Triple

T4187095
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Qurna (1914) E88337 entity
Predicate precededBy P97 FINISHED
Object Battle of Basra (1914)
The Battle of Basra (1914) was an early World War I engagement in which British and Indian forces captured the key Ottoman port city of Basra in Mesopotamia, securing vital oil supplies and control of the Shatt al-Arab waterway.
E419225 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: Battle of Basra (1914) | Statement: [Battle of Qurna (1914), precededBy, Battle of Basra (1914)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Basra (1914)
Context triple: [Battle of Qurna (1914), precededBy, Battle of Basra (1914)]
  • A. Battle of Shaiba (1915)
    The Battle of Shaiba (1915) was a World War I engagement in Mesopotamia where British and Indian forces successfully defended Basra against an Ottoman attempt to retake the region.
  • B. Battle of Ctesiphon (1915)
    The Battle of Ctesiphon (1915) was a major World War I clash between British-Indian and Ottoman forces near the ancient city of Ctesiphon in Mesopotamia, resulting in heavy casualties and a strategic setback for the British advance toward Baghdad.
  • C. Battle of Qurna (1914)
    The Battle of Qurna (1914) was an early World War I engagement in Mesopotamia in which British and Indian forces secured a strategic victory over the Ottoman Empire near the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
  • D. Capture of Baghdad (1917)
    The Capture of Baghdad (1917) was a key World War I victory in which British and Indian forces seized the Ottoman-held city of Baghdad, significantly weakening Ottoman control in Mesopotamia.
  • E. Battle of Deir ez-Zor
    The Battle of Deir ez-Zor was a World War II engagement in 1941 in eastern Syria, where Allied forces fought Vichy French troops as part of the campaign to secure the Levant.
  • 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: Battle of Basra (1914)
Triple: [Battle of Qurna (1914), precededBy, Battle of Basra (1914)]
Generated description
The Battle of Basra (1914) was an early World War I engagement in which British and Indian forces captured the key Ottoman port city of Basra in Mesopotamia, securing vital oil supplies and control of the Shatt al-Arab waterway.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Basra (1914)
Target entity description: The Battle of Basra (1914) was an early World War I engagement in which British and Indian forces captured the key Ottoman port city of Basra in Mesopotamia, securing vital oil supplies and control of the Shatt al-Arab waterway.
  • A. Battle of Shaiba (1915)
    The Battle of Shaiba (1915) was a World War I engagement in Mesopotamia where British and Indian forces successfully defended Basra against an Ottoman attempt to retake the region.
  • B. Battle of Ctesiphon (1915)
    The Battle of Ctesiphon (1915) was a major World War I clash between British-Indian and Ottoman forces near the ancient city of Ctesiphon in Mesopotamia, resulting in heavy casualties and a strategic setback for the British advance toward Baghdad.
  • C. Battle of Qurna (1914)
    The Battle of Qurna (1914) was an early World War I engagement in Mesopotamia in which British and Indian forces secured a strategic victory over the Ottoman Empire near the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
  • D. Capture of Baghdad (1917)
    The Capture of Baghdad (1917) was a key World War I victory in which British and Indian forces seized the Ottoman-held city of Baghdad, significantly weakening Ottoman control in Mesopotamia.
  • E. Battle of Deir ez-Zor
    The Battle of Deir ez-Zor was a World War II engagement in 1941 in eastern Syria, where Allied forces fought Vichy French troops as part of the campaign to secure the Levant.
  • 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_69aed9477e8c81908bcb862d2db55b1d completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69af0325a82c8190849d8a828e2c7b44 completed March 9, 2026, 5:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b58a00e3308190b4fbed211069204a completed March 14, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b58aa95428819085048691c77e2aea completed March 14, 2026, 4:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b58b34c4e881909fd44fbe8acedda4 completed March 14, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:45 p.m.