Triple

T16634538
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Russo-Polish wars E404163 entity
Predicate involves P1256 FINISHED
Object sieges of Smolensk
The sieges of Smolensk were a series of major early modern military campaigns in and around the strategic city of Smolensk, fought primarily between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Muscovy/Russia for control of the eastern borderlands.
E1224147 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: sieges of Smolensk | Statement: [Russo-Polish wars, involves, sieges of Smolensk]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: sieges of Smolensk
Context triple: [Russo-Polish wars, involves, sieges of Smolensk]
  • A. Siege of Smolensk (1654)
    The Siege of Smolensk (1654) was a major early campaign in which Tsarist Russian forces captured the strategic fortress city of Smolensk from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Russo-Polish War of 1654–1667.
  • B. siege of Smolensk (1632–1633)
    The siege of Smolensk (1632–1633) was a major early 17th-century confrontation in which Muscovite forces unsuccessfully attempted to capture the heavily fortified Polish–Lithuanian city of Smolensk.
  • C. Siege of Smolensk (1609–1611)
    The Siege of Smolensk (1609–1611) was a major early 17th-century conflict in which Polish–Lithuanian forces besieged and captured the Russian fortress city of Smolensk during the Polish–Muscovite War, significantly weakening the Tsardom of Russia.
  • D. Battle of Smolensk
    The Battle of Smolensk was a major 1812 engagement during Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, in which French and Russian forces clashed fiercely over the strategic city of Smolensk, setting the stage for the later Battle of Borodino.
  • E. Siege of Moscow (1382)
    The Siege of Moscow (1382) was a devastating Golden Horde assault led by Khan Tokhtamysh that captured and sacked Moscow, reasserting Mongol dominance over the Rus' principalities.
  • 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: sieges of Smolensk
Triple: [Russo-Polish wars, involves, sieges of Smolensk]
Generated description
The sieges of Smolensk were a series of major early modern military campaigns in and around the strategic city of Smolensk, fought primarily between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Muscovy/Russia for control of the eastern borderlands.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: sieges of Smolensk
Target entity description: The sieges of Smolensk were a series of major early modern military campaigns in and around the strategic city of Smolensk, fought primarily between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Muscovy/Russia for control of the eastern borderlands.
  • A. Siege of Smolensk (1654)
    The Siege of Smolensk (1654) was a major early campaign in which Tsarist Russian forces captured the strategic fortress city of Smolensk from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Russo-Polish War of 1654–1667.
  • B. siege of Smolensk (1632–1633)
    The siege of Smolensk (1632–1633) was a major early 17th-century confrontation in which Muscovite forces unsuccessfully attempted to capture the heavily fortified Polish–Lithuanian city of Smolensk.
  • C. Siege of Smolensk (1609–1611)
    The Siege of Smolensk (1609–1611) was a major early 17th-century conflict in which Polish–Lithuanian forces besieged and captured the Russian fortress city of Smolensk during the Polish–Muscovite War, significantly weakening the Tsardom of Russia.
  • D. Battle of Smolensk
    The Battle of Smolensk was a major 1812 engagement during Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, in which French and Russian forces clashed fiercely over the strategic city of Smolensk, setting the stage for the later Battle of Borodino.
  • E. Siege of Moscow (1382)
    The Siege of Moscow (1382) was a devastating Golden Horde assault led by Khan Tokhtamysh that captured and sacked Moscow, reasserting Mongol dominance over the Rus' principalities.
  • 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_69d8838a41f08190b0c3f79c47df5078 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e378e8a76c8190bf08e6f6dec63c50 completed April 18, 2026, 12:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a007dc05bd881909c6b2e0d95622aa1 completed May 10, 2026, 12:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a007e1909b88190ad2587b5d5433e2e completed May 10, 2026, 12:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a007eda229c8190a6b99400141cf0b6 completed May 10, 2026, 12:49 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:17 a.m.