Triple

T14172210
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mercenary War E351235 entity
Predicate notableEvent P259 FINISHED
Object siege of Utica
The siege of Utica was a key early engagement during Carthage’s Mercenary War in the 3rd century BC, in which rebel mercenaries and their allies attempted to capture the strategically important city of Utica.
E1084746 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 Utica | Statement: [Mercenary War, notableEvent, siege of Utica]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: siege of Utica
Context triple: [Mercenary War, notableEvent, siege of Utica]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Siege of Perusia
    The Siege of Perusia was a key conflict in 41–40 BC during the Roman civil wars, in which Octavian besieged and captured the Italian city of Perusia, weakening his rivals Lucius Antonius and Fulvia and consolidating his path to power.
  • C. Battle of Utica (203 BC)
    The Battle of Utica (203 BC) was a Second Punic War engagement in North Africa in which Roman forces under Scipio Africanus defeated Carthaginian and Numidian troops, paving the way for Rome’s later victory at Zama.
  • D. Siege of Amisus
    The Siege of Amisus was a key Roman assault on the Pontic city of Amisus during the Third Mithridatic War, exemplifying Rome’s campaign to break King Mithridates VI’s power in Asia Minor.
  • E. siege of Castra Vetera
    The siege of Castra Vetera was a major engagement during the Batavian revolt (69–70 CE), in which rebel forces besieged a key Roman legionary fortress on the Rhine frontier in Germania Inferior.
  • 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 Utica
Triple: [Mercenary War, notableEvent, siege of Utica]
Generated description
The siege of Utica was a key early engagement during Carthage’s Mercenary War in the 3rd century BC, in which rebel mercenaries and their allies attempted to capture the strategically important city of Utica.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: siege of Utica
Target entity description: The siege of Utica was a key early engagement during Carthage’s Mercenary War in the 3rd century BC, in which rebel mercenaries and their allies attempted to capture the strategically important city of Utica.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Siege of Perusia
    The Siege of Perusia was a key conflict in 41–40 BC during the Roman civil wars, in which Octavian besieged and captured the Italian city of Perusia, weakening his rivals Lucius Antonius and Fulvia and consolidating his path to power.
  • C. Battle of Utica (203 BC)
    The Battle of Utica (203 BC) was a Second Punic War engagement in North Africa in which Roman forces under Scipio Africanus defeated Carthaginian and Numidian troops, paving the way for Rome’s later victory at Zama.
  • D. Siege of Amisus
    The Siege of Amisus was a key Roman assault on the Pontic city of Amisus during the Third Mithridatic War, exemplifying Rome’s campaign to break King Mithridates VI’s power in Asia Minor.
  • E. siege of Castra Vetera
    The siege of Castra Vetera was a major engagement during the Batavian revolt (69–70 CE), in which rebel forces besieged a key Roman legionary fortress on the Rhine frontier in Germania Inferior.
  • 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_69d8278834a08190b0f1784e58d7b99c completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de61b5dcbc8190b0cfcce5e6c6d582 completed April 14, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fcf808e6088190a607903be0f2adc7 completed May 7, 2026, 8:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd09bad5b48190913aaba5dd2a509d completed May 7, 2026, 9:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd0a7603848190a4b73971cb75f99e completed May 7, 2026, 9:56 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:01 a.m.