Triple

T4447960
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Principality of Polotsk E96335 entity
Predicate followedBy P78 FINISHED
Object Duchy of Polotsk
The Duchy of Polotsk was a medieval East Slavic polity centered on the city of Polotsk, which emerged as a successor state in the region of present-day Belarus.
E96335 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: Duchy of Polotsk | Statement: [Principality of Polotsk, followedBy, Duchy of Polotsk]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Duchy of Polotsk
Context triple: [Principality of Polotsk, followedBy, Duchy of Polotsk]
  • A. Principality of Polotsk
    The Principality of Polotsk was a major medieval East Slavic state centered on the city of Polotsk, influential in the political and cultural development of what is now Belarus and parts of northeastern Europe.
  • B. Principality of Volhynia
    The Principality of Volhynia was a medieval East Slavic state centered in the Volhynia region (in present-day western Ukraine), which later became part of the powerful Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia.
  • C. Principality of Tver
    The Principality of Tver was a medieval East Slavic state centered on the city of Tver that rivaled Moscow for dominance in northeastern Rus' before being annexed by the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
  • D. Principality of Trubchevsk
    The Principality of Trubchevsk was a medieval East Slavic principality centered on the town of Trubchevsk, historically part of the broader political landscape of Kievan Rus' and its successor states.
  • E. Principality of Starodub
    The Principality of Starodub was a medieval East Slavic principality centered on the town of Starodub, historically associated with the Rurikid Olgovichi dynasty.
  • 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: Duchy of Polotsk
Triple: [Principality of Polotsk, followedBy, Duchy of Polotsk]
Generated description
The Duchy of Polotsk was a medieval East Slavic polity centered on the city of Polotsk, which emerged as a successor state in the region of present-day Belarus.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Duchy of Polotsk
Target entity description: The Duchy of Polotsk was a medieval East Slavic polity centered on the city of Polotsk, which emerged as a successor state in the region of present-day Belarus.
  • A. Principality of Polotsk chosen
    The Principality of Polotsk was a major medieval East Slavic state centered on the city of Polotsk, influential in the political and cultural development of what is now Belarus and parts of northeastern Europe.
  • B. Principality of Volhynia
    The Principality of Volhynia was a medieval East Slavic state centered in the Volhynia region (in present-day western Ukraine), which later became part of the powerful Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia.
  • C. Principality of Tver
    The Principality of Tver was a medieval East Slavic state centered on the city of Tver that rivaled Moscow for dominance in northeastern Rus' before being annexed by the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
  • D. Principality of Trubchevsk
    The Principality of Trubchevsk was a medieval East Slavic principality centered on the town of Trubchevsk, historically part of the broader political landscape of Kievan Rus' and its successor states.
  • E. Principality of Starodub
    The Principality of Starodub was a medieval East Slavic principality centered on the town of Starodub, historically associated with the Rurikid Olgovichi dynasty.
  • F. None of above.

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_69b345415ba481908df738e7174448ba completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b355d45b748190b09b7067fc6279b0 completed March 13, 2026, 12:09 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b61386df48819080e44a23b9d67d23 completed March 15, 2026, 2:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b617c13d4481909d22d201ce405d3a completed March 15, 2026, 2:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b6187687f8819084e2d611e9e31f79 completed March 15, 2026, 2:24 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:32 p.m.