Triple

T10086953
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator E215245 entity
Predicate conflict P12 FINISHED
Object Siege of Alexandria (47 BCE)
The Siege of Alexandria (47 BCE) was a key episode in Julius Caesar’s civil war, in which Caesar fought to secure control of Egypt and support Cleopatra VII against rival factions in the city.
E840825 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: Siege of Alexandria (47 BCE) | Statement: [Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator, conflict, Siege of Alexandria (47 BCE)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Alexandria (47 BCE)
Context triple: [Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator, conflict, Siege of Alexandria (47 BCE)]
  • A. Siege of Alexandria (168 BCE)
    The Siege of Alexandria (168 BCE) was a pivotal military confrontation in which the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes besieged the Ptolemaic capital of Egypt, prompting decisive Roman intervention that effectively ended his campaign and reshaped the balance of power in the Hellenistic world.
  • B. Battle of Alexandria (31 BC campaigns)
    The Battle of Alexandria (31 BC campaigns) was a key engagement in 31 BC during the final war of the Roman Republic, in which Octavian’s forces closed in on Mark Antony and Cleopatra in Egypt, setting the stage for their ultimate defeat and the rise of the Roman Empire under Augustus.
  • C. Siege of Alexandria (641–642)
    The Siege of Alexandria (641–642) was the decisive Rashidun Caliphate assault that captured Byzantine Egypt’s capital, ending centuries of Roman rule and securing Muslim control over the province.
  • D. Battle of Pelusium (170 BCE)
    The Battle of Pelusium (170 BCE) was a key clash between the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Seleucid Empire in the Sixth Syrian War, marking a major Seleucid victory that helped Antiochus IV temporarily dominate Egypt.
  • E. Battle of Actium
    The Battle of Actium was the decisive 31 BC naval confrontation in which Octavian defeated the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, paving the way for his sole rule and the emergence of the Roman Empire.
  • 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: Siege of Alexandria (47 BCE)
Triple: [Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator, conflict, Siege of Alexandria (47 BCE)]
Generated description
The Siege of Alexandria (47 BCE) was a key episode in Julius Caesar’s civil war, in which Caesar fought to secure control of Egypt and support Cleopatra VII against rival factions in the city.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Alexandria (47 BCE)
Target entity description: The Siege of Alexandria (47 BCE) was a key episode in Julius Caesar’s civil war, in which Caesar fought to secure control of Egypt and support Cleopatra VII against rival factions in the city.
  • A. Siege of Alexandria (168 BCE)
    The Siege of Alexandria (168 BCE) was a pivotal military confrontation in which the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes besieged the Ptolemaic capital of Egypt, prompting decisive Roman intervention that effectively ended his campaign and reshaped the balance of power in the Hellenistic world.
  • B. Battle of Alexandria (31 BC campaigns)
    The Battle of Alexandria (31 BC campaigns) was a key engagement in 31 BC during the final war of the Roman Republic, in which Octavian’s forces closed in on Mark Antony and Cleopatra in Egypt, setting the stage for their ultimate defeat and the rise of the Roman Empire under Augustus.
  • C. Siege of Alexandria (641–642)
    The Siege of Alexandria (641–642) was the decisive Rashidun Caliphate assault that captured Byzantine Egypt’s capital, ending centuries of Roman rule and securing Muslim control over the province.
  • D. Battle of Pelusium (170 BCE)
    The Battle of Pelusium (170 BCE) was a key clash between the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Seleucid Empire in the Sixth Syrian War, marking a major Seleucid victory that helped Antiochus IV temporarily dominate Egypt.
  • E. Battle of Actium
    The Battle of Actium was the decisive 31 BC naval confrontation in which Octavian defeated the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, paving the way for his sole rule and the emergence of the Roman Empire.
  • 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_69ca83a1eed081908b2e9580f2ebeea7 completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdd04745b48190a77c422eb76b6660 completed April 2, 2026, 2:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d2b68b4dbc8190b0ada78fb29feffd completed April 5, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d2b7901ea08190a48e984356bd3d71 completed April 5, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d2b8813f9c8190a85462efb7a0a517 completed April 5, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:01 p.m.