Triple

T1657254
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject British Expeditionary Force (World War II) E35827 entity
Predicate mobilizedAfter P24273 FINISHED
Object United Kingdom declaration of war on Germany (1939)
The United Kingdom declaration of war on Germany in 1939 was the formal announcement by the British government that it was entering World War II in response to Germany’s invasion of Poland.
E187837 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: United Kingdom declaration of war on Germany (1939) | Statement: [British Expeditionary Force (World War II), mobilizedAfter, United Kingdom declaration of war on Germany (1939)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United Kingdom declaration of war on Germany (1939)
Context triple: [British Expeditionary Force (World War II), mobilizedAfter, United Kingdom declaration of war on Germany (1939)]
  • A. Invasion of Poland
    The Invasion of Poland was the 1939 German and Soviet military campaign that triggered the start of World War II in Europe.
  • B. German attack on Westerplatte
    The German attack on Westerplatte was the opening military engagement of World War II in Europe, where German forces assaulted a Polish military transit depot near Gdańsk in early September 1939.
  • C. United Kingdom military operations in Europe
    United Kingdom military operations in Europe encompass the various campaigns, interventions, and peacekeeping missions conducted by British armed forces across the European continent, particularly during and after the World Wars and the Cold War.
  • D. Gleiwitz incident
    The Gleiwitz incident was a staged 1939 false-flag attack by Nazi Germany on a German radio station, used as propaganda to justify the invasion of Poland and the start of World War II.
  • E. Hitler’s Reichstag speech of 1 September 1939
    Hitler’s Reichstag speech of 1 September 1939 was the address to the German parliament in which he announced and attempted to justify the invasion of Poland, marking the beginning of World War II in Europe.
  • 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: United Kingdom declaration of war on Germany (1939)
Triple: [British Expeditionary Force (World War II), mobilizedAfter, United Kingdom declaration of war on Germany (1939)]
Generated description
The United Kingdom declaration of war on Germany in 1939 was the formal announcement by the British government that it was entering World War II in response to Germany’s invasion of Poland.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United Kingdom declaration of war on Germany (1939)
Target entity description: The United Kingdom declaration of war on Germany in 1939 was the formal announcement by the British government that it was entering World War II in response to Germany’s invasion of Poland.
  • A. Invasion of Poland
    The Invasion of Poland was the 1939 German and Soviet military campaign that triggered the start of World War II in Europe.
  • B. German attack on Westerplatte
    The German attack on Westerplatte was the opening military engagement of World War II in Europe, where German forces assaulted a Polish military transit depot near Gdańsk in early September 1939.
  • C. United Kingdom military operations in Europe
    United Kingdom military operations in Europe encompass the various campaigns, interventions, and peacekeeping missions conducted by British armed forces across the European continent, particularly during and after the World Wars and the Cold War.
  • D. Gleiwitz incident
    The Gleiwitz incident was a staged 1939 false-flag attack by Nazi Germany on a German radio station, used as propaganda to justify the invasion of Poland and the start of World War II.
  • E. Hitler’s Reichstag speech of 1 September 1939
    Hitler’s Reichstag speech of 1 September 1939 was the address to the German parliament in which he announced and attempted to justify the invasion of Poland, marking the beginning of World War II in Europe.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: mobilizedAfter
Context triple: [British Expeditionary Force (World War II), mobilizedAfter, United Kingdom declaration of war on Germany (1939)]
  • A. mobilizationMethod
    Indicates the method or process by which resources, people, or assets are organized and activated for a particular purpose or operation.
  • B. mobilizationCentre
    Indicates a location where resources, personnel, or equipment are gathered and organized in preparation for deployment or coordinated action.
  • C. controlledAfter
    Indicates that one entity gains or maintains control over another entity only after a specified time, event, or condition has occurred.
  • D. laterDeployedIn
    Indicates that one entity was deployed or put into operation in a particular context, location, or system at a later time than another.
  • E. heldAfter chosen
    Indicates that one event or state occurs or is maintained at some point in time after another specified event or state.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a88606aa808190aa0b421b4271f220 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aaf3359ce48190803b322db8ad6027 completed March 6, 2026, 3:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad68254a6081909c2222fd77dff648 completed March 8, 2026, 12:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad68a9769081908a0748b8d02b8379 completed March 8, 2026, 12:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad692d61288190ad0c0265f49643ac completed March 8, 2026, 12:18 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a907cff53c8190b424f088478d3e2c completed March 5, 2026, 4:34 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.