Triple
T7116737
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Big Bertha howitzer |
E165838
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableUse |
P5773
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Siege of Namur
The Siege of Namur was a World War I German assault on the fortified Belgian city of Namur in August 1914, notable for the devastating use of heavy siege artillery that quickly overwhelmed its defenses.
|
E643846
|
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: Siege of Namur | Statement: [Big Bertha howitzer, notableUse, Siege of Namur]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Namur Context triple: [Big Bertha howitzer, notableUse, Siege of Namur]
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A.
Siege of Lille
The Siege of Lille was a major 1708 Allied operation during the War of the Spanish Succession in which Marlborough and Prince Eugene captured the strongly fortified French city after a prolonged and costly siege.
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B.
Siege of Antwerp
The Siege of Antwerp was a major early World War I battle in 1914 in which German forces besieged and captured the heavily fortified Belgian port city of Antwerp, impacting the course of the Western Front.
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C.
Siege of Neuss
The Siege of Neuss was a protracted 1474–1475 military blockade in which Charles the Bold of Burgundy unsuccessfully besieged the Imperial city of Neuss, marking a major setback for Burgundian ambitions during the Burgundian Wars.
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D.
Siege of Ostend
The Siege of Ostend was a protracted and brutal engagement during the Eighty Years' War (1601–1604) in which Spanish forces besieged the Dutch-held coastal city of Ostend, resulting in massive casualties and becoming one of the longest and bloodiest sieges in European history.
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E.
Assault on Roi and Namur
Assault on Roi and Namur was a World War II Pacific Theater battle in early 1944 in which U.S. forces captured the Japanese-held twin islands of Roi and Namur in the Kwajalein Atoll of the Marshall Islands.
- 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: Siege of Namur Triple: [Big Bertha howitzer, notableUse, Siege of Namur]
Generated description
The Siege of Namur was a World War I German assault on the fortified Belgian city of Namur in August 1914, notable for the devastating use of heavy siege artillery that quickly overwhelmed its defenses.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Namur Target entity description: The Siege of Namur was a World War I German assault on the fortified Belgian city of Namur in August 1914, notable for the devastating use of heavy siege artillery that quickly overwhelmed its defenses.
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A.
Siege of Lille
The Siege of Lille was a major 1708 Allied operation during the War of the Spanish Succession in which Marlborough and Prince Eugene captured the strongly fortified French city after a prolonged and costly siege.
-
B.
Siege of Antwerp
The Siege of Antwerp was a major early World War I battle in 1914 in which German forces besieged and captured the heavily fortified Belgian port city of Antwerp, impacting the course of the Western Front.
-
C.
Siege of Neuss
The Siege of Neuss was a protracted 1474–1475 military blockade in which Charles the Bold of Burgundy unsuccessfully besieged the Imperial city of Neuss, marking a major setback for Burgundian ambitions during the Burgundian Wars.
-
D.
Siege of Ostend
The Siege of Ostend was a protracted and brutal engagement during the Eighty Years' War (1601–1604) in which Spanish forces besieged the Dutch-held coastal city of Ostend, resulting in massive casualties and becoming one of the longest and bloodiest sieges in European history.
-
E.
Assault on Roi and Namur
Assault on Roi and Namur was a World War II Pacific Theater battle in early 1944 in which U.S. forces captured the Japanese-held twin islands of Roi and Namur in the Kwajalein Atoll of the Marshall Islands.
- 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_69c6888227bc8190a1394679e3116f90 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e617a528819085d4b8e1b5699966 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7a32870e481909472f8fcd2501289 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 9:45 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7a390cf6c8190902bdfd0ff536093 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 9:46 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7a4be1cbc8190a7e4eb91d604f994 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 9:51 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:43 p.m.