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]
  • 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
  • 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.