Triple

T1414717
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Tobruk (1942) E31886 entity
Predicate defendedBy P957 FINISHED
Object South African 2nd Division
The South African 2nd Division was a World War II infantry division of the South African Army that served in the North African campaign and suffered heavy losses when it was captured at Tobruk in 1942.
E162849 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: South African 2nd Division | Statement: [Battle of Tobruk (1942), defendedBy, South African 2nd Division]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South African 2nd Division
Context triple: [Battle of Tobruk (1942), defendedBy, South African 2nd Division]
  • A. 1st South African Division
    The 1st South African Division was a World War II infantry division of the South African Army that fought with the British Eighth Army in the North African campaign.
  • B. South African Army
    The South African Army is the land warfare branch of South Africa’s military, known for its role in regional African conflicts and peacekeeping operations.
  • C. Africa II Division
    The Africa II Division is a regional unit within the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs responsible for political analysis, conflict prevention, and peacebuilding support in specific African countries.
  • D. Armed Forces of South Africa
    The Armed Forces of South Africa are the unified military forces of the Republic of South Africa, responsible for the country’s defense, peacekeeping operations, and regional security engagements.
  • E. Boer forces
    Boer forces were the predominantly mounted, guerrilla-style republican commandos of the South African Boers that fought against the British Empire during the Anglo-Boer Wars.
  • 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: South African 2nd Division
Triple: [Battle of Tobruk (1942), defendedBy, South African 2nd Division]
Generated description
The South African 2nd Division was a World War II infantry division of the South African Army that served in the North African campaign and suffered heavy losses when it was captured at Tobruk in 1942.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South African 2nd Division
Target entity description: The South African 2nd Division was a World War II infantry division of the South African Army that served in the North African campaign and suffered heavy losses when it was captured at Tobruk in 1942.
  • A. 1st South African Division
    The 1st South African Division was a World War II infantry division of the South African Army that fought with the British Eighth Army in the North African campaign.
  • B. South African Army
    The South African Army is the land warfare branch of South Africa’s military, known for its role in regional African conflicts and peacekeeping operations.
  • C. Africa II Division
    The Africa II Division is a regional unit within the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs responsible for political analysis, conflict prevention, and peacebuilding support in specific African countries.
  • D. Armed Forces of South Africa
    The Armed Forces of South Africa are the unified military forces of the Republic of South Africa, responsible for the country’s defense, peacekeeping operations, and regional security engagements.
  • E. Boer forces
    Boer forces were the predominantly mounted, guerrilla-style republican commandos of the South African Boers that fought against the British Empire during the Anglo-Boer Wars.
  • 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_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_69ace5812abc819091894509e9d6bd77 completed March 8, 2026, 2:57 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ace95beb64819081f6f169c86105fd completed March 8, 2026, 3:13 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ace9bd8fcc8190b25515f2ba1284c0 completed March 8, 2026, 3:15 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m.