Triple
T1240941
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lebanese Civil War |
E26655
|
entity |
| Predicate | significantEvent |
P259
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Syrian siege of Zahle
The Syrian siege of Zahle was a major 1980–1981 military encirclement and bombardment of the predominantly Christian town of Zahle by Syrian forces during the Lebanese Civil War, aimed at crushing anti-Syrian militias and consolidating Syrian control in Lebanon.
|
E143020
|
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: Syrian siege of Zahle | Statement: [Lebanese Civil War, significantEvent, Syrian siege of Zahle]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Syrian siege of Zahle Context triple: [Lebanese Civil War, significantEvent, Syrian siege of Zahle]
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A.
Siege of Homs
The Siege of Homs was a prolonged and devastating battle in the Syrian Civil War in which government forces encircled and heavily bombarded opposition-held districts of the city, causing extensive destruction and civilian casualties.
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B.
Siege of Samaria
The Siege of Samaria was the decisive Assyrian military campaign in 722 BCE that led to the fall of the capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel and the exile of much of its population.
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C.
Battle of Deir ez-Zor
The Battle of Deir ez-Zor was a World War II engagement in 1941 in eastern Syria, where Allied forces fought Vichy French troops as part of the campaign to secure the Levant.
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D.
Siege of Jaffa
The Siege of Jaffa was a major 1799 engagement during Napoleon Bonaparte’s Middle Eastern campaign, marked by a brutal French assault on the Ottoman-held port city and subsequent controversial massacres.
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E.
Battle of Marj Dabiq
The Battle of Marj Dabiq was a decisive 1516 conflict in which the Ottoman Empire defeated the Mamluk Sultanate, paving the way for Ottoman control over Syria and Egypt.
- 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: Syrian siege of Zahle Triple: [Lebanese Civil War, significantEvent, Syrian siege of Zahle]
Generated description
The Syrian siege of Zahle was a major 1980–1981 military encirclement and bombardment of the predominantly Christian town of Zahle by Syrian forces during the Lebanese Civil War, aimed at crushing anti-Syrian militias and consolidating Syrian control in Lebanon.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Syrian siege of Zahle Target entity description: The Syrian siege of Zahle was a major 1980–1981 military encirclement and bombardment of the predominantly Christian town of Zahle by Syrian forces during the Lebanese Civil War, aimed at crushing anti-Syrian militias and consolidating Syrian control in Lebanon.
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A.
Siege of Homs
The Siege of Homs was a prolonged and devastating battle in the Syrian Civil War in which government forces encircled and heavily bombarded opposition-held districts of the city, causing extensive destruction and civilian casualties.
-
B.
Siege of Samaria
The Siege of Samaria was the decisive Assyrian military campaign in 722 BCE that led to the fall of the capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel and the exile of much of its population.
-
C.
Battle of Deir ez-Zor
The Battle of Deir ez-Zor was a World War II engagement in 1941 in eastern Syria, where Allied forces fought Vichy French troops as part of the campaign to secure the Levant.
-
D.
Siege of Jaffa
The Siege of Jaffa was a major 1799 engagement during Napoleon Bonaparte’s Middle Eastern campaign, marked by a brutal French assault on the Ottoman-held port city and subsequent controversial massacres.
-
E.
Battle of Marj Dabiq
The Battle of Marj Dabiq was a decisive 1516 conflict in which the Ottoman Empire defeated the Mamluk Sultanate, paving the way for Ottoman control over Syria and Egypt.
- 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_69a4bf4343e48190a232abd8475880a0 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:35 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac93c186fc8190a353c8f0a90ce273 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 9:08 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac94abbd748190851f3d53ec909494 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 9:12 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac9506ec5481909014834364f4e7f7 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 9:13 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.