Triple
T17143584
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of Mechili |
E416031
|
entity |
| Predicate | theatre |
P671
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Western Desert |
E25149
|
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: Western Desert | Statement: [Battle of Mechili, theatre, Western Desert]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Desert Context triple: [Battle of Mechili, theatre, Western Desert]
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A.
Western Desert
chosen
The Western Desert is a sparsely populated arid region in northeastern Africa, primarily in Egypt and Libya, that was a major theater of combat during the North African Campaign of World War II.
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B.
Western Desert region
The Western Desert region is a vast arid area of central and western Australia that is home to several Aboriginal groups and rich desert ecosystems.
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C.
Northern Sahara
The Northern Sahara is the vast arid expanse forming the northern portion of the Sahara Desert, encompassing regions such as the M’zab in Algeria and characterized by rocky plateaus, sand seas, and oases.
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D.
Nitrian Desert
The Nitrian Desert is a desert region in northwestern Egypt historically known as a center of early Christian monasticism and ascetic communities.
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E.
Syrian Desert
The Syrian Desert is a vast arid plateau spanning parts of Syria, Iraq, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia, forming a major portion of the northern Arabian Desert region.
- 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_69d886d15af4819092f92f8a129763e6 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3f2d73c3c81908b875023bb925edb |
completed | April 18, 2026, 9:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a01415718c88190834fedae7b01ac69 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 2:39 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:36 a.m.