Triple

T8012254

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Franco-Spanish War (1673–1678)	`E186521`	entity
Predicate	significantBattle	`P259`	FINISHED
Object	Siege of Saint-Omer (1677) The Siege of Saint-Omer (1677) was a major French offensive during the later stages of the Franco-Dutch War in which Louis XIV’s forces captured the strategically important town of Saint-Omer from the Spanish.	`E713288`	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 Saint-Omer (1677) | Statement: [Franco-Spanish War (1673–1678), significantBattle, Siege of Saint-Omer (1677)]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Siege of Saint-Omer (1677)
Context triple: [Franco-Spanish War (1673–1678), significantBattle, Siege of Saint-Omer (1677)]

A. Siege of Saint-Omer (1638)
The Siege of Saint-Omer (1638) was a major engagement of the Franco-Spanish War in which French forces unsuccessfully attempted to capture the strategically important town of Saint-Omer from the Spanish Netherlands.
B. Siege of Cambrai (1677)
The Siege of Cambrai (1677) was a major French offensive during the later stages of the Franco-Dutch War in which Louis XIV’s forces captured the strategically important fortress city of Cambrai from Spanish control.
C. Siege of Valenciennes (1677)
The Siege of Valenciennes (1677) was a major French victory under Louis XIV during the Franco-Dutch War, in which Vauban’s siege tactics enabled the capture of the strategically important fortress city from Spanish control.
D. Siege of Douai (1667)
The Siege of Douai (1667) was a key French operation during Louis XIV’s early expansionist campaigns, in which French forces captured the fortified town of Douai from the Spanish Netherlands.
E. Siege of Tournai (1667)
The Siege of Tournai (1667) was a key early French victory under Louis XIV during his invasion of the Spanish Netherlands in the War of Devolution.
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 Saint-Omer (1677)
Triple: [Franco-Spanish War (1673–1678), significantBattle, Siege of Saint-Omer (1677)]

Generated description

The Siege of Saint-Omer (1677) was a major French offensive during the later stages of the Franco-Dutch War in which Louis XIV’s forces captured the strategically important town of Saint-Omer from the Spanish.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Siege of Saint-Omer (1677)
Target entity description: The Siege of Saint-Omer (1677) was a major French offensive during the later stages of the Franco-Dutch War in which Louis XIV’s forces captured the strategically important town of Saint-Omer from the Spanish.

A. Siege of Saint-Omer (1638)
The Siege of Saint-Omer (1638) was a major engagement of the Franco-Spanish War in which French forces unsuccessfully attempted to capture the strategically important town of Saint-Omer from the Spanish Netherlands.
B. Siege of Cambrai (1677)
The Siege of Cambrai (1677) was a major French offensive during the later stages of the Franco-Dutch War in which Louis XIV’s forces captured the strategically important fortress city of Cambrai from Spanish control.
C. Siege of Valenciennes (1677)
The Siege of Valenciennes (1677) was a major French victory under Louis XIV during the Franco-Dutch War, in which Vauban’s siege tactics enabled the capture of the strategically important fortress city from Spanish control.
D. Siege of Douai (1667)
The Siege of Douai (1667) was a key French operation during Louis XIV’s early expansionist campaigns, in which French forces captured the fortified town of Douai from the Spanish Netherlands.
E. Siege of Tournai (1667)
The Siege of Tournai (1667) was a key early French victory under Louis XIV during his invasion of the Spanish Netherlands in the War of Devolution.
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_69ca82abaffc8190ab8af79cdbc31ab3`	completed	March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69cb3d73bf048190ad8066a7e95c34b0`	completed	March 31, 2026, 3:20 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69cc93a8923081908402951d6490f8de`	completed	April 1, 2026, 3:40 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69cc9557c6148190a759021b6add0a61`	completed	April 1, 2026, 3:47 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69cc96a8bb688190a352de1798b380f1`	completed	April 1, 2026, 3:53 a.m.

Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:19 p.m.