Triple

T4472248
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Norman conquest of southern Italy E98520 entity
Predicate significantEvent P259 FINISHED
Object Battle of Cannae (1018)
The Battle of Cannae (1018) was a key early medieval clash in southern Italy in which Byzantine forces, with Lombard allies, decisively defeated a Norman–Lombard rebel army, temporarily halting Norman expansion in the region.
E441247 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 Cannae (1018) | Statement: [Norman conquest of southern Italy, significantEvent, Battle of Cannae (1018)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Cannae (1018)
Context triple: [Norman conquest of southern Italy, significantEvent, Battle of Cannae (1018)]
  • A. Battle of Syllaeum (677)
    The Battle of Syllaeum (677) was a major naval clash in which the Byzantine fleet decisively defeated the Arab navy off the coast of Asia Minor, helping to halt the early Muslim advance in the eastern Mediterranean.
  • B. Battle of Himara
    The Battle of Himara was a World War II engagement in December 1940 during the Greco-Italian War, in which Greek forces captured the coastal town of Himara from Italian troops in southern Albania.
  • C. Battle of Acheloos (917)
    The Battle of Acheloos (917) was a major medieval clash in which the Bulgarian forces under Tsar Simeon I decisively defeated the Byzantine army, significantly shifting the balance of power in the Balkans.
  • D. Battle of Tryavna
    The Battle of Tryavna was a decisive 1190 military victory of the Second Bulgarian Empire over the Byzantine Empire that significantly strengthened Bulgarian independence and regional power.
  • E. Battle of Doiran
    The Battle of Doiran was a series of World War I engagements between Bulgarian and Allied forces near Lake Doiran in Macedonia, notable for the strong Bulgarian defensive stand on the Balkan Front.
  • 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 Cannae (1018)
Triple: [Norman conquest of southern Italy, significantEvent, Battle of Cannae (1018)]
Generated description
The Battle of Cannae (1018) was a key early medieval clash in southern Italy in which Byzantine forces, with Lombard allies, decisively defeated a Norman–Lombard rebel army, temporarily halting Norman expansion in the region.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Cannae (1018)
Target entity description: The Battle of Cannae (1018) was a key early medieval clash in southern Italy in which Byzantine forces, with Lombard allies, decisively defeated a Norman–Lombard rebel army, temporarily halting Norman expansion in the region.
  • A. Battle of Syllaeum (677)
    The Battle of Syllaeum (677) was a major naval clash in which the Byzantine fleet decisively defeated the Arab navy off the coast of Asia Minor, helping to halt the early Muslim advance in the eastern Mediterranean.
  • B. Battle of Himara
    The Battle of Himara was a World War II engagement in December 1940 during the Greco-Italian War, in which Greek forces captured the coastal town of Himara from Italian troops in southern Albania.
  • C. Battle of Acheloos (917)
    The Battle of Acheloos (917) was a major medieval clash in which the Bulgarian forces under Tsar Simeon I decisively defeated the Byzantine army, significantly shifting the balance of power in the Balkans.
  • D. Battle of Tryavna
    The Battle of Tryavna was a decisive 1190 military victory of the Second Bulgarian Empire over the Byzantine Empire that significantly strengthened Bulgarian independence and regional power.
  • E. Battle of Doiran
    The Battle of Doiran was a series of World War I engagements between Bulgarian and Allied forces near Lake Doiran in Macedonia, notable for the strong Bulgarian defensive stand on the Balkan Front.
  • 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_69b3454b4ae481908967426dd37284d6 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b356b832c0819096f76b694277d36e completed March 13, 2026, 12:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b628716bd881909bce2ce8803fd4b5 completed March 15, 2026, 3:33 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b6295627848190a7bb6b8943b0e3f1 completed March 15, 2026, 3:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b629be765c81908c1f6ccfc75604d1 completed March 15, 2026, 3:38 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:35 p.m.