Triple

T8365974
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vaspurakan E197126 entity
Predicate capital P234 FINISHED
Object Ostan
Ostan was a historic city that served as the political and administrative center of the medieval Armenian region of Vaspurakan.
 E728071 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Ostan | Statement: [Vaspurakan, capital, Ostan]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ostan
Context triple: [Vaspurakan, capital, Ostan]
  • A. Oras
    Oras is a coastal municipality in the province of Eastern Samar in the Philippines, known for its rural communities and Pacific shoreline.
  • B. Dairen
    Dairen, now known as Dalian, is a major port city in northeastern China that historically served as an important strategic and commercial hub under various foreign leases and administrations.
  • C. Stad
    Stad is a coastal municipality and peninsula in Vestland county, Norway, known for its exposed headland and hazardous maritime waters.
  • D. Stolica
    Stolica is the highest peak of the Slovak Ore Mountains in central Slovakia, known for its forested slopes and scenic hiking routes.
  • E. Kota
    Kota is a major industrial and educational city in southeastern Rajasthan, India, known for its coaching institutes and power plants along the Chambal River.
  • 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: Ostan
Target entity description: Ostan was a historic city that served as the political and administrative center of the medieval Armenian region of Vaspurakan.
  • A. Oras
    Oras is a coastal municipality in the province of Eastern Samar in the Philippines, known for its rural communities and Pacific shoreline.
  • B. Dairen
    Dairen, now known as Dalian, is a major port city in northeastern China that historically served as an important strategic and commercial hub under various foreign leases and administrations.
  • C. Stad
    Stad is a coastal municipality and peninsula in Vestland county, Norway, known for its exposed headland and hazardous maritime waters.
  • D. Stolica
    Stolica is the highest peak of the Slovak Ore Mountains in central Slovakia, known for its forested slopes and scenic hiking routes.
  • E. Kota
    Kota is a major industrial and educational city in southeastern Rajasthan, India, known for its coaching institutes and power plants along the Chambal River.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Ostan
Triple: [Vaspurakan, capital, Ostan]
Generated description
Ostan was a historic city that served as the political and administrative center of the medieval Armenian region of Vaspurakan.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca82f2dbe48190aba982e75a0d94de elicitation completed
NER batch_69cb808bc22481909ce2f8b48cc95806 ner completed
NED1 batch_69cdc78c0c208190ba590c74512a4043 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69cdcd75714881908f0b069a94ee334f ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69cdcc88456c8190ba8613b4cbf40fbb nedg completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6 p.m.