Triple
T273290
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Looming Tower |
E5684
|
entity |
| Predicate | subject |
P450
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Ayman al-Zawahiri was an Egyptian-born physician-turned-militant who became the ideological leader of al-Qaeda and succeeded Osama bin Laden as its emir.
|
E35669
|
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: Ayman al-Zawahiri | Statement: [The Looming Tower, subject, Ayman al-Zawahiri]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ayman al-Zawahiri Context triple: [The Looming Tower, subject, Ayman al-Zawahiri]
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A.
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden was the founder and leader of the militant Islamist organization al-Qaeda and the orchestrator of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
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B.
Abdul Rahman Azzam
Abdul Rahman Azzam was an Egyptian diplomat, nationalist, and statesman best known for serving as the founding Secretary-General of the Arab League and advocating Arab unity in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Achmed Abdullah
Achmed Abdullah was a Russian-born American writer and screenwriter known for his exotic adventure tales and contributions to early Hollywood cinema.
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D.
Abd al‑Qadir al‑Jilani
Abd al‑Qadir al‑Jilani was a prominent 12th‑century Islamic scholar and mystic revered as the founder of the Qadiriyya Sufi order and a major spiritual figure in Sunni Islam.
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E.
Muammar Gaddafi
Muammar Gaddafi was a Libyan revolutionary and authoritarian ruler who led the country for over four decades after seizing power in a 1969 coup.
- 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: Ayman al-Zawahiri Triple: [The Looming Tower, subject, Ayman al-Zawahiri]
Generated description
Ayman al-Zawahiri was an Egyptian-born physician-turned-militant who became the ideological leader of al-Qaeda and succeeded Osama bin Laden as its emir.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ayman al-Zawahiri Target entity description: Ayman al-Zawahiri was an Egyptian-born physician-turned-militant who became the ideological leader of al-Qaeda and succeeded Osama bin Laden as its emir.
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A.
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden was the founder and leader of the militant Islamist organization al-Qaeda and the orchestrator of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
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B.
Abdul Rahman Azzam
Abdul Rahman Azzam was an Egyptian diplomat, nationalist, and statesman best known for serving as the founding Secretary-General of the Arab League and advocating Arab unity in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Achmed Abdullah
Achmed Abdullah was a Russian-born American writer and screenwriter known for his exotic adventure tales and contributions to early Hollywood cinema.
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D.
Abd al‑Qadir al‑Jilani
Abd al‑Qadir al‑Jilani was a prominent 12th‑century Islamic scholar and mystic revered as the founder of the Qadiriyya Sufi order and a major spiritual figure in Sunni Islam.
-
E.
Muammar Gaddafi
Muammar Gaddafi was a Libyan revolutionary and authoritarian ruler who led the country for over four decades after seizing power in a 1969 coup.
- 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_69a25853594c8190b05ec3a586ec88bf |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:52 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25dcf667c8190a7b8630fe67b9a90 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:15 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3914eba9081908cdef8b719c9b20b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 1:07 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a391888bbc81908d86e3a1f15cb84e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 1:08 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3921fc8c8819084d2dab21012e53a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 1:10 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:57 a.m.