Duchy of Świdnica-Jawor
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The Duchy of Świdnica-Jawor was a medieval Silesian duchy ruled by the Piast dynasty, notable as one of the more powerful and long-lasting principalities formed during the political fragmentation of Poland.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Duchy of Świdnica | 4 |
| Duchy of Świdnica-Jawor canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12743072 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Duchy of Świdnica-Jawor Context triple: [Fragmentation of Poland, hasPart, Duchy of Świdnica-Jawor]
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A.
Duchy of Oleśnica
The Duchy of Oleśnica was a medieval Silesian duchy centered on the town of Oleśnica, historically ruled by various Piast and later noble dynasties within the shifting political landscape of Central Europe.
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B.
Duchy of Brzeg
The Duchy of Brzeg was a medieval Silesian duchy centered on the town of Brzeg, ruled by the Piast dynasty and shaped by the political fragmentation of the Polish kingdom.
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C.
Duchy of Łęczyca
The Duchy of Łęczyca was a medieval Polish duchy centered on the town of Łęczyca, formed during the feudal fragmentation of Poland and ruled by local Piast princes.
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D.
Duchy of Głogów
The Duchy of Głogów was a medieval Silesian duchy centered on the town of Głogów, ruled by Piast dukes and shaped by the political fragmentation of the Polish kingdom.
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E.
Duchy of Opole and Racibórz
The Duchy of Opole and Racibórz was a medieval Silesian duchy ruled by the Piast dynasty, centered on the towns of Opole and Racibórz in what is now southern Poland.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Duchy of Świdnica-Jawor Target entity description: The Duchy of Świdnica-Jawor was a medieval Silesian duchy ruled by the Piast dynasty, notable as one of the more powerful and long-lasting principalities formed during the political fragmentation of Poland.
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A.
Duchy of Oleśnica
The Duchy of Oleśnica was a medieval Silesian duchy centered on the town of Oleśnica, historically ruled by various Piast and later noble dynasties within the shifting political landscape of Central Europe.
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B.
Duchy of Brzeg
The Duchy of Brzeg was a medieval Silesian duchy centered on the town of Brzeg, ruled by the Piast dynasty and shaped by the political fragmentation of the Polish kingdom.
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C.
Duchy of Łęczyca
The Duchy of Łęczyca was a medieval Polish duchy centered on the town of Łęczyca, formed during the feudal fragmentation of Poland and ruled by local Piast princes.
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D.
Duchy of Głogów
The Duchy of Głogów was a medieval Silesian duchy centered on the town of Głogów, ruled by Piast dukes and shaped by the political fragmentation of the Polish kingdom.
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E.
Duchy of Opole and Racibórz
The Duchy of Opole and Racibórz was a medieval Silesian duchy ruled by the Piast dynasty, centered on the towns of Opole and Racibórz in what is now southern Poland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Piast duchy
ⓘ
Silesian duchy ⓘ medieval duchy ⓘ |
| borderedBy | other Silesian duchies ⓘ |
| capital |
Jawor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Świdnica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currency | medieval Silesian coinage ⓘ |
| follows | political fragmentation of Poland ⓘ |
| governmentType | feudal duchy ⓘ |
| hasCapitalCity |
Jawor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Świdnica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomyBasedOn |
agriculture
ⓘ
crafts ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| hasEthnicComposition |
predominantly West Slavic population
ⓘ
with growing German-speaking minority ⓘ |
| hasFeudalStructure | Piast patrimonial duchy ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRegion |
present-day Lower Silesian Voivodeship
ⓘ
south-western Poland ⓘ |
| hasLegalSystem | medieval Silesian customary law ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalStatus | vassal state of the Bohemian Crown ⓘ |
| hasRulingHouse | Silesian Piasts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSystemOfGovernment | feudal monarchy ⓘ |
| hasType | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| hasUrbanCenters |
Jawor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Świdnica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
German
ⓘ
Polish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Europe
ⓘ
Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Jawor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Świdnica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the longer-lasting Silesian duchies
ⓘ
being one of the more powerful Silesian principalities ⓘ |
| partOf |
Holy Roman Empire
ⓘ
Lands of the Bohemian Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Silesian Piast principalities NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ fragmented Poland ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Duchy of Jawor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duchy of Świdnica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| rulingDynasty | Piast dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Duchy of Świdnica-Jawor Description of subject: The Duchy of Świdnica-Jawor was a medieval Silesian duchy ruled by the Piast dynasty, notable as one of the more powerful and long-lasting principalities formed during the political fragmentation of Poland.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Duchy of Świdnica
this entity surface form:
Duchy of Świdnica
this entity surface form:
Duchy of Świdnica
this entity surface form:
Duchy of Świdnica