Triple
T20528815
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British Empire in the Middle East |
E504012
|
entity |
| Predicate | endedWith |
P3587
|
FINISHED |
| Object | British withdrawal East of Suez |
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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: British withdrawal East of Suez | Statement: [British Empire in the Middle East, endedWith, British withdrawal East of Suez]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British withdrawal East of Suez Context triple: [British Empire in the Middle East, endedWith, British withdrawal East of Suez]
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A.
British Troops in Egypt
British Troops in Egypt was a British Army command responsible for overseeing and coordinating British military forces stationed in Egypt, particularly during the early 20th century and World War II.
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B.
Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis was a 1956 conflict triggered by Egypt’s nationalization of the Suez Canal, which exposed rifts between Britain, France, Israel, and the United States and marked a turning point in postwar Middle Eastern and global power politics.
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C.
British occupation of Egypt
The British occupation of Egypt was the period beginning in 1882 when Britain established effective control over Egypt, turning it into a strategic imperial protectorate centered on the Suez Canal and profoundly shaping its political and economic development.
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D.
defence of the Suez Canal
The defence of the Suez Canal was a crucial World War I campaign in Egypt aimed at protecting the British Empire’s vital maritime route between Europe and Asia from Ottoman-German attacks.
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E.
Raid on the Suez Canal
The Raid on the Suez Canal was a World War I Ottoman-German attempt in 1915 to disrupt British control of the vital Suez Canal in Egypt by launching a cross-desert attack from Sinai.
- 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: British withdrawal East of Suez Target entity description: British withdrawal East of Suez was the late-1960s policy decision by the United Kingdom to end most of its military presence and commitments east of the Suez Canal, marking a major retrenchment of British global power.
-
A.
British Troops in Egypt
British Troops in Egypt was a British Army command responsible for overseeing and coordinating British military forces stationed in Egypt, particularly during the early 20th century and World War II.
-
B.
Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis was a 1956 conflict triggered by Egypt’s nationalization of the Suez Canal, which exposed rifts between Britain, France, Israel, and the United States and marked a turning point in postwar Middle Eastern and global power politics.
-
C.
British occupation of Egypt
The British occupation of Egypt was the period beginning in 1882 when Britain established effective control over Egypt, turning it into a strategic imperial protectorate centered on the Suez Canal and profoundly shaping its political and economic development.
-
D.
defence of the Suez Canal
The defence of the Suez Canal was a crucial World War I campaign in Egypt aimed at protecting the British Empire’s vital maritime route between Europe and Asia from Ottoman-German attacks.
-
E.
Raid on the Suez Canal
The Raid on the Suez Canal was a World War I Ottoman-German attempt in 1915 to disrupt British control of the vital Suez Canal in Egypt by launching a cross-desert attack from Sinai.
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69e0b4b3a6e08190ae663701f50fab8e |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6a06926248190942fc9608e6b85fd |
completed | April 20, 2026, 9:53 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:37 a.m.