Triple

T7116738
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Big Bertha howitzer E165838 entity
Predicate notableUse P5773 FINISHED
Object Siege of Maubeuge
The Siege of Maubeuge was a major early World War I German offensive in 1914 in which heavy artillery and siege tactics forced the surrender of the French fortress city of Maubeuge.
E645345 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 Maubeuge | Statement: [Big Bertha howitzer, notableUse, Siege of Maubeuge]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Maubeuge
Context triple: [Big Bertha howitzer, notableUse, Siege of Maubeuge]
  • A. Siege of Bois-le-Duc
    The Siege of Bois-le-Duc was a major 1629 Dutch siege during the Eighty Years' War in which the Protestant Dutch forces captured the strongly fortified, predominantly Catholic city of ’s-Hertogenbosch from Spanish control.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Siege of Compiègne
    The Siege of Compiègne was a 1430 military engagement of the Hundred Years' War in which French forces, including Joan of Arc, defended the town of Compiègne against Burgundian and English troops, leading to Joan's capture.
  • D. Siege of Saint-Dizier
    The Siege of Saint-Dizier was a 1544 military engagement during the Italian War of 1542–1546 in which French forces defended the fortified town of Saint-Dizier against an imperial army led by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
  • E. 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.
  • 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 Maubeuge
Triple: [Big Bertha howitzer, notableUse, Siege of Maubeuge]
Generated description
The Siege of Maubeuge was a major early World War I German offensive in 1914 in which heavy artillery and siege tactics forced the surrender of the French fortress city of Maubeuge.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Maubeuge
Target entity description: The Siege of Maubeuge was a major early World War I German offensive in 1914 in which heavy artillery and siege tactics forced the surrender of the French fortress city of Maubeuge.
  • A. Siege of Bois-le-Duc
    The Siege of Bois-le-Duc was a major 1629 Dutch siege during the Eighty Years' War in which the Protestant Dutch forces captured the strongly fortified, predominantly Catholic city of ’s-Hertogenbosch from Spanish control.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Siege of Compiègne
    The Siege of Compiègne was a 1430 military engagement of the Hundred Years' War in which French forces, including Joan of Arc, defended the town of Compiègne against Burgundian and English troops, leading to Joan's capture.
  • D. Siege of Saint-Dizier
    The Siege of Saint-Dizier was a 1544 military engagement during the Italian War of 1542–1546 in which French forces defended the fortified town of Saint-Dizier against an imperial army led by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69c7ad86ac688190af97b42d0cb36b84 completed March 28, 2026, 10:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7ae3505608190bdddc3791a902d60 completed March 28, 2026, 10:32 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7ae9f8f648190adc5cdf08bc01d93 completed March 28, 2026, 10:34 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:43 p.m.