Triple
T2874287
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mahdist Sudan |
E56838
|
entity |
| Predicate | majorBattle |
P259
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Siege of Khartoum |
E40070
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Siege of Khartoum | Statement: [Mahdist Sudan, majorBattle, Siege of Khartoum]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Khartoum Context triple: [Mahdist Sudan, majorBattle, Siege of Khartoum]
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A.
Siege of Khartoum
chosen
The Siege of Khartoum was an 1884–1885 military encirclement and capture of the Sudanese capital by Mahdist forces, culminating in the death of British General Charles Gordon and a major imperial defeat for Britain.
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B.
Battle of Omdurman
The Battle of Omdurman was an 1898 clash in Sudan in which British-Egyptian forces decisively defeated Mahdist armies, securing Anglo-Egyptian control over Sudan and showcasing the lethal impact of modern weaponry in colonial warfare.
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C.
Battle of Kut
The Battle of Kut was a major World War I siege in Mesopotamia where Ottoman forces surrounded and ultimately forced the surrender of a British-Indian garrison, marking one of the British Empire’s most significant defeats in the Middle Eastern campaign.
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D.
Siege of Mafeking
The Siege of Mafeking was a famous 217-day Boer War siege of a British-held town in South Africa whose relief became a major propaganda victory and symbol of British resilience.
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E.
Battle of Adwa
The Battle of Adwa was an 1896 military victory in which Ethiopian forces decisively defeated invading Italian troops, securing Ethiopia’s independence and becoming a powerful symbol of anti-colonial resistance in Africa.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ab4a4ced288190ab6d3e062d10f7f6 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abe0032ddc8190bb4d15ec7e3c63e8 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:21 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b01db780908190919d859205464b2e |
completed | March 10, 2026, 1:33 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:03 p.m.