Triple
T4247500
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Burgundian Wars |
E95562
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasParticipant |
P149
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Swiss mercenaries
Swiss mercenaries were highly disciplined, professional infantry soldiers from the Swiss Confederacy, renowned across late medieval and early modern Europe for their effectiveness in pike warfare and service in foreign armies.
|
E425016
|
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: Swiss mercenaries | Statement: [Burgundian Wars, hasParticipant, Swiss mercenaries]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Swiss mercenaries Context triple: [Burgundian Wars, hasParticipant, Swiss mercenaries]
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A.
Landsknechte
Landsknechte were German mercenary pikemen and infantry soldiers of the late 15th and 16th centuries, famed for their colorful dress, discipline in pike formations, and major role in European wars of the Renaissance.
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B.
Janissaries
The Janissaries were an elite infantry corps of the Ottoman Empire, originally composed of enslaved Christian youths, that became one of the most powerful military and political institutions in the empire.
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C.
Genoese crossbowmen
The Genoese crossbowmen were renowned medieval Italian mercenary troops famed for their powerful crossbows and frequent employment in major European battles.
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D.
Muscovite army
The Muscovite army was the military force of the Grand Duchy (and later Tsardom) of Moscow, which formed the core of the early Russian state before its transformation into the Imperial Russian Army.
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E.
Hessian troops
Hessian troops were German auxiliary soldiers hired by the British Crown to fight against the American colonists during the American Revolutionary War.
- 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: Swiss mercenaries Triple: [Burgundian Wars, hasParticipant, Swiss mercenaries]
Generated description
Swiss mercenaries were highly disciplined, professional infantry soldiers from the Swiss Confederacy, renowned across late medieval and early modern Europe for their effectiveness in pike warfare and service in foreign armies.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Swiss mercenaries Target entity description: Swiss mercenaries were highly disciplined, professional infantry soldiers from the Swiss Confederacy, renowned across late medieval and early modern Europe for their effectiveness in pike warfare and service in foreign armies.
-
A.
Landsknechte
Landsknechte were German mercenary pikemen and infantry soldiers of the late 15th and 16th centuries, famed for their colorful dress, discipline in pike formations, and major role in European wars of the Renaissance.
-
B.
Janissaries
The Janissaries were an elite infantry corps of the Ottoman Empire, originally composed of enslaved Christian youths, that became one of the most powerful military and political institutions in the empire.
-
C.
Genoese crossbowmen
The Genoese crossbowmen were renowned medieval Italian mercenary troops famed for their powerful crossbows and frequent employment in major European battles.
-
D.
Muscovite army
The Muscovite army was the military force of the Grand Duchy (and later Tsardom) of Moscow, which formed the core of the early Russian state before its transformation into the Imperial Russian Army.
-
E.
Hessian troops
Hessian troops were German auxiliary soldiers hired by the British Crown to fight against the American colonists during the American Revolutionary War.
- 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_69b3453d91548190b4d4ef8fe52aa2ac |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b34e9cb71481909b4baa370193148f |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5a87c033881908e0cf9fdfecaf36a |
completed | March 14, 2026, 6:27 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5a925b8e881908338dc0620b18734 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 6:29 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5ad224c848190b1ce76d61fc1d564 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 6:46 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:05 p.m.