding but not including Saint Petersburg, known for its historical regions such as the Karelian Isthmus and its strategic location in northwestern Russia.
  • D. Yaroslavl
    Yaroslavl is a historic city in central Russia, located on the Volga River and known as one of the Golden Ring cities famed for its well-preserved medieval architecture and cultural heritage.
  • E. Elisavetpol Governorate
    Elisavetpol Governorate was an administrative division of the Russian Empire in the South Caucasus, centered around the city of Ganja in what is now western Azerbaijan.
  • 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_69a2e79230508190b912ecb555aae17e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ea3289608190a36c20a47761c6e4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3c415f83c8190b95755f23faae026 completed March 1, 2026, 4:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3c4a50d0c819086ab22f9a46b953a completed March 1, 2026, 4:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3c530f6a48190aeb056a38e417313 completed March 1, 2026, 4:48 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.