Triple
T1300423
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of Alam el Halfa |
E27748
|
entity |
| Predicate | theatre |
P671
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Western Desert |
E25149
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Western Desert | Statement: [Battle of Alam el Halfa, theatre, Western Desert]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Desert Context triple: [Battle of Alam el Halfa, theatre, Western Desert]
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A.
Western Desert
chosen
The Western Desert is a sparsely populated arid region in northeastern Africa, primarily in Egypt and Libya, that was a major theater of combat during the North African Campaign of World War II.
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B.
Syrian Desert
The Syrian Desert is a vast arid plateau spanning parts of Syria, Iraq, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia, forming a major portion of the northern Arabian Desert region.
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C.
Nubian Desert
The Nubian Desert is a hyper-arid region of the eastern Sahara in northeastern Sudan and northern Eritrea, characterized by rocky plateaus, sand dunes, and sparse vegetation along the Nile.
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D.
Libyan Desert
The Libyan Desert is a harsh, arid expanse in the eastern Sahara, spanning parts of Libya and neighboring countries and characterized by vast sand seas, rocky plateaus, and extreme climatic conditions.
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E.
Sinai desert
The Sinai Desert is a vast arid peninsula in northeastern Egypt, historically significant as a crossroads between Africa and Asia and as a major site of biblical and early Christian monastic tradition.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a496d6682881909ba658f1c1e0e2b0 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c11314a48190ab4efb8b1acdce50 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acce5fa07c8190a410461d51ef1f3a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:18 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.