Triple

T1178500
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject East Germany E25081 entity
Predicate precededBy P97 FINISHED
Object Soviet occupation zone in Germany
The Soviet occupation zone in Germany was the post-World War II area of Germany administered by the Soviet Union that later became the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
E25081 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: Soviet occupation zone in Germany | Statement: [East Germany, precededBy, Soviet occupation zone in Germany]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
Context triple: [East Germany, precededBy, Soviet occupation zone in Germany]
  • A. East Germany
    East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic, was a socialist state in Central Europe that existed from 1949 to 1990 under Soviet influence, occupying the eastern part of present-day Germany with East Berlin as its capital.
  • B. German-occupied Europe
    German-occupied Europe comprised the territories across the continent that were controlled and administered by Nazi Germany during World War II, encompassing much of Central, Western, and parts of Eastern and Northern Europe.
  • C. Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany
    The Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany was the post–World War II Soviet military formation responsible for administering and controlling the Soviet-occupied zone of Germany, later forming the core of Soviet forces stationed in East Germany during the Cold War.
  • D. British sector of Berlin
    The British sector of Berlin was the portion of post–World War II Berlin administered by the United Kingdom as part of the Allied occupation, later forming one of the three Western sectors that made up West Berlin.
  • E. Reichskommissariat Ostland
    Reichskommissariat Ostland was a Nazi German civilian occupation regime established during World War II to administer and exploit the Baltic states and parts of Belarus under harsh colonial and genocidal policies.
  • 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: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
Triple: [East Germany, precededBy, Soviet occupation zone in Germany]
Generated description
The Soviet occupation zone in Germany was the post-World War II area of Germany administered by the Soviet Union that later became the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Soviet occupation zone in Germany
Target entity description: The Soviet occupation zone in Germany was the post-World War II area of Germany administered by the Soviet Union that later became the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
  • A. East Germany chosen
    East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic, was a socialist state in Central Europe that existed from 1949 to 1990 under Soviet influence, occupying the eastern part of present-day Germany with East Berlin as its capital.
  • B. German-occupied Europe
    German-occupied Europe comprised the territories across the continent that were controlled and administered by Nazi Germany during World War II, encompassing much of Central, Western, and parts of Eastern and Northern Europe.
  • C. Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany
    The Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany was the post–World War II Soviet military formation responsible for administering and controlling the Soviet-occupied zone of Germany, later forming the core of Soviet forces stationed in East Germany during the Cold War.
  • D. British sector of Berlin
    The British sector of Berlin was the portion of post–World War II Berlin administered by the United Kingdom as part of the Allied occupation, later forming one of the three Western sectors that made up West Berlin.
  • E. Reichskommissariat Ostland
    Reichskommissariat Ostland was a Nazi German civilian occupation regime established during World War II to administer and exploit the Baltic states and parts of Belarus under harsh colonial and genocidal policies.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a494267b4c819088c97a59182bf56a completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bd10ccc481908d5bcef648aab3c1 completed March 1, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac764827b881908cd2bb1e11e179f3 completed March 7, 2026, 7:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac77ba5cf08190a80a9e35f99aa7c3 completed March 7, 2026, 7:08 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac781e4e5481909d56c790d46660ef completed March 7, 2026, 7:10 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:45 p.m.