Triple

T15181774
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wars of Alexander the Great E362763 entity
Predicate conflict P12 FINISHED
Object Siege of Thebes (335 BCE)
The Siege of Thebes (335 BCE) was Alexander the Great’s brutal assault and destruction of the rebellious Greek city of Thebes, serving as a decisive demonstration of his power early in his campaigns.
E1141511 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 Thebes (335 BCE) | Statement: [Wars of Alexander the Great, conflict, Siege of Thebes (335 BCE)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Thebes (335 BCE)
Context triple: [Wars of Alexander the Great, conflict, Siege of Thebes (335 BCE)]
  • A. Siege of Alexandria (168 BCE)
    The Siege of Alexandria (168 BCE) was a pivotal military confrontation in which the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes besieged the Ptolemaic capital of Egypt, prompting decisive Roman intervention that effectively ended his campaign and reshaped the balance of power in the Hellenistic world.
  • B. Battle of Amphipolis
    The Battle of Amphipolis was a decisive 422 BC clash in the Peloponnesian War in which the Spartan general Brasidas defeated the Athenians but was killed along with Athenian leader Cleon, paving the way for the Peace of Nicias.
  • C. Battle of Orchomenus (352 BCE)
    The Battle of Orchomenus (352 BCE) was a decisive victory by Philip II of Macedon over the Phocians that marked a turning point in Macedonian dominance in central Greece during the Third Sacred War.
  • D. Siege of Tarentum (272 BCE)
    The Siege of Tarentum (272 BCE) was a decisive Roman capture of the Greek city of Tarentum that effectively ended major Greek resistance in southern Italy and consolidated Roman dominance over the region.
  • E. Siege of Babylon (331 BC)
    The Siege of Babylon (331 BC) was the largely unopposed occupation of the wealthy Persian city of Babylon by Alexander the Great following his decisive victory over Darius III, marking a key step in the Macedonian conquest of the Achaemenid Empire.
  • 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 Thebes (335 BCE)
Triple: [Wars of Alexander the Great, conflict, Siege of Thebes (335 BCE)]
Generated description
The Siege of Thebes (335 BCE) was Alexander the Great’s brutal assault and destruction of the rebellious Greek city of Thebes, serving as a decisive demonstration of his power early in his campaigns.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Thebes (335 BCE)
Target entity description: The Siege of Thebes (335 BCE) was Alexander the Great’s brutal assault and destruction of the rebellious Greek city of Thebes, serving as a decisive demonstration of his power early in his campaigns.
  • A. Siege of Alexandria (168 BCE)
    The Siege of Alexandria (168 BCE) was a pivotal military confrontation in which the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes besieged the Ptolemaic capital of Egypt, prompting decisive Roman intervention that effectively ended his campaign and reshaped the balance of power in the Hellenistic world.
  • B. Battle of Amphipolis
    The Battle of Amphipolis was a decisive 422 BC clash in the Peloponnesian War in which the Spartan general Brasidas defeated the Athenians but was killed along with Athenian leader Cleon, paving the way for the Peace of Nicias.
  • C. Battle of Orchomenus (352 BCE)
    The Battle of Orchomenus (352 BCE) was a decisive victory by Philip II of Macedon over the Phocians that marked a turning point in Macedonian dominance in central Greece during the Third Sacred War.
  • D. Siege of Tarentum (272 BCE)
    The Siege of Tarentum (272 BCE) was a decisive Roman capture of the Greek city of Tarentum that effectively ended major Greek resistance in southern Italy and consolidated Roman dominance over the region.
  • E. Siege of Babylon (331 BC)
    The Siege of Babylon (331 BC) was the largely unopposed occupation of the wealthy Persian city of Babylon by Alexander the Great following his decisive victory over Darius III, marking a key step in the Macedonian conquest of the Achaemenid Empire.
  • 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_69d85a09a39c81908759f23268e2d408 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e006663ad48190986b680001be0e9b completed April 15, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fec89210e081909e8077fa2487c40e completed May 9, 2026, 5:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fec998bd908190a14574b9e08cab4a completed May 9, 2026, 5:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69feca58c02081909b8ee4066297e194 completed May 9, 2026, 5:47 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:09 a.m.