Triple
T1570219
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hafez al-Assad |
E33520
|
entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Bashar al-Assad |
E60983
|
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: Bashar al-Assad | Statement: [Hafez al-Assad, successor, Bashar al-Assad]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bashar al-Assad Context triple: [Hafez al-Assad, successor, Bashar al-Assad]
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A.
Bashar al-Assad
chosen
Bashar al-Assad is the long-time authoritarian president of Syria, whose rule has been marked by a brutal civil war, widespread human rights abuses, and significant international controversy.
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B.
Maher al-Assad
Maher al-Assad is a powerful Syrian military commander and brother of President Bashar al-Assad, known for leading elite army units and playing a key role in the country's security apparatus.
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C.
Majd al-Assad
Majd al-Assad was a son of former Syrian president Hafez al-Assad and a member of Syria’s ruling Assad family.
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D.
Bassel al-Assad
Bassel al-Assad was the eldest son of former Syrian president Hafez al-Assad and a groomed heir to Syria’s leadership before his death in a car accident in 1994.
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E.
Hafez al-Assad
Hafez al-Assad was the long-serving president of Syria and a central figure in Arab-Israeli politics, known for his authoritarian rule and strategic role in regional diplomacy.
- 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_69a885f11b048190935025a035302715 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a908b67304819081ad555000e51197 |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:38 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad797d8c68819093fb2bcae0a08698 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:28 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.