Triple
T18354663
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | A Foreign Affair |
E439757
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainSubject |
P3
|
FINISHED |
| Object | postwar Berlin |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: postwar Berlin | Statement: [A Foreign Affair, mainSubject, postwar Berlin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: postwar Berlin Context triple: [A Foreign Affair, mainSubject, postwar Berlin]
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A.
Allied-occupied Berlin
Allied-occupied Berlin was the post–World War II division of Germany’s capital into four sectors administered by the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and the Soviet Union, becoming a central stage of early Cold War tensions.
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B.
East Berlin
East Berlin was the Soviet-controlled eastern sector of Berlin that served as the capital of East Germany during the Cold War.
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C.
West Berlin Allied forces
The West Berlin Allied forces were the military contingents of the United States, United Kingdom, and France stationed in West Berlin during the Cold War to guarantee the city's security and Western presence.
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D.
British sector of Berlin
The British sector of Berlin was the portion of post–World War II Berlin administered by the United Kingdom as part of the Allied occupation, later forming one of the three Western sectors that made up West Berlin.
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E.
West Berlin
West Berlin was the Western-aligned, enclave-like portion of Berlin surrounded by East Germany during the Cold War, symbolizing resistance to Soviet pressure and the division of Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: postwar Berlin Target entity description: Postwar Berlin was the devastated, politically divided German capital emerging from World War II, marked by ruins, occupation zones, and growing Cold War tensions.
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A.
Allied-occupied Berlin
chosen
Allied-occupied Berlin was the post–World War II division of Germany’s capital into four sectors administered by the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and the Soviet Union, becoming a central stage of early Cold War tensions.
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B.
East Berlin
East Berlin was the Soviet-controlled eastern sector of Berlin that served as the capital of East Germany during the Cold War.
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C.
West Berlin Allied forces
The West Berlin Allied forces were the military contingents of the United States, United Kingdom, and France stationed in West Berlin during the Cold War to guarantee the city's security and Western presence.
-
D.
British sector of Berlin
The British sector of Berlin was the portion of post–World War II Berlin administered by the United Kingdom as part of the Allied occupation, later forming one of the three Western sectors that made up West Berlin.
-
E.
West Berlin
West Berlin was the Western-aligned, enclave-like portion of Berlin surrounded by East Germany during the Cold War, symbolizing resistance to Soviet pressure and the division of Germany.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (2 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_69d8b918221c8190a9f7b563d64ac677 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e516d458148190849ed28fa90eb92b |
completed | April 19, 2026, 5:54 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:37 a.m.