Triple

T20659279
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Smârdan E507712 entity
Predicate location P40 FINISHED
Object Smârdan, near Vidin
Smârdan, near Vidin, is a village in northwestern Bulgaria on the Danube River, notable as the site of a significant battle during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878.
E1442787 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: Smârdan, near Vidin | Statement: [Battle of Smârdan, location, Smârdan, near Vidin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Smârdan, near Vidin
Context triple: [Battle of Smârdan, location, Smârdan, near Vidin]
  • A. Vidin
    Vidin is a historic city and river port in northwestern Bulgaria on the Danube, known for its medieval fortress and role as a regional center during the Second Bulgarian Empire.
  • B. Malko Tarnovo area
    Malko Tarnovo area is a region in southeastern Bulgaria known for its location in the Strandzha Mountains near the Turkish border and its rich natural and cultural heritage.
  • C. Velika, near Ohrid
    Velika, near Ohrid is a historical locality in the Ohrid region of present-day North Macedonia, known primarily as the place where the medieval scholar and saint Clement of Ohrid died.
  • D. Marko’s Towers near Prilep
    Marko’s Towers near Prilep is a medieval fortress complex in the Pelagonia region of North Macedonia, known for its dramatic hilltop ruins and historical association with the medieval ruler Prince Marko.
  • E. Voroneț village
    Voroneț village is a settlement in northeastern Romania best known as the home of the famous painted Voroneț Monastery, often called the “Sistine Chapel of the East.”
  • 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: Smârdan, near Vidin
Triple: [Battle of Smârdan, location, Smârdan, near Vidin]
Generated description
Smârdan, near Vidin, is a village in northwestern Bulgaria on the Danube River, notable as the site of a significant battle during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Smârdan, near Vidin
Target entity description: Smârdan, near Vidin, is a village in northwestern Bulgaria on the Danube River, notable as the site of a significant battle during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878.
  • A. Vidin
    Vidin is a historic city and river port in northwestern Bulgaria on the Danube, known for its medieval fortress and role as a regional center during the Second Bulgarian Empire.
  • B. Malko Tarnovo area
    Malko Tarnovo area is a region in southeastern Bulgaria known for its location in the Strandzha Mountains near the Turkish border and its rich natural and cultural heritage.
  • C. Velika, near Ohrid
    Velika, near Ohrid is a historical locality in the Ohrid region of present-day North Macedonia, known primarily as the place where the medieval scholar and saint Clement of Ohrid died.
  • D. Marko’s Towers near Prilep
    Marko’s Towers near Prilep is a medieval fortress complex in the Pelagonia region of North Macedonia, known for its dramatic hilltop ruins and historical association with the medieval ruler Prince Marko.
  • E. Voroneț village
    Voroneț village is a settlement in northeastern Romania best known as the home of the famous painted Voroneț Monastery, often called the “Sistine Chapel of the East.”
  • 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_69e0b4bf58c081908e52a4500e03ff83 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6b2eff7a88190be0bdea227616e02 completed April 20, 2026, 11:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08c59bcd4c8190925addae1e67c5b4 completed May 16, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08c6b50ea8819083ff85b85b2b6082 completed May 16, 2026, 7:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08c7bf78b48190936455734ecf055d completed May 16, 2026, 7:38 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:43 a.m.