Triple
T18308045
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of Basra |
E438539
|
entity |
| Predicate | alsoKnownAs |
P39
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FINISHED |
| Object | Basra campaign (1914) |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: Basra campaign (1914) | Statement: [Battle of Basra, alsoKnownAs, Basra campaign (1914)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Basra campaign (1914) Context triple: [Battle of Basra, alsoKnownAs, Basra campaign (1914)]
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A.
Battle of Basra (1914)
chosen
The Battle of Basra (1914) was an early World War I engagement in which British and Indian forces captured the key Ottoman port city of Basra in Mesopotamia, securing vital oil supplies and control of the Shatt al-Arab waterway.
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B.
Mesopotamian campaign (World War I)
The Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) was a series of military operations primarily between British Empire and Ottoman forces in the region of modern-day Iraq, aimed at securing oil resources and strategic control of the Persian Gulf.
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C.
Capture of Baghdad (1917)
The Capture of Baghdad (1917) was a key World War I victory in which British and Indian forces seized the Ottoman-held city of Baghdad, significantly weakening Ottoman control in Mesopotamia.
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D.
Anglo-Iraqi War
The Anglo-Iraqi War was a brief 1941 conflict in which British forces defeated a nationalist Iraqi government that sought to reduce British influence and align more closely with the Axis powers during World War II.
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E.
Battle of Tikrit (1917)
The Battle of Tikrit (1917) was a First World War engagement in Mesopotamia in which British and Indian forces fought to dislodge the Ottoman Empire from the strategically important town of Tikrit along the Tigris River.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8b915e3e881909125d760c15d0c29 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e50215e0c48190a4679d432b6ee596 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 4:25 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:35 a.m.