Triple
T3607986
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sack of Constantinople in 1204 |
E76417
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entity |
| Predicate | precededBy |
P97
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FINISHED |
| Object |
First siege of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1203
The First siege of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1203 was an initial assault by Western crusader and Venetian forces that breached the Byzantine capital’s defenses, deposed Emperor Alexios III, and paved the way for the city’s catastrophic sack the following year.
|
E91481
|
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: First siege of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1203 | Statement: [Sack of Constantinople in 1204, precededBy, First siege of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1203]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: First siege of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1203 Context triple: [Sack of Constantinople in 1204, precededBy, First siege of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1203]
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A.
Sack of Constantinople in 1204
The Sack of Constantinople in 1204 was a devastating capture and plunder of the Byzantine capital by Western European Crusaders, which fatally weakened the Byzantine Empire and reshaped the political and religious landscape of the Eastern Mediterranean.
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B.
Siege of Constantinople (1394–1402)
The Siege of Constantinople (1394–1402) was a prolonged Ottoman blockade of the Byzantine capital under Sultan Bayezid I that nearly brought the weakened empire to collapse before being lifted due to Timur’s invasion of Anatolia.
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C.
Fourth Crusade
The Fourth Crusade was a 13th-century military expedition that infamously diverted from its original goal of reclaiming the Holy Land to instead sack the Christian city of Constantinople in 1204.
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D.
First Arab siege of Constantinople (674–678)
The First Arab siege of Constantinople (674–678) was a prolonged Umayyad naval and land campaign against the Byzantine capital that ultimately failed, securing the empire’s survival and halting early Islamic expansion into Eastern Europe.
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E.
Siege of Constantinople 1422
The Siege of Constantinople in 1422 was an unsuccessful Ottoman attempt under Sultan Murad II to capture the Byzantine capital three decades before its eventual fall in 1453.
- 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: First siege of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1203 Triple: [Sack of Constantinople in 1204, precededBy, First siege of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1203]
Generated description
The First siege of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1203 was an initial assault by Western crusader and Venetian forces that breached the Byzantine capital’s defenses, deposed Emperor Alexios III, and paved the way for the city’s catastrophic sack the following year.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: First siege of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1203 Target entity description: The First siege of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1203 was an initial assault by Western crusader and Venetian forces that breached the Byzantine capital’s defenses, deposed Emperor Alexios III, and paved the way for the city’s catastrophic sack the following year.
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A.
Sack of Constantinople in 1204
The Sack of Constantinople in 1204 was a devastating capture and plunder of the Byzantine capital by Western European Crusaders, which fatally weakened the Byzantine Empire and reshaped the political and religious landscape of the Eastern Mediterranean.
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B.
Siege of Constantinople (1394–1402)
The Siege of Constantinople (1394–1402) was a prolonged Ottoman blockade of the Byzantine capital under Sultan Bayezid I that nearly brought the weakened empire to collapse before being lifted due to Timur’s invasion of Anatolia.
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C.
Fourth Crusade
chosen
The Fourth Crusade was a 13th-century military expedition that infamously diverted from its original goal of reclaiming the Holy Land to instead sack the Christian city of Constantinople in 1204.
-
D.
First Arab siege of Constantinople (674–678)
The First Arab siege of Constantinople (674–678) was a prolonged Umayyad naval and land campaign against the Byzantine capital that ultimately failed, securing the empire’s survival and halting early Islamic expansion into Eastern Europe.
-
E.
Siege of Constantinople 1422
The Siege of Constantinople in 1422 was an unsuccessful Ottoman attempt under Sultan Murad II to capture the Byzantine capital three decades before its eventual fall in 1453.
- F. None of above.
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_69ad85da0ba481908b3b48c69efe2b98 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc228e24481909ae6a1e4ad796917 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:38 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4330de7a08190933aa7e9dc0a65be |
completed | March 13, 2026, 3:53 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b437cf839881909b1d505328285123 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 4:14 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b43835994c81909230bbb21b12b8ef |
completed | March 13, 2026, 4:15 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:22 p.m.