Triple
T12665935
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Forces Armées Zaïroises |
E302552
|
entity |
| Predicate | conflict |
P12
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Shaba II conflict
The Shaba II conflict was a 1978 armed invasion and brief war in Zaire’s mineral-rich Shaba (Katanga) province, involving Katangan rebels, the Zairian government, and foreign intervention, particularly by France and Belgium.
|
E999828
|
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: Shaba II conflict | Statement: [Forces Armées Zaïroises, conflict, Shaba II conflict]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shaba II conflict Context triple: [Forces Armées Zaïroises, conflict, Shaba II conflict]
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A.
Shaba I conflict
The Shaba I conflict was a 1977 armed invasion of Zaire’s Shaba (Katanga) province by exiled Katangan rebels that prompted a major international military intervention to support President Mobutu’s regime.
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B.
Ifni–Sahara War
The Ifni–Sahara War was a brief late-1950s conflict in which Spain fought Moroccan-backed insurgents over its colonial possessions of Ifni and parts of the Spanish Sahara in Northwest Africa.
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C.
War of Attrition
The War of Attrition was a protracted conflict between Egypt and Israel from 1967 to 1970, marked by sustained artillery duels, air battles, and commando raids along the Suez Canal following the Six-Day War.
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D.
Ogaden conflict
The Ogaden conflict is a long-running insurgency and counterinsurgency in Ethiopia’s Somali Region, primarily involving ethnic Somali separatists seeking self-determination and the Ethiopian state.
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E.
Saudi–Rashidi conflict
The Saudi–Rashidi conflict was a series of late 19th- and early 20th-century wars in the Arabian Peninsula between the House of Saud and the rival Rashidi dynasty that ultimately paved the way for the unification of Saudi Arabia under Ibn Saud.
- 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: Shaba II conflict Triple: [Forces Armées Zaïroises, conflict, Shaba II conflict]
Generated description
The Shaba II conflict was a 1978 armed invasion and brief war in Zaire’s mineral-rich Shaba (Katanga) province, involving Katangan rebels, the Zairian government, and foreign intervention, particularly by France and Belgium.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shaba II conflict Target entity description: The Shaba II conflict was a 1978 armed invasion and brief war in Zaire’s mineral-rich Shaba (Katanga) province, involving Katangan rebels, the Zairian government, and foreign intervention, particularly by France and Belgium.
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A.
Shaba I conflict
The Shaba I conflict was a 1977 armed invasion of Zaire’s Shaba (Katanga) province by exiled Katangan rebels that prompted a major international military intervention to support President Mobutu’s regime.
-
B.
Ifni–Sahara War
The Ifni–Sahara War was a brief late-1950s conflict in which Spain fought Moroccan-backed insurgents over its colonial possessions of Ifni and parts of the Spanish Sahara in Northwest Africa.
-
C.
War of Attrition
The War of Attrition was a protracted conflict between Egypt and Israel from 1967 to 1970, marked by sustained artillery duels, air battles, and commando raids along the Suez Canal following the Six-Day War.
-
D.
Ogaden conflict
The Ogaden conflict is a long-running insurgency and counterinsurgency in Ethiopia’s Somali Region, primarily involving ethnic Somali separatists seeking self-determination and the Ethiopian state.
-
E.
Saudi–Rashidi conflict
The Saudi–Rashidi conflict was a series of late 19th- and early 20th-century wars in the Arabian Peninsula between the House of Saud and the rival Rashidi dynasty that ultimately paved the way for the unification of Saudi Arabia under Ibn Saud.
- 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_69d7bded71a88190bb76e2413af9ea66 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9617e030881908444743b8a7e0d75 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f67c7527c4819096c49a12dcba3c1a |
completed | May 2, 2026, 10:36 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f67de172088190b055ace0fdcfd1fd |
completed | May 2, 2026, 10:42 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f67ed2eac88190938747d2c75bae86 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 10:46 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:19 p.m.