Triple

T151515
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject federal city of Sevastopol (within Russia, de facto) E3440 entity
Predicate annexationEvent P1701 FINISHED
Object Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
The Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation was the 2014 takeover and incorporation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula into Russia, following a disputed referendum widely condemned as illegal under international law.
E18684 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation | Statement: [federal city of Sevastopol (within Russia, de facto), annexationEvent, Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
Context triple: [federal city of Sevastopol (within Russia, de facto), annexationEvent, Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation]
  • A. Russian election protests 2011
    The Russian election protests of 2011 were a large wave of demonstrations across Russia challenging alleged fraud in the parliamentary elections and expressing broader opposition to Vladimir Putin’s rule.
  • B. Russo-Georgian War 2008
    The Russo-Georgian War of 2008 was a brief but intense armed conflict between Russia and Georgia over the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, marking a major post-Soviet confrontation that reshaped security dynamics in the Caucasus.
  • C. Crimea
    Crimea is a strategically important peninsula on the northern coast of the Black Sea, historically contested and known for its geopolitical significance and role in major events such as World War II diplomacy.
  • D. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
    The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a 1918 peace agreement in which Bolshevik Russia exited World War I by ceding vast territories to the Central Powers, profoundly reshaping Eastern Europe and influencing the course of the Russian Civil War.
  • E. Kerch
    Kerch is a historic port city in eastern Crimea, strategically located on the Kerch Strait linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
  • 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: Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
Triple: [federal city of Sevastopol (within Russia, de facto), annexationEvent, Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation]
Generated description
The Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation was the 2014 takeover and incorporation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula into Russia, following a disputed referendum widely condemned as illegal under international law.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
Target entity description: The Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation was the 2014 takeover and incorporation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula into Russia, following a disputed referendum widely condemned as illegal under international law.
  • A. Russian election protests 2011
    The Russian election protests of 2011 were a large wave of demonstrations across Russia challenging alleged fraud in the parliamentary elections and expressing broader opposition to Vladimir Putin’s rule.
  • B. Russo-Georgian War 2008
    The Russo-Georgian War of 2008 was a brief but intense armed conflict between Russia and Georgia over the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, marking a major post-Soviet confrontation that reshaped security dynamics in the Caucasus.
  • C. Crimea
    Crimea is a strategically important peninsula on the northern coast of the Black Sea, historically contested and known for its geopolitical significance and role in major events such as World War II diplomacy.
  • D. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
    The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a 1918 peace agreement in which Bolshevik Russia exited World War I by ceding vast territories to the Central Powers, profoundly reshaping Eastern Europe and influencing the course of the Russian Civil War.
  • E. Kerch
    Kerch is a historic port city in eastern Crimea, strategically located on the Kerch Strait linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: annexationEvent
Context triple: [federal city of Sevastopol (within Russia, de facto), annexationEvent, Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation]
  • A. territorialChange chosen
    Indicates a change in control or ownership of geographic territory from one entity to another, often as a result of political, legal, or military events.
  • B. annexedBy
    Indicates that one entity has been incorporated into and brought under the control or sovereignty of another entity.
  • C. countryOccupied
    Indicates that one country has taken control of and is occupying the territory of another country, typically through military or coercive means.
  • D. invasionDate
    Indicates the date on which an invasion event occurred or began.
  • E. occupyingPower
    Indicates that one entity holds military or political control over a territory that it does not legally own, typically as an occupying authority.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a252868de4819080e21c9938bfe8b6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:27 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2580f55a88190b37b54ee0ed5ac7c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2c93bbd508190b81527bd95c6e5f4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2c9c0108481908539e3d682278e21 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2cd77c5b88190900911eaa7782651 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:11 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a2565adaf48190b68ae4444ff83ccd completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:43 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.