Triple

T16835409
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Joint Investigation Team (MH17) E409261 entity
Predicate identifiedSuspect P21177 FINISHED
Object Igor Girkin
Igor Girkin, also known as Igor Strelkov, is a former Russian intelligence officer and separatist commander in eastern Ukraine who has been internationally implicated in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.
E1237390 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: Igor Girkin | Statement: [Joint Investigation Team (MH17), identifiedSuspect, Igor Girkin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Igor Girkin
Context triple: [Joint Investigation Team (MH17), identifiedSuspect, Igor Girkin]
  • A. Serhiy Arbuzov
    Serhiy Arbuzov is a Ukrainian politician and banker who briefly served as acting Prime Minister of Ukraine following the tenure of Mykola Azarov.
  • B. Alexander Zakharchenko
    Alexander Zakharchenko was a pro-Russian separatist leader who served as the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic during the war in eastern Ukraine.
  • C. Ihor
    Ihor is a Ukrainian given name, commonly considered the Ukrainian form of Igor.
  • D. Oleksiy
    Oleksiy is a common Ukrainian male given name, equivalent to Alexei or Alexey in Russian and Alexius in Latin.
  • E. Serhiy Kivalov
    Serhiy Kivalov is a Ukrainian politician and jurist known for his long-time role in Ukraine’s parliament and his influence over the country’s legal and electoral systems.
  • 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: Igor Girkin
Triple: [Joint Investigation Team (MH17), identifiedSuspect, Igor Girkin]
Generated description
Igor Girkin, also known as Igor Strelkov, is a former Russian intelligence officer and separatist commander in eastern Ukraine who has been internationally implicated in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Igor Girkin
Target entity description: Igor Girkin, also known as Igor Strelkov, is a former Russian intelligence officer and separatist commander in eastern Ukraine who has been internationally implicated in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.
  • A. Serhiy Arbuzov
    Serhiy Arbuzov is a Ukrainian politician and banker who briefly served as acting Prime Minister of Ukraine following the tenure of Mykola Azarov.
  • B. Alexander Zakharchenko
    Alexander Zakharchenko was a pro-Russian separatist leader who served as the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic during the war in eastern Ukraine.
  • C. Ihor
    Ihor is a Ukrainian given name, commonly considered the Ukrainian form of Igor.
  • D. Oleksiy
    Oleksiy is a common Ukrainian male given name, equivalent to Alexei or Alexey in Russian and Alexius in Latin.
  • E. Serhiy Kivalov
    Serhiy Kivalov is a Ukrainian politician and jurist known for his long-time role in Ukraine’s parliament and his influence over the country’s legal and electoral systems.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: identifiedSuspect
Context triple: [Joint Investigation Team (MH17), identifiedSuspect, Igor Girkin]
  • A. suspectedPerpetrator chosen
    Indicates that an entity is believed or alleged to be the person responsible for committing a particular harmful or illegal act.
  • B. isSuspiciousOf
    Indicates that one entity believes another entity or situation may be untrustworthy, harmful, or involved in wrongdoing.
  • C. questionedCharacter
    Indicates that one entity directed questions or an interrogation toward another entity.
  • D. rumoredIdentity
    Indicates that one entity is believed or speculated to be the identity of another, without confirmed or official verification.
  • E. identifiedUsing
    Indicates that one entity was recognized, distinguished, or determined by means of a specified method, tool, or identifier.
  • 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_69d883952b048190887740a980b712ed completed April 10, 2026, 4:59 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3b31aa44c8190b4f402f1898e6998 completed April 18, 2026, 4:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00bb15c9f48190a4d73bb08a15beb4 completed May 10, 2026, 5:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00bc4cdf8481909ad45b9c66234c9b completed May 10, 2026, 5:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00bcfcb434819092b85ce1debb9be8 completed May 10, 2026, 5:14 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69e32b87b4248190aaddb05e88452356 completed April 18, 2026, 6:58 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:23 a.m.