Triple

T9251933
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Khazar Khaganate E222345 entity
Predicate capital P234 FINISHED
Object Sarkel
Sarkel was a major fortified city and strategic stronghold of the Khazar Khaganate, controlling key trade routes along the lower Don River in medieval Eastern Europe.
 E787660 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: Sarkel | Statement: [Khazar Khaganate, capital, Sarkel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sarkel
Context triple: [Khazar Khaganate, capital, Sarkel]
  • A. Sarakhs
    Sarakhs is a historic border city in northeastern Iran, known for its strategic location along ancient trade routes between Iran and Central Asia.
  • B. Garmsar
    Garmsar is a city in Semnan Province of north-central Iran, known as a regional transport hub and gateway between Tehran and eastern parts of the country.
  • C. Hadiach
    Hadiach is a historic town in central Ukraine known for its role in Cossack-era politics and the 1658 Hadiach Treaty.
  • D. Baksar
    Baksar is a town in the Indian state of Bihar, historically significant as the site of the pivotal 1764 Battle of Buxar that shaped British colonial rule in India.
  • E. Satala
    Satala is a coastal village and harbor area on the island of Tutuila in American Samoa, known historically as a commercial and maritime hub near the capital region.
  • 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: Sarkel
Triple: [Khazar Khaganate, capital, Sarkel]
Generated description
Sarkel was a major fortified city and strategic stronghold of the Khazar Khaganate, controlling key trade routes along the lower Don River in medieval Eastern Europe.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sarkel
Target entity description: Sarkel was a major fortified city and strategic stronghold of the Khazar Khaganate, controlling key trade routes along the lower Don River in medieval Eastern Europe.
  • A. Sarakhs
    Sarakhs is a historic border city in northeastern Iran, known for its strategic location along ancient trade routes between Iran and Central Asia.
  • B. Garmsar
    Garmsar is a city in Semnan Province of north-central Iran, known as a regional transport hub and gateway between Tehran and eastern parts of the country.
  • C. Hadiach
    Hadiach is a historic town in central Ukraine known for its role in Cossack-era politics and the 1658 Hadiach Treaty.
  • D. Baksar
    Baksar is a town in the Indian state of Bihar, historically significant as the site of the pivotal 1764 Battle of Buxar that shaped British colonial rule in India.
  • E. Satala
    Satala is a coastal village and harbor area on the island of Tutuila in American Samoa, known historically as a commercial and maritime hub near the capital region.
  • 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_69ca841d2b18819089f9faf5b2c2aec0 completed March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd05fb1454819098f452846ca4ca61 completed April 1, 2026, 11:48 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d0780650648190bc85452678268134 completed April 4, 2026, 2:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d080275cdc8190bb900671756bacb8 completed April 4, 2026, 3:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d080c936348190a3bfda72ff5ec5c0 completed April 4, 2026, 3:08 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:31 p.m.