Triple

T3737257
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Second Crusade E79614 entity
Predicate hasPart P35 FINISHED
Object Siege of Damascus (1148)
The Siege of Damascus (1148) was a failed Second Crusade attempt by Western crusader forces to capture the key Syrian city of Damascus, which ended in retreat and significantly undermined crusader prestige.
E384031 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 Damascus (1148) | Statement: [Second Crusade, hasPart, Siege of Damascus (1148)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Damascus (1148)
Context triple: [Second Crusade, hasPart, Siege of Damascus (1148)]
  • 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 Damascus (634)
    The Siege of Damascus (634) was an early Muslim conquest in which Rashidun forces captured the key Byzantine city of Damascus, marking a decisive turning point in the Arab–Byzantine wars.
  • C. Battle of Homs (1281)
    The Battle of Homs (1281) was a major medieval clash in Syria in which Mamluk forces halted the westward expansion of the Mongol Ilkhanate, helping to secure Mamluk dominance in the region.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Siege of Acre
    The Siege of Acre was a pivotal 1799 military engagement in which Napoleon Bonaparte’s advance into the Levant was decisively halted by Ottoman and British forces, marking a major setback in his Middle Eastern ambitions.
  • 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 Damascus (1148)
Triple: [Second Crusade, hasPart, Siege of Damascus (1148)]
Generated description
The Siege of Damascus (1148) was a failed Second Crusade attempt by Western crusader forces to capture the key Syrian city of Damascus, which ended in retreat and significantly undermined crusader prestige.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Damascus (1148)
Target entity description: The Siege of Damascus (1148) was a failed Second Crusade attempt by Western crusader forces to capture the key Syrian city of Damascus, which ended in retreat and significantly undermined crusader prestige.
  • 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 Damascus (634)
    The Siege of Damascus (634) was an early Muslim conquest in which Rashidun forces captured the key Byzantine city of Damascus, marking a decisive turning point in the Arab–Byzantine wars.
  • C. Battle of Homs (1281)
    The Battle of Homs (1281) was a major medieval clash in Syria in which Mamluk forces halted the westward expansion of the Mongol Ilkhanate, helping to secure Mamluk dominance in the region.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Siege of Acre
    The Siege of Acre was a pivotal 1799 military engagement in which Napoleon Bonaparte’s advance into the Levant was decisively halted by Ottoman and British forces, marking a major setback in his Middle Eastern ambitions.
  • 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_69ad8b115610819095b02007da5ca3cb completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adcb3d32b081909a993a78b0869db8 completed March 8, 2026, 7:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4db20bdfc81909cd27278ff5d9716 completed March 14, 2026, 3:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4dbeb2a2881908bfa05613fafc53c completed March 14, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4dc65c88c8190b1215fed2451d45f completed March 14, 2026, 3:56 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:34 p.m.