Triple

T15583891
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Great Colonnade of Palmyra E374567 entity
Predicate damageEvent P992 FINISHED
Object ISIL occupation of Palmyra 2015–2017
The ISIL occupation of Palmyra 2015–2017 was a period during the Syrian Civil War when the Islamic State controlled the ancient city of Palmyra, causing widespread destruction of its archaeological heritage and cultural landmarks.
E1165663 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: ISIL occupation of Palmyra 2015–2017 | Statement: [Great Colonnade of Palmyra, damageEvent, ISIL occupation of Palmyra 2015–2017]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ISIL occupation of Palmyra 2015–2017
Context triple: [Great Colonnade of Palmyra, damageEvent, ISIL occupation of Palmyra 2015–2017]
  • A. Fall of Mosul (2014)
    The Fall of Mosul (2014) was a major turning point in the Iraq conflict when ISIS seized Iraq’s second-largest city, triggering a rapid territorial expansion, mass displacement, and widespread atrocities.
  • B. Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017)
    The Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017) was a prolonged and strategically crucial battle of the Syrian Civil War in which Islamic State forces encircled and repeatedly attacked Syrian government–held districts of the city until the siege was broken by the Syrian Army and its allies.
  • C. Battle of Tal Afar (2017)
    The Battle of Tal Afar (2017) was an Iraqi-led offensive, supported by coalition forces, to recapture the strategic city of Tal Afar from the Islamic State shortly after the liberation of Mosul.
  • D. Sinjar offensive (2015)
    The Sinjar offensive (2015) was a major Kurdish-led military operation, supported by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, to recapture the Iraqi town of Sinjar from ISIS and cut a key supply route between Mosul and Raqqa.
  • E. Samarra offensive
    The Samarra offensive was a World War I campaign on the Mesopotamian front in 1917, in which Ottoman and British forces fought for control of the strategically important city of Samarra in present-day Iraq.
  • 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: ISIL occupation of Palmyra 2015–2017
Triple: [Great Colonnade of Palmyra, damageEvent, ISIL occupation of Palmyra 2015–2017]
Generated description
The ISIL occupation of Palmyra 2015–2017 was a period during the Syrian Civil War when the Islamic State controlled the ancient city of Palmyra, causing widespread destruction of its archaeological heritage and cultural landmarks.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ISIL occupation of Palmyra 2015–2017
Target entity description: The ISIL occupation of Palmyra 2015–2017 was a period during the Syrian Civil War when the Islamic State controlled the ancient city of Palmyra, causing widespread destruction of its archaeological heritage and cultural landmarks.
  • A. Fall of Mosul (2014)
    The Fall of Mosul (2014) was a major turning point in the Iraq conflict when ISIS seized Iraq’s second-largest city, triggering a rapid territorial expansion, mass displacement, and widespread atrocities.
  • B. Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017)
    The Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017) was a prolonged and strategically crucial battle of the Syrian Civil War in which Islamic State forces encircled and repeatedly attacked Syrian government–held districts of the city until the siege was broken by the Syrian Army and its allies.
  • C. Battle of Tal Afar (2017)
    The Battle of Tal Afar (2017) was an Iraqi-led offensive, supported by coalition forces, to recapture the strategic city of Tal Afar from the Islamic State shortly after the liberation of Mosul.
  • D. Sinjar offensive (2015)
    The Sinjar offensive (2015) was a major Kurdish-led military operation, supported by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, to recapture the Iraqi town of Sinjar from ISIS and cut a key supply route between Mosul and Raqqa.
  • E. Samarra offensive
    The Samarra offensive was a World War I campaign on the Mesopotamian front in 1917, in which Ottoman and British forces fought for control of the strategically important city of Samarra in present-day Iraq.
  • 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_69d85ccd575081908909b71a3f3e3a61 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e04e47971481909e986dd999354628 completed April 16, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff4c4f71e48190a15eb0a2138f083f completed May 9, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff4fb2522481909fa66c2e1fac23bf completed May 9, 2026, 3:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff5238f0e88190b280942022480c12 completed May 9, 2026, 3:26 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:11 a.m.