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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.