Triple

T10164738
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vandal conquest of North Africa (439 CE) E235177 entity
Predicate followedBy P78 FINISHED
Object Vandal raids in Western Mediterranean
Vandal raids in the Western Mediterranean were a series of 5th-century maritime attacks by the Vandal Kingdom that targeted Roman coastal cities and shipping, severely disrupting trade and weakening Western Roman control over the region.
E791633 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: Vandal raids in Western Mediterranean | Statement: [Vandal conquest of North Africa (439 CE), followedBy, Vandal raids in Western Mediterranean]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vandal raids in Western Mediterranean
Context triple: [Vandal conquest of North Africa (439 CE), followedBy, Vandal raids in Western Mediterranean]
  • A. Vandalic War in North Africa
    The Vandalic War in North Africa was a 6th-century Byzantine campaign under Emperor Justinian I that reconquered the Vandal Kingdom and restored imperial control over key western Mediterranean territories.
  • B. Roman–Vandal relations
    Roman–Vandal relations encompass the complex diplomatic, military, and political interactions between the Western Roman Empire and the Vandal Kingdom in North Africa during Late Antiquity.
  • C. Vandalic War (expedition of 468)
    The Vandalic War (expedition of 468) was a massive but ultimately disastrous Eastern Roman naval campaign launched under Emperor Leo I to overthrow the Vandal Kingdom in North Africa.
  • D. Sack of Rome 455 AD
    The Sack of Rome in 455 AD was a pivotal event in the decline of the Western Roman Empire, when the Vandal king Genseric led his forces in a two-week plundering of the city.
  • E. Vandal conquest of North Africa (439 CE)
    The Vandal conquest of North Africa in 439 CE was a pivotal event in which the Vandals seized the wealthy Roman provinces around Carthage, severely weakening Western Rome’s economic and military power and hastening its collapse.
  • 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: Vandal raids in Western Mediterranean
Triple: [Vandal conquest of North Africa (439 CE), followedBy, Vandal raids in Western Mediterranean]
Generated description
Vandal raids in the Western Mediterranean were a series of 5th-century maritime attacks by the Vandal Kingdom that targeted Roman coastal cities and shipping, severely disrupting trade and weakening Western Roman control over the region.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vandal raids in Western Mediterranean
Target entity description: Vandal raids in the Western Mediterranean were a series of 5th-century maritime attacks by the Vandal Kingdom that targeted Roman coastal cities and shipping, severely disrupting trade and weakening Western Roman control over the region.
  • A. Vandalic War in North Africa
    The Vandalic War in North Africa was a 6th-century Byzantine campaign under Emperor Justinian I that reconquered the Vandal Kingdom and restored imperial control over key western Mediterranean territories.
  • B. Roman–Vandal relations chosen
    Roman–Vandal relations encompass the complex diplomatic, military, and political interactions between the Western Roman Empire and the Vandal Kingdom in North Africa during Late Antiquity.
  • C. Vandalic War (expedition of 468)
    The Vandalic War (expedition of 468) was a massive but ultimately disastrous Eastern Roman naval campaign launched under Emperor Leo I to overthrow the Vandal Kingdom in North Africa.
  • D. Sack of Rome 455 AD
    The Sack of Rome in 455 AD was a pivotal event in the decline of the Western Roman Empire, when the Vandal king Genseric led his forces in a two-week plundering of the city.
  • E. Vandal conquest of North Africa (439 CE)
    The Vandal conquest of North Africa in 439 CE was a pivotal event in which the Vandals seized the wealthy Roman provinces around Carthage, severely weakening Western Rome’s economic and military power and hastening its collapse.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ca84ceafd0819085828600e11bed6b completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdec6b96dc8190ae37d0d28e4c393b completed April 2, 2026, 4:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d300d672fc8190ad5b937d02a737fd completed April 6, 2026, 12:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d30254aabc8190966a4398c59a851e completed April 6, 2026, 12:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d30305924c8190998cbefa372dca9a completed April 6, 2026, 12:49 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:10 p.m.