Triple
T368457
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Desert Fox |
E8214
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWithBattles |
P1703
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Siege of Tobruk |
E14077
|
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 Tobruk | Statement: [Desert Fox, associatedWithBattles, Siege of Tobruk]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Tobruk Context triple: [Desert Fox, associatedWithBattles, Siege of Tobruk]
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A.
Siege of Tobruk
chosen
The Siege of Tobruk was a prolonged World War II battle in Libya where Allied forces, notably Australian troops, held the strategic port of Tobruk against Axis forces in 1941, becoming a symbol of resistance in the North African campaign.
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B.
Battle of Tobruk (1942)
The Battle of Tobruk (1942) was a World War II North African campaign engagement in which Axis forces rapidly captured the strategic Libyan port of Tobruk from the Allies, leading to a significant shift in control along the desert front.
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C.
Battle of Gazala
The Battle of Gazala was a major World War II confrontation in 1942 near Tobruk in Libya, where Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps defeated British-led forces and paved the way for the fall of Tobruk.
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D.
Battle of El Alamein
The Battle of El Alamein was a pivotal 1942 North African campaign clash between Allied and Axis forces that marked a major turning point in World War II by halting the German advance toward Egypt and the Suez Canal.
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E.
El Alamein
El Alamein is a coastal town in northern Egypt best known as the site of pivotal World War II battles between Allied and Axis forces in North 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_69a2e7f2ec648190b42bc7db424f8109 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ee29ede0819095279af95b53e350 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:31 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a41039ca28819097e6992ad7ccd991 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.