Triple
T1414716
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of Tobruk (1942) |
E31886
|
entity |
| Predicate | capturedBy |
P4712
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Afrika Korps |
E9241
|
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: Afrika Korps | Statement: [Battle of Tobruk (1942), capturedBy, Afrika Korps]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Afrika Korps Context triple: [Battle of Tobruk (1942), capturedBy, Afrika Korps]
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A.
German Afrika Korps
chosen
The German Afrika Korps was the German expeditionary force in North Africa during World War II, best known for its campaigns under General Erwin Rommel against Allied forces.
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B.
Italian 8th Army
The Italian 8th Army was a major Royal Italian Army formation on the Eastern Front in World War II, best known for its devastating defeat alongside German forces during the Soviet offensives in the winter of 1942–1943.
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C.
Littorio Division
The Littorio Division was an Italian armoured division of the Royal Italian Army that fought in the Spanish Civil War and later in World War II as part of Italy’s fascist military forces.
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D.
Ariete Armoured Division
The Ariete Armoured Division was a prominent Italian armoured formation of World War II that fought in North Africa alongside German forces, notably in major battles such as those around Tobruk and El Alamein.
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E.
German-Italian Panzer Army
The German-Italian Panzer Army was a World War II Axis armored field army in North Africa, commanded for much of its existence by Erwin Rommel and known for its mobile desert warfare against British and Allied forces.
- 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_69a49919a994819086528951bc224775 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c3e5f9d08190861206934cd71fd8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad015cdc8881908887aa0fb0838145 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:55 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m.