Irkutsk Oblast
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Irkutsk Oblast is a large federal subject of Russia in southeastern Siberia, known for its vast taiga landscapes, significant rivers, and proximity to Lake Baikal.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Irkutsk Oblast canonical | 134 |
| Irkutsk region | 5 |
| Eastern Irkutsk Oblast | 1 |
| Irkutsk Province | 1 |
| Northern Irkutsk Oblast | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T803083 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irkutsk Oblast Context triple: [Lena River, flowsThrough, Irkutsk Oblast]
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A.
Zabaykalsky Krai
Zabaykalsky Krai is a federal subject of Russia located in southeastern Siberia, bordering Mongolia and China and known for its vast, sparsely populated territory and rich mineral resources.
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B.
Amur Oblast
Amur Oblast is a federal subject of Russia located in the southeastern part of Siberia along the Amur River, bordering China and known for its resource-based economy and strategic position in the Russian Far East.
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C.
Khabarovsk Krai
Khabarovsk Krai is a large federal subject in Russia’s Far East, known for its vast wilderness, diverse landscapes, and significant natural resources.
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D.
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug is a resource-rich federal subject in northwestern Siberia, Russia, known for its large natural gas reserves and significant Indigenous Nenets population.
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E.
Arkhangelsk Oblast
Arkhangelsk Oblast is a large, sparsely populated region in northern Russia, known for its harsh Arctic climate, extensive forests, and historical role as a site of Soviet-era labor camps and deportations.
- 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: Irkutsk Oblast Target entity description: Irkutsk Oblast is a large federal subject of Russia in southeastern Siberia, known for its vast taiga landscapes, significant rivers, and proximity to Lake Baikal.
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A.
Zabaykalsky Krai
Zabaykalsky Krai is a federal subject of Russia located in southeastern Siberia, bordering Mongolia and China and known for its vast, sparsely populated territory and rich mineral resources.
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B.
Amur Oblast
Amur Oblast is a federal subject of Russia located in the southeastern part of Siberia along the Amur River, bordering China and known for its resource-based economy and strategic position in the Russian Far East.
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C.
Khabarovsk Krai
Khabarovsk Krai is a large federal subject in Russia’s Far East, known for its vast wilderness, diverse landscapes, and significant natural resources.
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D.
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug is a resource-rich federal subject in northwestern Siberia, Russia, known for its large natural gas reserves and significant Indigenous Nenets population.
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E.
Arkhangelsk Oblast
Arkhangelsk Oblast is a large, sparsely populated region in northern Russia, known for its harsh Arctic climate, extensive forests, and historical role as a site of Soviet-era labor camps and deportations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Irkutsk Oblast Description of subject: Irkutsk Oblast is a large federal subject of Russia in southeastern Siberia, known for its vast taiga landscapes, significant rivers, and proximity to Lake Baikal.
Referenced by (142)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Irkutsk Oblast
subject linked to:
Irkutsk, Russia
subject linked to:
Irkutsk, Russia
subject linked to:
Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
linked to: Irkutsk Oblast
linked to: Irkutsk Oblast
subject linked to:
Evenk Autonomous Okrug (historical)
linked to: Irkutsk Oblast