Triple
T8024165
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Maher al-Assad |
E186811
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object | al-Assad |
E300507
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: al-Assad | Statement: [Maher al-Assad, familyName, al-Assad]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: al-Assad Context triple: [Maher al-Assad, familyName, al-Assad]
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A.
al-Assad
chosen
al-Assad is the surname of the Syrian political family that has ruled the country for decades, most prominently through presidents Hafez al-Assad and his son Bashar al-Assad.
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B.
Majd al-Assad
Majd al-Assad was a son of former Syrian president Hafez al-Assad and a member of Syria’s ruling Assad family.
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C.
Maher al-Assad
Maher al-Assad is a powerful Syrian military commander and brother of President Bashar al-Assad, known for leading elite army units and playing a key role in the country's security apparatus.
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D.
Karim Bashar al-Assad
Karim Bashar al-Assad is a son of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and a member of Syria’s ruling Assad family.
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E.
Hafez Bashar al-Assad
Hafez Bashar al-Assad is the eldest son of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, often noted as a potential heir within Syria’s ruling family.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca82ad4e2c8190a693e3c9e30fe66f |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb3e90c7348190abc1013a312e4f1a |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:25 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce4d5b80b48190909ca7775fda2ed9 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 11:04 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:21 p.m.