Triple

T5978929
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject AK-47 E133070 entity
Predicate usedInConflict P1406 FINISHED
Object Soviet–Afghan War E16067 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Soviet–Afghan War | Statement: [AK-47, usedInConflict, Soviet–Afghan War]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Soviet–Afghan War
Context triple: [AK-47, usedInConflict, Soviet–Afghan War]
  • A. Soviet–Afghan War chosen
    The Soviet–Afghan War was a decade-long conflict (1979–1989) in which Soviet forces intervened in Afghanistan to support a communist government against Islamist guerrilla fighters, becoming a major Cold War proxy war that contributed to the USSR’s eventual collapse.
  • B. Afghan Civil War
    The Afghan Civil War refers to the prolonged internal conflicts in Afghanistan, particularly after the Soviet withdrawal and the fall of the communist government, involving rival mujahideen factions, warlords, and later the Taliban, which devastated the country’s political stability and infrastructure.
  • C. Afghan conflicts
    Afghan conflicts refers to the series of wars and insurgencies in Afghanistan—most notably the Soviet–Afghan War, the civil wars of the 1990s, and the post-2001 conflict involving the Taliban and international forces—that have profoundly shaped the country’s modern history and regional geopolitics.
  • D. War of Attrition
    The War of Attrition was a protracted conflict between Egypt and Israel from 1967 to 1970, marked by sustained artillery duels, air battles, and commando raids along the Suez Canal following the Six-Day War.
  • E. Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan
    The Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan was the 1988–1989 military pullout of Soviet forces that ended their decade-long intervention and marked a major turning point in the late Cold War.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c0086f45e8819098f73dd16d45ec9d elicitation completed
NER batch_69c04a3e686c81908910c0881ac1624d ner completed
NED1 batch_69c0e41d23848190bc7835eb6313b6a5 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:04 p.m.