Triple
T2376747
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 |
E46214
|
entity |
| Predicate | cause |
P374
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Parthian capture of Edessa
The Parthian capture of Edessa was a key early victory in which Parthian forces seized the strategically important city of Edessa from Roman influence, helping trigger a broader Roman–Parthian conflict in the mid-2nd century.
|
E261605
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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: Parthian capture of Edessa | Statement: [Roman–Parthian War of 161–166, cause, Parthian capture of Edessa]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Parthian capture of Edessa Context triple: [Roman–Parthian War of 161–166, cause, Parthian capture of Edessa]
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A.
Siege of Palmyra (272)
The Siege of Palmyra (272) was a Roman military campaign under Emperor Aurelian that recaptured the city of Palmyra and effectively ended the power of Queen Zenobia’s Palmyrene Empire.
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B.
Battle of Palmyra
The Battle of Palmyra was a World War II engagement in 1941 in which Allied forces fought Vichy French troops for control of the strategic desert city of Palmyra in central Syria.
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C.
Parthian campaigns of Septimius Severus
The Parthian campaigns of Septimius Severus were a series of early 3rd-century Roman military expeditions in Mesopotamia that expanded imperial control and culminated in the capture and sacking of the Parthian capital Ctesiphon.
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D.
Siege of Babylon Fortress
The Siege of Babylon Fortress was a pivotal early 7th-century engagement in which Rashidun forces captured the Byzantine stronghold near modern Cairo, opening the way for the Muslim conquest and Islamization of Egypt.
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E.
Siege of Nicomedia
The Siege of Nicomedia was an early 14th-century Ottoman campaign that captured the important Byzantine city of Nicomedia, marking a key step in the Ottoman expansion into northwestern Anatolia.
- 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: Parthian capture of Edessa Triple: [Roman–Parthian War of 161–166, cause, Parthian capture of Edessa]
Generated description
The Parthian capture of Edessa was a key early victory in which Parthian forces seized the strategically important city of Edessa from Roman influence, helping trigger a broader Roman–Parthian conflict in the mid-2nd century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Parthian capture of Edessa Target entity description: The Parthian capture of Edessa was a key early victory in which Parthian forces seized the strategically important city of Edessa from Roman influence, helping trigger a broader Roman–Parthian conflict in the mid-2nd century.
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A.
Siege of Palmyra (272)
The Siege of Palmyra (272) was a Roman military campaign under Emperor Aurelian that recaptured the city of Palmyra and effectively ended the power of Queen Zenobia’s Palmyrene Empire.
-
B.
Battle of Palmyra
The Battle of Palmyra was a World War II engagement in 1941 in which Allied forces fought Vichy French troops for control of the strategic desert city of Palmyra in central Syria.
-
C.
Parthian campaigns of Septimius Severus
The Parthian campaigns of Septimius Severus were a series of early 3rd-century Roman military expeditions in Mesopotamia that expanded imperial control and culminated in the capture and sacking of the Parthian capital Ctesiphon.
-
D.
Siege of Babylon Fortress
The Siege of Babylon Fortress was a pivotal early 7th-century engagement in which Rashidun forces captured the Byzantine stronghold near modern Cairo, opening the way for the Muslim conquest and Islamization of Egypt.
-
E.
Siege of Nicomedia
The Siege of Nicomedia was an early 14th-century Ottoman campaign that captured the important Byzantine city of Nicomedia, marking a key step in the Ottoman expansion into northwestern Anatolia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 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_69a88a1554a48190a0180682bcf099be |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc794eee481908163148e1e666d9b |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:37 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aea8ac3e80819099065f874f9dc25d |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:02 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69aeabd9a5a08190a2c6699576e36c46 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:15 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69aead3299c88190af03577eef126387 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:21 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:57 p.m.