Triple

T13795
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject North African campaign E276 entity
Predicate hasPart P35 FINISHED
Object Siege of Tobruk
The Siege of Tobruk was a prolonged World War II battle in Libya where Allied forces, notably Australian troops, held the strategic port of Tobruk against Axis forces in 1941, becoming a symbol of resistance in the North African campaign.
E14077 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 Tobruk | Statement: [North African campaign, hasPart, Siege of Tobruk]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Tobruk
Context triple: [North African campaign, hasPart, Siege of Tobruk]
  • A. Battle of El Alamein
    The Battle of El Alamein was a pivotal 1942 North African campaign clash between Allied and Axis forces that marked a major turning point in World War II by halting the German advance toward Egypt and the Suez Canal.
  • B. Operation Crusader
    Operation Crusader was a major British-led offensive in North Africa in late 1941 aimed at relieving the besieged garrison at Tobruk and pushing back German-Italian forces.
  • C. Operation Compass
    Operation Compass was a major early World War II British-led offensive in North Africa that resulted in a decisive defeat of Italian forces in Egypt and eastern Libya.
  • D. Tunisian campaign
    The Tunisian campaign was the final phase of the North African fighting in World War II, in which Allied forces defeated Axis troops in Tunisia in 1943, leading to the surrender of large German and Italian forces.
  • E. Battle of Malta
    The Battle of Malta was a crucial World War II air and naval campaign in which Axis forces relentlessly besieged the strategically vital island of Malta, leading to a hard-fought Allied defense that proved pivotal in controlling Mediterranean supply routes.
  • 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 Tobruk
Triple: [North African campaign, hasPart, Siege of Tobruk]
Generated description
The Siege of Tobruk was a prolonged World War II battle in Libya where Allied forces, notably Australian troops, held the strategic port of Tobruk against Axis forces in 1941, becoming a symbol of resistance in the North African campaign.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Tobruk
Target entity description: The Siege of Tobruk was a prolonged World War II battle in Libya where Allied forces, notably Australian troops, held the strategic port of Tobruk against Axis forces in 1941, becoming a symbol of resistance in the North African campaign.
  • A. Battle of El Alamein
    The Battle of El Alamein was a pivotal 1942 North African campaign clash between Allied and Axis forces that marked a major turning point in World War II by halting the German advance toward Egypt and the Suez Canal.
  • B. Operation Crusader
    Operation Crusader was a major British-led offensive in North Africa in late 1941 aimed at relieving the besieged garrison at Tobruk and pushing back German-Italian forces.
  • C. Operation Compass
    Operation Compass was a major early World War II British-led offensive in North Africa that resulted in a decisive defeat of Italian forces in Egypt and eastern Libya.
  • D. Tunisian campaign
    The Tunisian campaign was the final phase of the North African fighting in World War II, in which Allied forces defeated Axis troops in Tunisia in 1943, leading to the surrender of large German and Italian forces.
  • E. Battle of Malta
    The Battle of Malta was a crucial World War II air and naval campaign in which Axis forces relentlessly besieged the strategically vital island of Malta, leading to a hard-fought Allied defense that proved pivotal in controlling Mediterranean supply routes.
  • 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_69a23d7ad88c8190bffe8ab091d86642 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:57 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a240014418819090625e2fb774a2e6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a29e40188c8190a941661f984527bb completed Feb. 28, 2026, 7:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2a042219c8190a13359d7e3a271a3 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 7:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2a0a1298481909760230232c3823d completed Feb. 28, 2026, 8 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:02 a.m.