Triple

T2336688
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject 21st Panzer Division E44326 entity
Predicate engagedAgainst P4567 FINISHED
Object United States forces in North Africa
United States forces in North Africa were the American Army and Air Force units that fought the Axis powers in the North African campaign of World War II, beginning with Operation Torch in 1942.
E16247 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: United States forces in North Africa | Statement: [21st Panzer Division, engagedAgainst, United States forces in North Africa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States forces in North Africa
Context triple: [21st Panzer Division, engagedAgainst, United States forces in North Africa]
  • A. Allied Expeditionary Force in North Africa
    The Allied Expeditionary Force in North Africa was the multinational British-American-led ground force that conducted the land campaigns following the 1942 Allied landings in French North Africa during World War II.
  • B. North African campaign
    The North African campaign was a major World War II theater in which Allied and Axis forces fought for control of North Africa’s deserts and vital Mediterranean supply routes between 1940 and 1943.
  • C. Italian Army in North Africa
    The Italian Army in North Africa was the contingent of Italy’s armed forces that fought alongside German troops against the Allies in the North African Campaign of World War II.
  • D. Mediterranean Theater of Operations
    The Mediterranean Theater of Operations was a major World War II combat zone encompassing Allied and Axis military campaigns across North Africa, Southern Europe, and surrounding seas.
  • E. Operation Torch
    Operation Torch was the 1942 Allied invasion of French North Africa during World War II, aimed at reducing Axis control in the Mediterranean and opening a new front against Germany.
  • 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: United States forces in North Africa
Triple: [21st Panzer Division, engagedAgainst, United States forces in North Africa]
Generated description
United States forces in North Africa were the American Army and Air Force units that fought the Axis powers in the North African campaign of World War II, beginning with Operation Torch in 1942.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States forces in North Africa
Target entity description: United States forces in North Africa were the American Army and Air Force units that fought the Axis powers in the North African campaign of World War II, beginning with Operation Torch in 1942.
  • A. Allied Expeditionary Force in North Africa chosen
    The Allied Expeditionary Force in North Africa was the multinational British-American-led ground force that conducted the land campaigns following the 1942 Allied landings in French North Africa during World War II.
  • B. North African campaign
    The North African campaign was a major World War II theater in which Allied and Axis forces fought for control of North Africa’s deserts and vital Mediterranean supply routes between 1940 and 1943.
  • C. Italian Army in North Africa
    The Italian Army in North Africa was the contingent of Italy’s armed forces that fought alongside German troops against the Allies in the North African Campaign of World War II.
  • D. Mediterranean Theater of Operations
    The Mediterranean Theater of Operations was a major World War II combat zone encompassing Allied and Axis military campaigns across North Africa, Southern Europe, and surrounding seas.
  • E. Operation Torch
    Operation Torch was the 1942 Allied invasion of French North Africa during World War II, aimed at reducing Axis control in the Mediterranean and opening a new front against Germany.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a889132b488190bbb43ad4780ddd92 completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc68927988190888630b5fa8f91dd completed March 7, 2026, 6:32 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae961adfdc8190bf79d479d8207599 completed March 9, 2026, 9:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae97406c588190855ecb6c9ed00bc9 completed March 9, 2026, 9:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae97c82e8c8190a613444ea4ffb5a0 completed March 9, 2026, 9:50 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:51 p.m.