Triple

T2376756
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 E46214 entity
Predicate notableBattle P259 FINISHED
Object Siege of Edessa (161–162)
The Siege of Edessa (161–162) was a key early engagement in the Roman–Parthian conflicts, in which Parthian forces besieged the strategically important city of Edessa in Upper Mesopotamia during the co-emperorship of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.
E261606 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: Siege of Edessa (161–162) | Statement: [Roman–Parthian War of 161–166, notableBattle, Siege of Edessa (161–162)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Edessa (161–162)
Context triple: [Roman–Parthian War of 161–166, notableBattle, Siege of Edessa (161–162)]
  • A. Siege of Antioch
    The Siege of Antioch was a pivotal 1097–1098 military engagement during the First Crusade in which Crusader forces captured the strategically vital city of Antioch after a prolonged blockade and brutal fighting, significantly shaping the campaign’s outcome.
  • B. Siege of Homs
    The Siege of Homs was a prolonged and devastating battle in the Syrian Civil War in which government forces encircled and heavily bombarded opposition-held districts of the city, causing extensive destruction and civilian casualties.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Siege of Kars
    The Siege of Kars was a major 19th-century military engagement in which Russian forces captured the strategically important Ottoman fortress city of Kars in the Caucasus region.
  • E. Siege of Taif
    The Siege of Taif was a military campaign in 630 CE during which the Prophet Muhammad’s forces besieged the fortified city of Taif in the aftermath of the Battle of Hunayn, marking one of the final efforts to bring the region under early Islamic control.
  • 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: Siege of Edessa (161–162)
Triple: [Roman–Parthian War of 161–166, notableBattle, Siege of Edessa (161–162)]
Generated description
The Siege of Edessa (161–162) was a key early engagement in the Roman–Parthian conflicts, in which Parthian forces besieged the strategically important city of Edessa in Upper Mesopotamia during the co-emperorship of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Edessa (161–162)
Target entity description: The Siege of Edessa (161–162) was a key early engagement in the Roman–Parthian conflicts, in which Parthian forces besieged the strategically important city of Edessa in Upper Mesopotamia during the co-emperorship of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.
  • A. Siege of Antioch
    The Siege of Antioch was a pivotal 1097–1098 military engagement during the First Crusade in which Crusader forces captured the strategically vital city of Antioch after a prolonged blockade and brutal fighting, significantly shaping the campaign’s outcome.
  • B. Siege of Homs
    The Siege of Homs was a prolonged and devastating battle in the Syrian Civil War in which government forces encircled and heavily bombarded opposition-held districts of the city, causing extensive destruction and civilian casualties.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Siege of Kars
    The Siege of Kars was a major 19th-century military engagement in which Russian forces captured the strategically important Ottoman fortress city of Kars in the Caucasus region.
  • E. Siege of Taif
    The Siege of Taif was a military campaign in 630 CE during which the Prophet Muhammad’s forces besieged the fortified city of Taif in the aftermath of the Battle of Hunayn, marking one of the final efforts to bring the region under early Islamic control.
  • 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.