Triple

T284859
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Second Punic War E5865 entity
Predicate notableBattle P259 FINISHED
Object Battle of Zama
The Battle of Zama was the decisive 202 BCE clash in North Africa where Roman general Scipio Africanus defeated Carthaginian commander Hannibal, effectively ending Carthage’s power in the western Mediterranean.
E39236 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: Battle of Zama | Statement: [Second Punic War, notableBattle, Battle of Zama]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Zama
Context triple: [Second Punic War, notableBattle, Battle of Zama]
  • A. Battle of Cannae
    The Battle of Cannae was a major engagement in 216 BC during the Second Punic War in which Hannibal’s Carthaginian army annihilated a much larger Roman force, becoming one of history’s most famous examples of tactical encirclement.
  • B. Battle of Actium
    The Battle of Actium was the decisive 31 BC naval confrontation in which Octavian defeated the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, paving the way for his sole rule and the emergence of the Roman Empire.
  • C. Second Punic War
    The Second Punic War was a major conflict between Carthage and the Roman Republic (218–201 BC), famed for Hannibal’s crossing of the Alps and Rome’s eventual emergence as the dominant Mediterranean power.
  • D. Third Punic War
    The Third Punic War was the final conflict between Rome and Carthage (149–146 BCE), culminating in Rome’s destruction of Carthage and its emergence as the dominant power in the western Mediterranean.
  • E. Battle of the Milvian Bridge
    The Battle of the Milvian Bridge (312 CE) was a decisive clash between Constantine and Maxentius near Rome, famous for Constantine’s reported vision that led to his adoption of the Christian symbol and helped pave the way for the Roman Empire’s Christianization.
  • 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: Battle of Zama
Triple: [Second Punic War, notableBattle, Battle of Zama]
Generated description
The Battle of Zama was the decisive 202 BCE clash in North Africa where Roman general Scipio Africanus defeated Carthaginian commander Hannibal, effectively ending Carthage’s power in the western Mediterranean.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Zama
Target entity description: The Battle of Zama was the decisive 202 BCE clash in North Africa where Roman general Scipio Africanus defeated Carthaginian commander Hannibal, effectively ending Carthage’s power in the western Mediterranean.
  • A. Battle of Cannae
    The Battle of Cannae was a major engagement in 216 BC during the Second Punic War in which Hannibal’s Carthaginian army annihilated a much larger Roman force, becoming one of history’s most famous examples of tactical encirclement.
  • B. Battle of Actium
    The Battle of Actium was the decisive 31 BC naval confrontation in which Octavian defeated the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, paving the way for his sole rule and the emergence of the Roman Empire.
  • C. Second Punic War
    The Second Punic War was a major conflict between Carthage and the Roman Republic (218–201 BC), famed for Hannibal’s crossing of the Alps and Rome’s eventual emergence as the dominant Mediterranean power.
  • D. Third Punic War
    The Third Punic War was the final conflict between Rome and Carthage (149–146 BCE), culminating in Rome’s destruction of Carthage and its emergence as the dominant power in the western Mediterranean.
  • E. Battle of the Milvian Bridge
    The Battle of the Milvian Bridge (312 CE) was a decisive clash between Constantine and Maxentius near Rome, famous for Constantine’s reported vision that led to his adoption of the Christian symbol and helped pave the way for the Roman Empire’s Christianization.
  • 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_69a25946a7ac8190a78871c210213272 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25e2aba74819093eddd8d820260c0 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3b07024a4819082cfc9a897b84206 completed March 1, 2026, 3:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3b17a6ef88190a2c74c070b396e6f completed March 1, 2026, 3:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3b1d6b7b481909bedb259db8184e4 completed March 1, 2026, 3:26 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 3:02 a.m.