Polish Corridor
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The Polish Corridor was a strip of territory that gave the Second Polish Republic access to the Baltic Sea after World War I, separating East Prussia from the rest of Germany and becoming a major source of German-Polish tension before World War II.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Polish Corridor canonical | 4 |
| Danzig Corridor | 1 |
| Poland–Germany border conflicts after World War I | 1 |
| Polnischer Korridor | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2078338 — 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: Polish Corridor Context triple: [Pomorze Army, location, Polish Corridor]
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A.
Sudetenland
Sudetenland was a predominantly German-speaking border region of Czechoslovakia that Nazi Germany annexed in 1938 following the Munich Agreement, becoming a key prelude to World War II.
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B.
Polish–German border
The Polish–German border is the international boundary separating Poland and Germany, largely following the Oder–Neisse line established after World War II.
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C.
Kresy
Kresy refers to the former eastern borderlands of the Second Polish Republic, historically multicultural regions that were annexed by the Soviet Union during and after World War II.
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D.
East Prussia
East Prussia was a former northeastern province of Germany on the Baltic Sea, historically significant as a militarized borderland and cultural heartland of Prussian and German power until its dissolution after World War II.
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E.
Poland–Czech Republic border
The Poland–Czech Republic border is the international boundary separating Poland and the Czech Republic, running through regions such as Cieszyn Silesia and extending from the Sudetes mountains to the Silesian Beskids.
- 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: Polish Corridor Target entity description: The Polish Corridor was a strip of territory that gave the Second Polish Republic access to the Baltic Sea after World War I, separating East Prussia from the rest of Germany and becoming a major source of German-Polish tension before World War II.
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A.
Sudetenland
Sudetenland was a predominantly German-speaking border region of Czechoslovakia that Nazi Germany annexed in 1938 following the Munich Agreement, becoming a key prelude to World War II.
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B.
Polish–German border
The Polish–German border is the international boundary separating Poland and Germany, largely following the Oder–Neisse line established after World War II.
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C.
Kresy
Kresy refers to the former eastern borderlands of the Second Polish Republic, historically multicultural regions that were annexed by the Soviet Union during and after World War II.
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D.
East Prussia
East Prussia was a former northeastern province of Germany on the Baltic Sea, historically significant as a militarized borderland and cultural heartland of Prussian and German power until its dissolution after World War II.
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E.
Poland–Czech Republic border
The Poland–Czech Republic border is the international boundary separating Poland and the Czech Republic, running through regions such as Cieszyn Silesia and extending from the Sudetes mountains to the Silesian Beskids.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
disputed territory
ⓘ
historical region ⓘ |
| abolishedBy |
Invasion of Poland
ⓘ
surface form:
German invasion of Poland
|
| abolishedIn | 1939 ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Government of the Second Polish Republic
ⓘ
surface form:
Polish government
|
| borderedBy |
Baltic Sea
ⓘ
East Prussia ⓘ Free City of Danzig ⓘ Germany ⓘ |
| capitalOrMainCity | Bydgoszcz ⓘ |
| causeOf |
German-Polish tensions
ⓘ
territorial disputes between Germany and Poland ⓘ |
| country | Second Polish Republic ⓘ |
| createdAfter | World War I ⓘ |
| createdBy | Treaty of Versailles ⓘ |
| createdIn | 1919 ⓘ |
| ethnicComposition |
German minority
ⓘ
Kashubian minority ⓘ Polish majority ⓘ |
| existedFrom | 1919 ⓘ |
| existedUntil | 1939 ⓘ |
| historicalNameInGerman |
Polish Corridor
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Polnischer Korridor
|
| historicalNameInPolish | Korytarz polski ⓘ |
| includedCity |
Grudziądz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Puck ⓘ Toruń NERFINISHED ⓘ Wejherowo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| justifiedBy | Polish access to the sea ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
German
ⓘ
Polish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Europe
ⓘ
Pomerania ⓘ |
| nearbyEntity | Free City of Danzig ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
Weimar Republic ⓘ
surface form:
Weimar Germany
|
| partOf | Second Polish Republic ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | sovereign Polish territory ⓘ |
| providedAccessTo | Baltic Sea ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Polish Corridor
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Danzig Corridor
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| relatedTo |
Treaty of Versailles
ⓘ
surface form:
Treaty of Versailles territorial settlements
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| relatedToEvent |
Invasion of Poland
ⓘ
surface form:
German invasion of Poland
World War II prelude ⓘ
surface form:
World War II outbreak
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| separated |
East Prussia
ⓘ
surface form:
East Prussia from mainland Germany
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| strategicImportance |
access to seaports
ⓘ
separation of East Prussia ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
France
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| timePeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Polish Corridor Description of subject: The Polish Corridor was a strip of territory that gave the Second Polish Republic access to the Baltic Sea after World War I, separating East Prussia from the rest of Germany and becoming a major source of German-Polish tension before World War II.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Poland–Germany border conflicts after World War I
this entity surface form:
Polnischer Korridor
this entity surface form:
Danzig Corridor