Triple
T2376760
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 |
E46214
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableBattle |
P259
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sack of Seleucia (165)
The Sack of Seleucia (165) was a devastating Roman assault and looting of the major Mesopotamian city of Seleucia on the Tigris during Lucius Verus’s eastern campaign, contributing to the city’s decline and the wider destabilization of the Parthian Empire.
|
E261609
|
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: Sack of Seleucia (165) | Statement: [Roman–Parthian War of 161–166, notableBattle, Sack of Seleucia (165)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sack of Seleucia (165) Context triple: [Roman–Parthian War of 161–166, notableBattle, Sack of Seleucia (165)]
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A.
Siege of Palmyra (272)
The Siege of Palmyra (272) was a Roman military campaign under Emperor Aurelian that recaptured the city of Palmyra and effectively ended the power of Queen Zenobia’s Palmyrene Empire.
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B.
Siege of Samaria
The Siege of Samaria was the decisive Assyrian military campaign in 722 BCE that led to the fall of the capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel and the exile of much of its population.
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C.
Siege of Bethar
The Siege of Bethar was the climactic Roman assault in 135 CE that crushed the Bar Kokhba Revolt and marked the effective end of large-scale Jewish resistance to Roman rule in Judea.
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D.
Roman–Palmyrene War
The Roman–Palmyrene War was a 3rd-century conflict in which the Roman Empire fought to suppress the breakaway Palmyrene Empire led by Queen Zenobia and restore imperial control over the Eastern provinces.
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E.
Siege of Nicomedia
The Siege of Nicomedia was an early 14th-century Ottoman campaign that captured the important Byzantine city of Nicomedia, marking a key step in the Ottoman expansion into northwestern Anatolia.
- 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: Sack of Seleucia (165) Triple: [Roman–Parthian War of 161–166, notableBattle, Sack of Seleucia (165)]
Generated description
The Sack of Seleucia (165) was a devastating Roman assault and looting of the major Mesopotamian city of Seleucia on the Tigris during Lucius Verus’s eastern campaign, contributing to the city’s decline and the wider destabilization of the Parthian Empire.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sack of Seleucia (165) Target entity description: The Sack of Seleucia (165) was a devastating Roman assault and looting of the major Mesopotamian city of Seleucia on the Tigris during Lucius Verus’s eastern campaign, contributing to the city’s decline and the wider destabilization of the Parthian Empire.
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A.
Siege of Palmyra (272)
The Siege of Palmyra (272) was a Roman military campaign under Emperor Aurelian that recaptured the city of Palmyra and effectively ended the power of Queen Zenobia’s Palmyrene Empire.
-
B.
Siege of Samaria
The Siege of Samaria was the decisive Assyrian military campaign in 722 BCE that led to the fall of the capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel and the exile of much of its population.
-
C.
Siege of Bethar
The Siege of Bethar was the climactic Roman assault in 135 CE that crushed the Bar Kokhba Revolt and marked the effective end of large-scale Jewish resistance to Roman rule in Judea.
-
D.
Roman–Palmyrene War
The Roman–Palmyrene War was a 3rd-century conflict in which the Roman Empire fought to suppress the breakaway Palmyrene Empire led by Queen Zenobia and restore imperial control over the Eastern provinces.
-
E.
Siege of Nicomedia
The Siege of Nicomedia was an early 14th-century Ottoman campaign that captured the important Byzantine city of Nicomedia, marking a key step in the Ottoman expansion into northwestern Anatolia.
- 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_69a88a1554a48190a0180682bcf099be |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc794eee481908163148e1e666d9b |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:37 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aea8ac3e80819099065f874f9dc25d |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:02 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69aeabd9a5a08190a2c6699576e36c46 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:15 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69aead3299c88190af03577eef126387 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:21 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:57 p.m.