Triple
T1240028
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | al-Qaeda |
E26636
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableAttack |
P18213
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
1998 United States embassy bombings
The 1998 United States embassy bombings were coordinated truck bomb attacks on the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed hundreds of people and marked one of al-Qaeda’s earliest large-scale international terrorist operations.
|
E142257
|
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: 1998 United States embassy bombings | Statement: [al-Qaeda, notableAttack, 1998 United States embassy bombings]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1998 United States embassy bombings Context triple: [al-Qaeda, notableAttack, 1998 United States embassy bombings]
-
A.
Lockerbie bombing diplomatic crisis
The Lockerbie bombing diplomatic crisis was the prolonged international standoff in the 1990s and early 2000s over Libya’s responsibility for the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombing, involving UN sanctions, negotiations over suspects’ trials, and eventual compensation agreements.
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B.
Centennial Olympic Park bombing
The Centennial Olympic Park bombing was a domestic terrorist attack during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in which a pipe bomb exploded in a public gathering area, killing two people and injuring over a hundred others.
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C.
Mayaguez incident
The Mayaguez incident was a 1975 confrontation between the United States and Cambodia in which U.S. forces attempted to rescue the crew of the seized American merchant ship SS Mayaguez, often regarded as one of the last official battles of the Vietnam War era.
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D.
Iranian Embassy siege
The Iranian Embassy siege was a 1980 hostage crisis in London that ended with a high-profile counterterrorism assault by the British Special Air Service (SAS), broadcast live on television.
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E.
September 11 attacks
The September 11 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist hijackings and suicide attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against targets in the United States in 2001, resulting in massive loss of life and global political and security repercussions.
- 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: 1998 United States embassy bombings Triple: [al-Qaeda, notableAttack, 1998 United States embassy bombings]
Generated description
The 1998 United States embassy bombings were coordinated truck bomb attacks on the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed hundreds of people and marked one of al-Qaeda’s earliest large-scale international terrorist operations.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1998 United States embassy bombings Target entity description: The 1998 United States embassy bombings were coordinated truck bomb attacks on the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed hundreds of people and marked one of al-Qaeda’s earliest large-scale international terrorist operations.
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A.
Lockerbie bombing diplomatic crisis
The Lockerbie bombing diplomatic crisis was the prolonged international standoff in the 1990s and early 2000s over Libya’s responsibility for the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombing, involving UN sanctions, negotiations over suspects’ trials, and eventual compensation agreements.
-
B.
Centennial Olympic Park bombing
The Centennial Olympic Park bombing was a domestic terrorist attack during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in which a pipe bomb exploded in a public gathering area, killing two people and injuring over a hundred others.
-
C.
Mayaguez incident
The Mayaguez incident was a 1975 confrontation between the United States and Cambodia in which U.S. forces attempted to rescue the crew of the seized American merchant ship SS Mayaguez, often regarded as one of the last official battles of the Vietnam War era.
-
D.
Iranian Embassy siege
The Iranian Embassy siege was a 1980 hostage crisis in London that ended with a high-profile counterterrorism assault by the British Special Air Service (SAS), broadcast live on television.
-
E.
September 11 attacks
The September 11 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist hijackings and suicide attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against targets in the United States in 2001, resulting in massive loss of life and global political and security repercussions.
- 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_69a4948689d08190b3a4a3f388c02148 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bf41c5d08190b07adbdb24d35a76 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:35 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac8f79afe08190802dd615f01e303d |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:50 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac90277d2481908d358bf3f8fdbdca |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:52 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac9080f4748190a2313bede48d3404 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:54 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.