Triple

T312339
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Khartoum E7633 entity
Predicate wasSceneOf P7849 FINISHED
Object Siege of Khartoum
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.
E40070 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: [Khartoum, wasSceneOf, Siege of Khartoum]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Khartoum
Context triple: [Khartoum, wasSceneOf, Siege of Khartoum]
  • A. Battle of Bir Hakeim
    The Battle of Bir Hakeim was a pivotal 1942 North African engagement in which Free French forces held off Axis troops in the Libyan desert, significantly delaying the advance toward Egypt.
  • B. Siege of Lucknow
    The Siege of Lucknow was a prolonged and pivotal defense of the British Residency at Lucknow by British and loyalist forces against rebel sepoys and local insurgents during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
  • C. Battle of Balaclava
    The Battle of Balaclava was an 1854 Crimean War engagement in which the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade took place, symbolizing both bravery and disastrous military miscommunication.
  • D. Battle of the Pyramids
    The Battle of the Pyramids was a decisive 1798 victory in which Napoleon Bonaparte’s French army defeated the Mamluk forces near Cairo, securing French control over much of Egypt.
  • E. East African campaign
    The East African campaign was a World War II military operation in which Allied forces, including British, Commonwealth, and Free French troops, fought to expel Italian forces from East Africa between 1940 and 1941.
  • 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: Siege of Khartoum
Triple: [Khartoum, wasSceneOf, Siege of Khartoum]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Khartoum
Target entity description: 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.
  • A. Battle of Bir Hakeim
    The Battle of Bir Hakeim was a pivotal 1942 North African engagement in which Free French forces held off Axis troops in the Libyan desert, significantly delaying the advance toward Egypt.
  • B. Siege of Lucknow
    The Siege of Lucknow was a prolonged and pivotal defense of the British Residency at Lucknow by British and loyalist forces against rebel sepoys and local insurgents during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
  • C. Battle of Balaclava
    The Battle of Balaclava was an 1854 Crimean War engagement in which the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade took place, symbolizing both bravery and disastrous military miscommunication.
  • D. Battle of the Pyramids
    The Battle of the Pyramids was a decisive 1798 victory in which Napoleon Bonaparte’s French army defeated the Mamluk forces near Cairo, securing French control over much of Egypt.
  • E. East African campaign
    The East African campaign was a World War II military operation in which Allied forces, including British, Commonwealth, and Free French troops, fought to expel Italian forces from East Africa between 1940 and 1941.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: wasSceneOf
Context triple: [Khartoum, wasSceneOf, Siege of Khartoum]
  • A. capturedPlace
    Indicates that an agent took control of or seized a specific place, typically through force or strategic action.
  • B. notableScene
    Indicates that a particular scene is especially significant, memorable, or noteworthy within a work or context.
  • C. isSiteOf chosen
    Indicates that a location or place serves as the setting or host for a particular event, activity, or feature.
  • D. occurredIn
    Indicates that an event or action took place within a specific location, context, or time frame.
  • E. formerSiteOf
    Indicates that a location previously hosted or contained something (such as a structure, organization, or event) that is no longer present there.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a2e7e7af7881908890039d6be4e9b8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ea4aa16881909b2c8404b85992df completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3bc2963b48190b5bd7ac84c952486 completed March 1, 2026, 4:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3bd9402b0819082f3776a24499964 completed March 1, 2026, 4:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3be0a03048190bc479e415c467991 completed March 1, 2026, 4:18 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a2e940b9e8819092b821ff17ed026b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:10 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:07 p.m.