Triple
T784866
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Operation Cobra |
E16578
|
entity |
| Predicate | precededBy |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Battle of Saint-Lô
The Battle of Saint-Lô was a pivotal World War II engagement in Normandy in July 1944, marked by intense urban combat and heavy bombardment that devastated the town while opening the way for the Allied breakout from the bocage.
|
E105257
|
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 Saint-Lô | Statement: [Operation Cobra, precededBy, Battle of Saint-Lô]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Saint-Lô Context triple: [Operation Cobra, precededBy, Battle of Saint-Lô]
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A.
Battle for Caen
The Battle for Caen was a major World War II engagement during the Normandy campaign in 1944, in which Allied forces fought to capture the strategically vital French city of Caen from German defenders.
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B.
Battle of the Falaise Pocket
The Battle of the Falaise Pocket was a decisive August 1944 engagement in Normandy in which Allied forces encircled and destroyed much of the German Army Group B, effectively breaking German resistance in France.
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C.
Battle of Aachen
The Battle of Aachen was a major World War II engagement in 1944 in which Allied forces captured the German city of Aachen, marking the first major German city to fall to the Western Allies and breaching Germany’s western defenses.
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D.
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive in the winter of 1944–1945 on the Western Front, notable as the last significant Nazi counterattack and one of the bloodiest battles fought by U.S. forces in World War II.
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E.
Lorraine campaign
The Lorraine campaign was a World War II Allied offensive in northeastern France in 1944, led by General George S. Patton’s Third Army, aimed at driving German forces back toward the German border.
- 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 Saint-Lô Triple: [Operation Cobra, precededBy, Battle of Saint-Lô]
Generated description
The Battle of Saint-Lô was a pivotal World War II engagement in Normandy in July 1944, marked by intense urban combat and heavy bombardment that devastated the town while opening the way for the Allied breakout from the bocage.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Saint-Lô Target entity description: The Battle of Saint-Lô was a pivotal World War II engagement in Normandy in July 1944, marked by intense urban combat and heavy bombardment that devastated the town while opening the way for the Allied breakout from the bocage.
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A.
Battle for Caen
The Battle for Caen was a major World War II engagement during the Normandy campaign in 1944, in which Allied forces fought to capture the strategically vital French city of Caen from German defenders.
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B.
Battle of Normandy
The Battle of Normandy was a major World War II Allied campaign in 1944 that began with the D-Day landings in northern France and led to the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi occupation.
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C.
Battle of the Falaise Pocket
The Battle of the Falaise Pocket was a decisive August 1944 engagement in Normandy in which Allied forces encircled and destroyed much of the German Army Group B, effectively breaking German resistance in France.
-
D.
Battle of Aachen
The Battle of Aachen was a major World War II engagement in 1944 in which Allied forces captured the German city of Aachen, marking the first major German city to fall to the Western Allies and breaching Germany’s western defenses.
-
E.
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive in the winter of 1944–1945 on the Western Front, notable as the last significant Nazi counterattack and one of the bloodiest battles fought by U.S. forces in World War II.
- 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_69a4936ad1fc81908f190208059ccf78 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a76b0d6c8190a09b1a0bd4a6eeec |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:54 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a7c00c1db48190906a02bb80fe98dc |
completed | March 4, 2026, 5:15 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a7c13f15848190b126bdc434953a22 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 5:21 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a7c21dd42881908ac19fed7454d7a9 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 5:24 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.