Triple
T13344844
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ibn Kathir |
E317921
|
entity |
| Predicate | regionOfActivity |
P82
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Greater Syria |
E535810
|
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: Greater Syria | Statement: [Ibn Kathir, regionOfActivity, Greater Syria]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Greater Syria Context triple: [Ibn Kathir, regionOfActivity, Greater Syria]
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A.
Greater Syria
chosen
Greater Syria is a historical region in the Eastern Mediterranean that traditionally encompasses modern-day Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, and parts of neighboring territories.
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B.
Coele-Syria
Coele-Syria was a historical region of the ancient Near East, roughly corresponding to parts of modern Syria and Lebanon, that was frequently contested between the Ptolemaic and Seleucid kingdoms.
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C.
Syro-Anatolian region
The Syro-Anatolian region is an ancient Near Eastern cultural zone spanning parts of modern Syria and southern Turkey, where diverse Luwian, Aramean, and Neo-Hittite states flourished and interacted.
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D.
western Syria
Western Syria is the coastal and inland belt of Syria along the Mediterranean, encompassing key cities and ports and forming one of the country’s most densely populated and strategically important regions.
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E.
Eastern Syria
Eastern Syria is a predominantly desert region along the Euphrates River that became a key battleground and strategic area during the Syrian Civil War and the fight against ISIS.
- 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_69d806b5a3c08190b42c267fb092f98a |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d99e8839b48190b164414b418e756c |
completed | April 11, 2026, 1:06 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f71f439b3c8190b35fd4d097d65068 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 10:11 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:31 p.m.