Triple

T11342960
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject First Anglo-Afghan War E268645 entity
Predicate notableEvent P259 FINISHED
Object retreat from Kabul
The retreat from Kabul was a disastrous 1842 withdrawal of British-led forces during the First Anglo-Afghan War, in which nearly the entire column was annihilated while attempting to escape through the Afghan mountains.
E920539 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: retreat from Kabul | Statement: [First Anglo-Afghan War, notableEvent, retreat from Kabul]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: retreat from Kabul
Context triple: [First Anglo-Afghan War, notableEvent, retreat from Kabul]
  • A. Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan
    The Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan was the 1988–1989 military pullout of Soviet forces that ended their decade-long intervention and marked a major turning point in the late Cold War.
  • B. Mujahideen takeover of Kabul
    The Mujahideen takeover of Kabul in 1992 was the capture of Afghanistan’s capital by anti-communist guerrilla factions, marking the collapse of the Soviet-backed government and the start of a new phase of civil war.
  • C. Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan (2020–2021)
    The Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan (2020–2021) was the final phase of the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, culminating in the rapid collapse of the Afghan government and the Taliban’s return to power after nearly two decades of war.
  • D. Tora Bora
    Tora Bora is a rugged cave-filled mountain complex in eastern Afghanistan that became notorious as a stronghold and last major redoubt of al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden during the early stages of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan.
  • E. Farewell Kabul
    Farewell Kabul is a non-fiction book by British journalist Christina Lamb that chronicles the history, politics, and human stories behind the West’s long involvement in Afghanistan.
  • 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: retreat from Kabul
Triple: [First Anglo-Afghan War, notableEvent, retreat from Kabul]
Generated description
The retreat from Kabul was a disastrous 1842 withdrawal of British-led forces during the First Anglo-Afghan War, in which nearly the entire column was annihilated while attempting to escape through the Afghan mountains.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: retreat from Kabul
Target entity description: The retreat from Kabul was a disastrous 1842 withdrawal of British-led forces during the First Anglo-Afghan War, in which nearly the entire column was annihilated while attempting to escape through the Afghan mountains.
  • A. Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan
    The Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan was the 1988–1989 military pullout of Soviet forces that ended their decade-long intervention and marked a major turning point in the late Cold War.
  • B. Mujahideen takeover of Kabul
    The Mujahideen takeover of Kabul in 1992 was the capture of Afghanistan’s capital by anti-communist guerrilla factions, marking the collapse of the Soviet-backed government and the start of a new phase of civil war.
  • C. Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan (2020–2021)
    The Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan (2020–2021) was the final phase of the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, culminating in the rapid collapse of the Afghan government and the Taliban’s return to power after nearly two decades of war.
  • D. Tora Bora
    Tora Bora is a rugged cave-filled mountain complex in eastern Afghanistan that became notorious as a stronghold and last major redoubt of al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden during the early stages of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan.
  • E. Farewell Kabul
    Farewell Kabul is a non-fiction book by British journalist Christina Lamb that chronicles the history, politics, and human stories behind the West’s long involvement in Afghanistan.
  • 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_69d6aacb1f0881908c84a349fd1be047 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7ea1e360c8190a02d1e2d1d6f4b5d completed April 9, 2026, 6:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e5435f4e288190b9b0029dc35bf2c5 completed April 19, 2026, 9:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e5474aad3481909c1afb385cb5889b completed April 19, 2026, 9:21 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e54edb9ac08190a760de11857e791c completed April 19, 2026, 9:53 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:33 p.m.