Triple

T4447968
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Principality of Polotsk E96335 entity
Predicate sharesBorderWith P224 FINISHED
Object Principality of Smolensk
The Principality of Smolensk was a medieval East Slavic state centered on the city of Smolensk, serving as an important political and commercial hub between Kievan Rus', the Baltic region, and northeastern Europe.
 E445709 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: Principality of Smolensk | Statement: [Principality of Polotsk, sharesBorderWith, Principality of Smolensk]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Principality of Smolensk
Context triple: [Principality of Polotsk, sharesBorderWith, Principality of Smolensk]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Principality of Yaroslavl
    The Principality of Yaroslavl was a medieval East Slavic principality centered on the city of Yaroslavl in what is now central Russia.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Principality of Smolensk
Triple: [Principality of Polotsk, sharesBorderWith, Principality of Smolensk]
Generated description
The Principality of Smolensk was a medieval East Slavic state centered on the city of Smolensk, serving as an important political and commercial hub between Kievan Rus', the Baltic region, and northeastern Europe.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Principality of Smolensk
Target entity description: The Principality of Smolensk was a medieval East Slavic state centered on the city of Smolensk, serving as an important political and commercial hub between Kievan Rus', the Baltic region, and northeastern Europe.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Principality of Yaroslavl
    The Principality of Yaroslavl was a medieval East Slavic principality centered on the city of Yaroslavl in what is now central Russia.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_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_69bb80cd81d08190ad1d65091cecdfac completed March 19, 2026, 4:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bb839526c48190adeb2a8bccc82ff2 completed March 19, 2026, 5:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bb83ddb6ac8190bb5d48b27f2511b1 completed March 19, 2026, 5:04 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:32 p.m.