Triple

T1516192
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Alma E32123 entity
Predicate notableUnit P304 FINISHED
Object French Zouaves
The French Zouaves were elite light infantry units of the French Army, originally recruited from North African populations, renowned for their distinctive uniforms, agility, and bravery in 19th-century colonial and European wars.
E173731 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: French Zouaves | Statement: [Battle of Alma, notableUnit, French Zouaves]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French Zouaves
Context triple: [Battle of Alma, notableUnit, French Zouaves]
  • A. French Moroccan Goumiers
    The French Moroccan Goumiers were elite colonial mountain infantry from Morocco serving in the French Army, renowned for their rugged combat effectiveness in difficult terrain during World War II and other conflicts.
  • B. French Army of Africa
    The French Army of Africa was the collective term for France’s colonial land forces in North Africa, composed largely of indigenous and European troops and active in numerous campaigns from the 19th century through World War II.
  • C. French Foreign Legion
    The French Foreign Legion is an elite military unit of the French Army composed of foreign volunteers, renowned for its rigorous training, strict discipline, and deployment in some of France’s most demanding overseas and combat operations.
  • D. French Imperial Guard
    The French Imperial Guard was an elite military formation of Napoleon Bonaparte’s army, renowned for its battlefield prowess, strict discipline, and role as the emperor’s personal guard and strategic reserve.
  • E. French Fusiliers Marins
    The French Fusiliers Marins are elite French naval infantry troops specializing in the protection of naval bases, ships, and strategic maritime facilities, as well as expeditionary and amphibious operations.
  • 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: French Zouaves
Triple: [Battle of Alma, notableUnit, French Zouaves]
Generated description
The French Zouaves were elite light infantry units of the French Army, originally recruited from North African populations, renowned for their distinctive uniforms, agility, and bravery in 19th-century colonial and European wars.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French Zouaves
Target entity description: The French Zouaves were elite light infantry units of the French Army, originally recruited from North African populations, renowned for their distinctive uniforms, agility, and bravery in 19th-century colonial and European wars.
  • A. French Moroccan Goumiers
    The French Moroccan Goumiers were elite colonial mountain infantry from Morocco serving in the French Army, renowned for their rugged combat effectiveness in difficult terrain during World War II and other conflicts.
  • B. French Army of Africa
    The French Army of Africa was the collective term for France’s colonial land forces in North Africa, composed largely of indigenous and European troops and active in numerous campaigns from the 19th century through World War II.
  • C. French Foreign Legion
    The French Foreign Legion is an elite military unit of the French Army composed of foreign volunteers, renowned for its rigorous training, strict discipline, and deployment in some of France’s most demanding overseas and combat operations.
  • D. French Imperial Guard
    The French Imperial Guard was an elite military formation of Napoleon Bonaparte’s army, renowned for its battlefield prowess, strict discipline, and role as the emperor’s personal guard and strategic reserve.
  • E. French Fusiliers Marins
    The French Fusiliers Marins are elite French naval infantry troops specializing in the protection of naval bases, ships, and strategic maritime facilities, as well as expeditionary and amphibious operations.
  • 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_69a885e8caf88190a5fbb6159ce87786 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa61f688148190bcc7c14372ce5bd1 completed March 6, 2026, 5:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad294b16e481908a0b3cf7fd774caa completed March 8, 2026, 7:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad29f4edc48190b78a6df091e289ab completed March 8, 2026, 7:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad2a78b9608190b70f8d0ae531618d completed March 8, 2026, 7:51 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:26 p.m.