Triple

T13111156
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject British Western Desert Force E310972 entity
Predicate engagement P1256 FINISHED
Object Battle of Beda Fomm E272425 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Battle of Beda Fomm | Statement: [British Western Desert Force, engagement, Battle of Beda Fomm]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Battle of Beda Fomm
Context triple: [British Western Desert Force, engagement, Battle of Beda Fomm]
  • A. Battle of Beda Fomm chosen
    The Battle of Beda Fomm was a decisive 1941 engagement in the Western Desert Campaign of World War II, where British forces encircled and destroyed a large part of the Italian Tenth Army during its retreat in Libya.
  • B. Battle of Tel el Khuweilfe
    The Battle of Tel el Khuweilfe was a World War I engagement in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in late 1917, where British Empire forces clashed with Ottoman troops in the rugged hills northeast of Beersheba as part of the wider push toward Jerusalem.
  • C. Battle of Wadi Akarit
    The Battle of Wadi Akarit was a World War II engagement in April 1943 in Tunisia, where Allied forces broke through Axis defensive positions as part of the North African campaign.
  • D. Battle of Halfaya Pass
    The Battle of Halfaya Pass was a 1941 North African desert engagement between Axis and British Commonwealth forces for control of a key coastal pass on the Egypt–Libya border during World War II.
  • E. Battle of Bir Hakeim
    The Battle of Bir Hakeim was a pivotal 1942 North African engagement in which Free French forces held off Axis troops in the Libyan desert, significantly delaying the advance toward Egypt.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d806a872d08190a329806f8ff30df4 elicitation completed
NER batch_69d9817e4f408190b77c198b4157d77a ner completed
NED1 batch_69f6f5d205408190883b67739d5efaa7 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:05 p.m.