Triple

T789909
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vitebsk E16888 entity
Predicate historicalRegion P915 FINISHED
Object 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.
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: Principality of Polotsk | Statement: [Vitebsk, historicalRegion, Principality of Polotsk]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Principality of Polotsk
Context triple: [Vitebsk, historicalRegion, Principality of Polotsk]
  • A. Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia
    The Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia was a medieval East Slavic state in Eastern Europe that emerged from the unification of the principalities of Galicia and Volhynia and played a key role in the political and cultural life of the region between the 13th and 14th centuries.
  • B. Grand Duchy of Vladimir
    The Grand Duchy of Vladimir was a medieval East Slavic principality that emerged as a major political and cultural center in northeastern Rus, serving as a key predecessor to the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Russian state.
  • C. Grand Duchy of Lithuania
    The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a powerful medieval and early modern state in Eastern Europe that at its height encompassed vast territories including much of present-day Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, and parts of Poland and Russia.
  • D. Novgorod Republic
    The Novgorod Republic was a medieval East Slavic trading state centered on the city of Novgorod, known for its powerful merchant elite, extensive Hanseatic trade connections, and distinctive tradition of veche (assembly) governance.
  • E. Vilna Governorate
    Vilna Governorate was an administrative division of the Russian Empire in the 19th and early 20th centuries, centered on the historic city of Vilnius in the region of present-day Lithuania and Belarus.
  • 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 Polotsk
Triple: [Vitebsk, historicalRegion, Principality of Polotsk]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Principality of Polotsk
Target entity description: 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.
  • A. Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia
    The Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia was a medieval East Slavic state in Eastern Europe that emerged from the unification of the principalities of Galicia and Volhynia and played a key role in the political and cultural life of the region between the 13th and 14th centuries.
  • B. Grand Duchy of Vladimir
    The Grand Duchy of Vladimir was a medieval East Slavic principality that emerged as a major political and cultural center in northeastern Rus, serving as a key predecessor to the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Russian state.
  • C. Grand Duchy of Lithuania
    The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a powerful medieval and early modern state in Eastern Europe that at its height encompassed vast territories including much of present-day Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, and parts of Poland and Russia.
  • D. Novgorod Republic
    The Novgorod Republic was a medieval East Slavic trading state centered on the city of Novgorod, known for its powerful merchant elite, extensive Hanseatic trade connections, and distinctive tradition of veche (assembly) governance.
  • E. Vilna Governorate
    Vilna Governorate was an administrative division of the Russian Empire in the 19th and early 20th centuries, centered on the historic city of Vilnius in the region of present-day Lithuania and Belarus.
  • 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_69a4936cb7448190914f5fe4b8d81607 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a7841b0c8190859ecd247e32c6ec completed March 1, 2026, 8:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a76d7c2d488190a0c1802eb7c7491d completed March 3, 2026, 11:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a7883f3d98819082b01a9c57fe230c completed March 4, 2026, 1:17 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a78875f424819090d6e927864d39e0 completed March 4, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.