Algirdas
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Algirdas was a 14th-century Grand Duke of Lithuania who greatly expanded the state's territory and influence, making it one of the largest powers in medieval Europe.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Algirdas canonical | 17 |
| reign of Algirdas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2636689 — 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: Algirdas Context triple: [Grand Duchy of Lithuania, notableRuler, Algirdas]
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A.
Gediminas
Gediminas was a 14th-century Grand Duke who greatly expanded the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and laid the foundations for its rise as a major European power.
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B.
Mindaugas
Mindaugas was the 13th-century monarch who unified Lithuanian lands and became the first and only crowned King of Lithuania, laying the foundations of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
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C.
Vytautas the Great
Vytautas the Great was the Grand Duke of Lithuania (r. c. 1392–1430) who expanded the Grand Duchy to its greatest territorial extent and played a central role in Eastern European politics, including the Polish-Lithuanian union and conflicts with the Teutonic Order and the Golden Horde.
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D.
Jogaila
Jogaila, also known as Władysław II Jagiełło, was the Grand Duke of Lithuania who became King of Poland and co-founded the Polish–Lithuanian union that shaped Central and Eastern European politics in the late Middle Ages.
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E.
Simas
Simas is a surname most notably associated with David Simas, an American lawyer and former political advisor who served in the Obama administration.
- 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: Algirdas Target entity description: Algirdas was a 14th-century Grand Duke of Lithuania who greatly expanded the state's territory and influence, making it one of the largest powers in medieval Europe.
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A.
Gediminas
Gediminas was a 14th-century Grand Duke who greatly expanded the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and laid the foundations for its rise as a major European power.
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B.
Mindaugas
Mindaugas was the 13th-century monarch who unified Lithuanian lands and became the first and only crowned King of Lithuania, laying the foundations of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
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C.
Vytautas the Great
Vytautas the Great was the Grand Duke of Lithuania (r. c. 1392–1430) who expanded the Grand Duchy to its greatest territorial extent and played a central role in Eastern European politics, including the Polish-Lithuanian union and conflicts with the Teutonic Order and the Golden Horde.
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D.
Jogaila
Jogaila, also known as Władysław II Jagiełło, was the Grand Duke of Lithuania who became King of Poland and co-founded the Polish–Lithuanian union that shaped Central and Eastern European politics in the late Middle Ages.
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E.
Simas
Simas is a surname most notably associated with David Simas, an American lawyer and former political advisor who served in the Obama administration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
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
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Input
Subject: Algirdas Description of subject: Algirdas was a 14th-century Grand Duke of Lithuania who greatly expanded the state's territory and influence, making it one of the largest powers in medieval Europe.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Algirdas