Triple

T208826
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Beirut E4667 entity
Predicate experiencedEvent P149 FINISHED
Object Beirut port explosion of 4 August 2020
The Beirut port explosion of 4 August 2020 was a massive blast caused by improperly stored ammonium nitrate that devastated large parts of Lebanon’s capital, killed over 200 people, injured thousands, and triggered a severe political and economic crisis.
E26656 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: Beirut port explosion of 4 August 2020 | Statement: [Beirut, experiencedEvent, Beirut port explosion of 4 August 2020]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Beirut port explosion of 4 August 2020
Context triple: [Beirut, experiencedEvent, Beirut port explosion of 4 August 2020]
  • A. Great Holland Fire of 1871
    The Great Holland Fire of 1871 was a devastating conflagration that destroyed much of Holland, Michigan, during the same period as the Great Chicago Fire and other major Midwest fires.
  • B. Black September conflict
    The Black September conflict was a violent confrontation in 1970–1971 between the Jordanian government and Palestinian armed organizations that reshaped the Palestinian resistance movement and regional politics in the Middle East.
  • C. Benghazi
    Benghazi is a major port city in eastern Libya that has historically served as a key political, economic, and cultural center of the country.
  • D. Operation Serval
    Operation Serval was a 2013 French-led military intervention in Mali aimed at halting Islamist militant advances and stabilizing the country.
  • E. September Massacres
    The September Massacres were a wave of brutal killings of prisoners in Paris in early September 1792, reflecting the radicalization and violent popular justice that marked a turning point in the French Revolution.
  • 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: Beirut port explosion of 4 August 2020
Triple: [Beirut, experiencedEvent, Beirut port explosion of 4 August 2020]
Generated description
The Beirut port explosion of 4 August 2020 was a massive blast caused by improperly stored ammonium nitrate that devastated large parts of Lebanon’s capital, killed over 200 people, injured thousands, and triggered a severe political and economic crisis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Beirut port explosion of 4 August 2020
Target entity description: The Beirut port explosion of 4 August 2020 was a massive blast caused by improperly stored ammonium nitrate that devastated large parts of Lebanon’s capital, killed over 200 people, injured thousands, and triggered a severe political and economic crisis.
  • A. Noetus of Smyrna
    Noetus of Smyrna was an early Christian theologian known for advocating modalism, the view that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are not distinct persons but different modes of one God.
  • B. Great Holland Fire of 1871
    The Great Holland Fire of 1871 was a devastating conflagration that destroyed much of Holland, Michigan, during the same period as the Great Chicago Fire and other major Midwest fires.
  • C. Black September conflict
    The Black September conflict was a violent confrontation in 1970–1971 between the Jordanian government and Palestinian armed organizations that reshaped the Palestinian resistance movement and regional politics in the Middle East.
  • D. Benghazi
    Benghazi is a major port city in eastern Libya that has historically served as a key political, economic, and cultural center of the country.
  • E. Operation Serval
    Operation Serval was a 2013 French-led military intervention in Mali aimed at halting Islamist militant advances and stabilizing the country.
  • 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_69a25737567c81908f9c505300239181 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25c082fa08190b4d097bf68300222 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a32f2b03b08190b4708865ac9e54a3 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 6:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3306f41a08190ae7719c6205d85f1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 6:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a330f7f550819098ba3ef4022f31ac completed Feb. 28, 2026, 6:16 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:51 a.m.