Triple
T6071109
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Siege of Metz |
E135281
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableEngagement |
P1700
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Battle of Mars-la-Tour
The Battle of Mars-la-Tour was a major 1870 Franco-Prussian War clash in which a smaller Prussian force unexpectedly halted and turned back a larger French army, helping to trap it in Metz.
|
E576910
|
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 Mars-la-Tour | Statement: [Siege of Metz, notableEngagement, Battle of Mars-la-Tour]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Mars-la-Tour Context triple: [Siege of Metz, notableEngagement, Battle of Mars-la-Tour]
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A.
Battle of Gravelotte
The Battle of Gravelotte was a pivotal 1870 engagement in the Franco-Prussian War in which Prussian-led German forces decisively defeated the French army near Metz, contributing significantly to the German path to victory and unification.
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B.
Battle of Ligny
The Battle of Ligny was Napoleon Bonaparte’s last battlefield victory, fought on 16 June 1815 in present-day Belgium against Prussian forces shortly before his final defeat at Waterloo.
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C.
Battle of Wavre
The Battle of Wavre was the final engagement of the Waterloo campaign in June 1815, in which Prussian forces held off Marshal Grouchy’s French troops, enabling Blücher to support Wellington at Waterloo and sealing Napoleon’s defeat.
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D.
Battle of the Meuse
The Battle of the Meuse was a key World War II engagement in May 1940 during the German invasion of France, where German forces forced crossings of the Meuse River to break through Allied defenses.
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E.
Battle of Noisseville
The Battle of Noisseville was a Franco-Prussian War engagement in late August 1870 near Metz, where German forces repelled French attempts to break out of the besieged city, tightening the encirclement that led to later decisive defeats.
- 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 Mars-la-Tour Triple: [Siege of Metz, notableEngagement, Battle of Mars-la-Tour]
Generated description
The Battle of Mars-la-Tour was a major 1870 Franco-Prussian War clash in which a smaller Prussian force unexpectedly halted and turned back a larger French army, helping to trap it in Metz.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Mars-la-Tour Target entity description: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour was a major 1870 Franco-Prussian War clash in which a smaller Prussian force unexpectedly halted and turned back a larger French army, helping to trap it in Metz.
-
A.
Battle of Gravelotte
The Battle of Gravelotte was a pivotal 1870 engagement in the Franco-Prussian War in which Prussian-led German forces decisively defeated the French army near Metz, contributing significantly to the German path to victory and unification.
-
B.
Battle of Ligny
The Battle of Ligny was Napoleon Bonaparte’s last battlefield victory, fought on 16 June 1815 in present-day Belgium against Prussian forces shortly before his final defeat at Waterloo.
-
C.
Battle of Wavre
The Battle of Wavre was the final engagement of the Waterloo campaign in June 1815, in which Prussian forces held off Marshal Grouchy’s French troops, enabling Blücher to support Wellington at Waterloo and sealing Napoleon’s defeat.
-
D.
Battle of the Meuse
The Battle of the Meuse was a key World War II engagement in May 1940 during the German invasion of France, where German forces forced crossings of the Meuse River to break through Allied defenses.
-
E.
Battle of Noisseville
The Battle of Noisseville was a Franco-Prussian War engagement in late August 1870 near Metz, where German forces repelled French attempts to break out of the besieged city, tightening the encirclement that led to later decisive defeats.
- 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_69c00879e8048190b690717d19c5bc03 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c05758a21c81909cc10ef5f725a489 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c20d4e28b48190bb44675c5c035bd3 |
completed | March 24, 2026, 4:04 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c20f50f6988190b2df198edd4bf87e |
completed | March 24, 2026, 4:13 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c20fcabbe481908194871d21e12155 |
completed | March 24, 2026, 4:15 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:10 p.m.