Triple

T11277008
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Edessa (260) E266961 entity
Predicate precededBy P97 FINISHED
Object Sasanian invasion of Roman Mesopotamia
The Sasanian invasion of Roman Mesopotamia was a major 3rd-century campaign in which the Sasanian Empire overran key Roman territories in Mesopotamia, setting the stage for the catastrophic Roman defeat and capture of Emperor Valerian.
E916381 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: Sasanian invasion of Roman Mesopotamia | Statement: [Battle of Edessa (260), precededBy, Sasanian invasion of Roman Mesopotamia]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sasanian invasion of Roman Mesopotamia
Context triple: [Battle of Edessa (260), precededBy, Sasanian invasion of Roman Mesopotamia]
  • A. Sasanian invasion of the Levant
    The Sasanian invasion of the Levant was a major early 7th-century Persian military campaign that overran key Byzantine territories in the Eastern Mediterranean, including much of Syria and Palestine, dramatically reshaping the region’s political and religious landscape.
  • B. Siege of Amida
    The Siege of Amida was a major 6th-century confrontation in which Sasanian Persian forces captured the fortified Byzantine city of Amida, highlighting the intense struggle for control in the eastern frontier during Justinian’s reign.
  • C. Parthian invasion
    The Parthian invasion was a 1st-century BCE military intervention by the Parthian Empire into Judea that reshaped the region’s political landscape and contributed to the downfall of Hasmonean ruler Hyrcanus II.
  • D. Siege of Ctesiphon
    The Siege of Ctesiphon was a pivotal early 7th-century battle in which Rashidun forces captured the Sasanian capital, hastening the collapse of the Persian Empire and consolidating Muslim control over Mesopotamia.
  • E. Arab–Sasanian wars
    The Arab–Sasanian wars were a series of 7th-century conflicts in which the early Islamic Arab armies fought and ultimately toppled the Sasanian Empire, leading to the Muslim conquest of Persia.
  • 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: Sasanian invasion of Roman Mesopotamia
Triple: [Battle of Edessa (260), precededBy, Sasanian invasion of Roman Mesopotamia]
Generated description
The Sasanian invasion of Roman Mesopotamia was a major 3rd-century campaign in which the Sasanian Empire overran key Roman territories in Mesopotamia, setting the stage for the catastrophic Roman defeat and capture of Emperor Valerian.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sasanian invasion of Roman Mesopotamia
Target entity description: The Sasanian invasion of Roman Mesopotamia was a major 3rd-century campaign in which the Sasanian Empire overran key Roman territories in Mesopotamia, setting the stage for the catastrophic Roman defeat and capture of Emperor Valerian.
  • A. Sasanian invasion of the Levant
    The Sasanian invasion of the Levant was a major early 7th-century Persian military campaign that overran key Byzantine territories in the Eastern Mediterranean, including much of Syria and Palestine, dramatically reshaping the region’s political and religious landscape.
  • B. Siege of Amida
    The Siege of Amida was a major 6th-century confrontation in which Sasanian Persian forces captured the fortified Byzantine city of Amida, highlighting the intense struggle for control in the eastern frontier during Justinian’s reign.
  • C. Parthian invasion
    The Parthian invasion was a 1st-century BCE military intervention by the Parthian Empire into Judea that reshaped the region’s political landscape and contributed to the downfall of Hasmonean ruler Hyrcanus II.
  • D. Siege of Ctesiphon
    The Siege of Ctesiphon was a pivotal early 7th-century battle in which Rashidun forces captured the Sasanian capital, hastening the collapse of the Persian Empire and consolidating Muslim control over Mesopotamia.
  • E. Arab–Sasanian wars
    The Arab–Sasanian wars were a series of 7th-century conflicts in which the early Islamic Arab armies fought and ultimately toppled the Sasanian Empire, leading to the Muslim conquest of Persia.
  • 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_69d6aac8c2f48190ad0596f1f89f0470 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7e967ebb4819080b09ed3cec44e77 completed April 9, 2026, 6:01 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e4f455f0bc8190994c57264f775f60 completed April 19, 2026, 3:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e4f95be4b08190bebb2078406cb7ba completed April 19, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e4ff5881b8819080f9662a0c2d486d completed April 19, 2026, 4:14 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:31 p.m.