Triple

T2692095
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon E58425 entity
Predicate appliesToTerritory P647 FINISHED
Object State of Damascus
The State of Damascus was a French-controlled political entity in the early 20th century that encompassed Damascus and its surrounding region during the partition of post-Ottoman Syria.
E289882 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: State of Damascus | Statement: [French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon, appliesToTerritory, State of Damascus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: State of Damascus
Context triple: [French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon, appliesToTerritory, State of Damascus]
  • A. Raqqa
    Raqqa is a city in northern Syria that became widely known as the de facto capital of the Islamic State (ISIS) during its control from 2014 to 2017.
  • B. Al-Darb
    Al-Darb is a town in southwestern Saudi Arabia located within the coastal Jazan Region along the Red Sea.
  • C. Latakia
    Latakia is a major port city on Syria's Mediterranean coast and an important economic and cultural center for the country.
  • D. Deir ez-Zor
    Deir ez-Zor is a major city in eastern Syria on the Euphrates River, known as a strategic regional center and the site of significant conflict during the Syrian civil war.
  • E. Citadel of Damascus
    The Citadel of Damascus is a large medieval fortified complex in the heart of Damascus, Syria, that has served as a key military stronghold and seat of power for various Islamic dynasties.
  • 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: State of Damascus
Triple: [French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon, appliesToTerritory, State of Damascus]
Generated description
The State of Damascus was a French-controlled political entity in the early 20th century that encompassed Damascus and its surrounding region during the partition of post-Ottoman Syria.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: State of Damascus
Target entity description: The State of Damascus was a French-controlled political entity in the early 20th century that encompassed Damascus and its surrounding region during the partition of post-Ottoman Syria.
  • A. Raqqa
    Raqqa is a city in northern Syria that became widely known as the de facto capital of the Islamic State (ISIS) during its control from 2014 to 2017.
  • B. Al-Darb
    Al-Darb is a town in southwestern Saudi Arabia located within the coastal Jazan Region along the Red Sea.
  • C. Latakia
    Latakia is a major port city on Syria's Mediterranean coast and an important economic and cultural center for the country.
  • D. Deir ez-Zor
    Deir ez-Zor is a major city in eastern Syria on the Euphrates River, known as a strategic regional center and the site of significant conflict during the Syrian civil war.
  • E. Citadel of Damascus
    The Citadel of Damascus is a large medieval fortified complex in the heart of Damascus, Syria, that has served as a key military stronghold and seat of power for various Islamic dynasties.
  • 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_69ab4ac269e481909cb317d79e68b75b completed March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abda0dd97c81909a60cf200f57c087 completed March 7, 2026, 7:55 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afaf6501088190b8fe1ba8de4f6e00 completed March 10, 2026, 5:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afb039cdcc8190953368c1f6757503 completed March 10, 2026, 5:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afb0c27ee48190a319fd2fab02f755 completed March 10, 2026, 5:48 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:54 p.m.