Triple
T1358770
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Archimedes |
E29048
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Siege of Syracuse
The Siege of Syracuse was a major Roman military campaign during the Second Punic War, famous for the city’s prolonged resistance aided by Archimedes’ ingenious defensive war machines before its eventual capture in 212 BC.
|
E156212
|
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: Siege of Syracuse | Statement: [Archimedes, associatedWith, Siege of Syracuse]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Syracuse Context triple: [Archimedes, associatedWith, Siege of Syracuse]
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A.
Siege of Tyre
The Siege of Tyre was Alexander the Great’s famous 332 BC assault on the heavily fortified Phoenician island city, marked by the construction of a massive causeway and resulting in a decisive Macedonian victory that secured control of the eastern Mediterranean.
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B.
Sicilian Expedition
The Sicilian Expedition was a massive Athenian military campaign against Syracuse in Sicily (415–413 BCE) that ended in catastrophic defeat and marked a major turning point in the Peloponnesian War.
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C.
Siege of Segusio
The Siege of Segusio was a military engagement in 312 AD during Constantine the Great’s campaign against Maxentius in northern Italy, forming part of the civil war that culminated in the Battle of the Milvian Bridge.
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D.
Battle of Cannae
The Battle of Cannae was a major engagement in 216 BC during the Second Punic War in which Hannibal’s Carthaginian army annihilated a much larger Roman force, becoming one of history’s most famous examples of tactical encirclement.
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E.
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.
- 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: Siege of Syracuse Triple: [Archimedes, associatedWith, Siege of Syracuse]
Generated description
The Siege of Syracuse was a major Roman military campaign during the Second Punic War, famous for the city’s prolonged resistance aided by Archimedes’ ingenious defensive war machines before its eventual capture in 212 BC.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Syracuse Target entity description: The Siege of Syracuse was a major Roman military campaign during the Second Punic War, famous for the city’s prolonged resistance aided by Archimedes’ ingenious defensive war machines before its eventual capture in 212 BC.
-
A.
Siege of Tyre
The Siege of Tyre was Alexander the Great’s famous 332 BC assault on the heavily fortified Phoenician island city, marked by the construction of a massive causeway and resulting in a decisive Macedonian victory that secured control of the eastern Mediterranean.
-
B.
Sicilian Expedition
The Sicilian Expedition was a massive Athenian military campaign against Syracuse in Sicily (415–413 BCE) that ended in catastrophic defeat and marked a major turning point in the Peloponnesian War.
-
C.
Siege of Segusio
The Siege of Segusio was a military engagement in 312 AD during Constantine the Great’s campaign against Maxentius in northern Italy, forming part of the civil war that culminated in the Battle of the Milvian Bridge.
-
D.
Battle of Cannae
The Battle of Cannae was a major engagement in 216 BC during the Second Punic War in which Hannibal’s Carthaginian army annihilated a much larger Roman force, becoming one of history’s most famous examples of tactical encirclement.
-
E.
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.
- 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_69a498d77abc8190913bf57e5f51d2c4 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c28f5b988190b0be4504eabb919d |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acce701a84819094815ab6e8383b76 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:18 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69accf15d910819098e9a4b24247881b |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:21 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69accff8af488190a7580cf7c02ceed9 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:25 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:56 p.m.