Triple
T4002778
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tobruk |
E89452
|
entity |
| Predicate | eventLocation |
P373
|
FINISHED |
| Object | World War II Western Desert operations |
E276
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: World War II Western Desert operations | Statement: [Tobruk, eventLocation, World War II Western Desert operations]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: World War II Western Desert operations Context triple: [Tobruk, eventLocation, World War II Western Desert operations]
-
A.
North African campaign
chosen
The North African campaign was a major World War II theater in which Allied and Axis forces fought for control of North Africa’s deserts and vital Mediterranean supply routes between 1940 and 1943.
-
B.
Italian Army in North Africa
The Italian Army in North Africa was the contingent of Italy’s armed forces that fought alongside German troops against the Allies in the North African Campaign of World War II.
-
C.
Middle East theatre of World War II
The Middle East theatre of World War II was a major front encompassing campaigns across North Africa and the Middle East, where Allied and Axis forces fought for control of vital oil resources, trade routes, and strategic territory.
-
D.
Iraq campaign (1941)
The Iraq campaign (1941) was a World War II military operation in which British and Commonwealth forces overthrew a pro-Axis government in Iraq to secure vital oil supplies and strategic lines of communication.
-
E.
Italian invasion of Egypt
The Italian invasion of Egypt was a World War II North African campaign in 1940 in which Italian forces advanced from Libya into British-held Egypt, setting the stage for subsequent British counteroffensives.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69aed9585e788190bec2d39deba3750f |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aefa44125881909f45ecd0a986c581 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b54c61bad48190a5115dbd4a3457d6 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:54 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:34 p.m.