Triple

T722003
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) E14636 entity
Predicate notableBattle P259 FINISHED
Object Battle of Basra (1914)
The Battle of Basra (1914) was an early World War I engagement in which British and Indian forces captured the key Ottoman-held port city of Basra, securing vital oil supplies and control of the Persian Gulf region.
E14636 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 Basra (1914) | Statement: [Mesopotamian campaign (World War I), notableBattle, Battle of Basra (1914)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Basra (1914)
Context triple: [Mesopotamian campaign (World War I), notableBattle, Battle of Basra (1914)]
  • A. Battle of Bardia
    The Battle of Bardia was a major early World War II engagement in North Africa in January 1941, in which British and Commonwealth forces captured the Italian-held Libyan port of Bardia, marking a significant success in the Western Desert campaign.
  • B. Battle of Al Amarah
    The Battle of Al Amarah was a significant engagement during the Iraq War in which British-led coalition forces clashed with insurgents for control of the southern Iraqi city of Amarah.
  • C. Mesopotamian campaign (World War I)
    The Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) was a series of military operations primarily between British Empire and Ottoman forces in the region of modern-day Iraq, aimed at securing oil resources and strategic control of the Persian Gulf.
  • D. Battle of the Trench
    The Battle of the Trench was a pivotal 627 CE conflict near Medina in which early Muslims, under Muhammad’s leadership, successfully defended the city against a large Meccan coalition by using an innovative trench fortification.
  • E. Second Battle of Ypres
    The Second Battle of Ypres was a major First World War engagement in 1915, notorious as the site of the first large-scale use of poison gas on the Western Front and heavy fighting involving Allied forces including Canadian troops.
  • 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 Basra (1914)
Triple: [Mesopotamian campaign (World War I), notableBattle, Battle of Basra (1914)]
Generated description
The Battle of Basra (1914) was an early World War I engagement in which British and Indian forces captured the key Ottoman-held port city of Basra, securing vital oil supplies and control of the Persian Gulf region.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Basra (1914)
Target entity description: The Battle of Basra (1914) was an early World War I engagement in which British and Indian forces captured the key Ottoman-held port city of Basra, securing vital oil supplies and control of the Persian Gulf region.
  • A. Battle of Bardia
    The Battle of Bardia was a major early World War II engagement in North Africa in January 1941, in which British and Commonwealth forces captured the Italian-held Libyan port of Bardia, marking a significant success in the Western Desert campaign.
  • B. Battle of Al Amarah
    The Battle of Al Amarah was a significant engagement during the Iraq War in which British-led coalition forces clashed with insurgents for control of the southern Iraqi city of Amarah.
  • C. Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) chosen
    The Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) was a series of military operations primarily between British Empire and Ottoman forces in the region of modern-day Iraq, aimed at securing oil resources and strategic control of the Persian Gulf.
  • D. Battle of the Trench
    The Battle of the Trench was a pivotal 627 CE conflict near Medina in which early Muslims, under Muhammad’s leadership, successfully defended the city against a large Meccan coalition by using an innovative trench fortification.
  • E. Second Battle of Ypres
    The Second Battle of Ypres was a major First World War engagement in 1915, notorious as the site of the first large-scale use of poison gas on the Western Front and heavy fighting involving Allied forces including Canadian troops.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a4934c753c81909b309027e48b9b3a completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a591124c8190842e7ef18b064198 completed March 1, 2026, 8:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a6375c16488190a8509e1e2b5c6a7d completed March 3, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a63bb28e1c8190bb363ef7d389dddd completed March 3, 2026, 1:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a63c2ac310819095eacf5017a637f2 completed March 3, 2026, 1:40 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.