Triple
T12790672
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | al-Mahdi |
E305749
|
entity |
| Predicate | victory |
P4779
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Capture of Khartoum |
E40070
|
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: Capture of Khartoum | Statement: [al-Mahdi, victory, Capture of Khartoum]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Capture of Khartoum Context triple: [al-Mahdi, victory, Capture of Khartoum]
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A.
Siege of Khartoum
chosen
The Siege of Khartoum was an 1884–1885 military encirclement and capture of the Sudanese capital by Mahdist forces, culminating in the death of British General Charles Gordon and a major imperial defeat for Britain.
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B.
Conquest of Sudan
The Conquest of Sudan was the 19th-century Egyptian military campaign that brought much of Sudan under Ottoman-Egyptian control, laying the groundwork for later Anglo-Egyptian rule.
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C.
Battle of Omdurman
The Battle of Omdurman was an 1898 clash in Sudan in which British-Egyptian forces decisively defeated Mahdist armies, securing Anglo-Egyptian control over Sudan and showcasing the lethal impact of modern weaponry in colonial warfare.
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D.
Battle of Massawa
The Battle of Massawa was a key 1990 offensive by Eritrean rebel forces to capture the strategic Red Sea port city of Massawa from Ethiopian government control, significantly advancing Eritrea’s path to independence.
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E.
Second Battle of Kut
The Second Battle of Kut was a World War I engagement in 1917 during the Mesopotamian campaign, in which British and Indian forces recaptured the town of Kut-al-Amara from the Ottoman Empire.
- 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_69d7bdf366888190a8cccb982606889c |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d96e6b55248190ab938e69eb263612 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 9:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f68ebeab2081908a6e38351613e3ed |
completed | May 2, 2026, 11:54 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:30 p.m.