Triple

T580704
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma E15049 entity
Predicate notableFor P22 FINISHED
Object siege and capture of Maastricht (1579)
The siege and capture of Maastricht (1579) was a major Spanish victory during the Eighty Years' War, in which Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, took the heavily fortified Dutch city after a brutal and protracted assault.
E72131 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: siege and capture of Maastricht (1579) | Statement: [Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, notableFor, siege and capture of Maastricht (1579)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: siege and capture of Maastricht (1579)
Context triple: [Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, notableFor, siege and capture of Maastricht (1579)]
  • A. siege of Maastricht (1673)
    The siege of Maastricht (1673) was a major operation in which Louis XIV’s French forces captured the heavily fortified Dutch city of Maastricht, showcasing Vauban’s siegecraft and marking a key turning point in the Franco-Dutch War.
  • B. Siege of Leiden
    The Siege of Leiden was a pivotal 1573–1574 Spanish blockade of the Dutch city of Leiden whose relief became a turning point in the Dutch Revolt and is still commemorated annually in the Netherlands.
  • C. Siege of Groningen (1672)
    The Siege of Groningen (1672) was a failed attempt by forces of the Prince-Bishopric of Münster, allied with France, to capture the Dutch city of Groningen during the Franco-Dutch War, a defense still commemorated annually as a key moment in Dutch resistance.
  • D. Siege of Groningen (1594)
    The Siege of Groningen (1594) was a key Eighty Years' War engagement in which Dutch and English forces captured the strategically vital city of Groningen from Spanish control, consolidating the Dutch Republic’s hold over the northern provinces.
  • E. Siege of Breda
    The Siege of Breda was a major early 17th-century military engagement in which Spanish forces under Ambrogio Spinola captured the Dutch city of Breda, later famously depicted in Diego Velázquez’s painting "The Surrender of Breda."
  • 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 and capture of Maastricht (1579)
Triple: [Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, notableFor, siege and capture of Maastricht (1579)]
Generated description
The siege and capture of Maastricht (1579) was a major Spanish victory during the Eighty Years' War, in which Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, took the heavily fortified Dutch city after a brutal and protracted assault.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: siege and capture of Maastricht (1579)
Target entity description: The siege and capture of Maastricht (1579) was a major Spanish victory during the Eighty Years' War, in which Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, took the heavily fortified Dutch city after a brutal and protracted assault.
  • A. siege of Maastricht (1673)
    The siege of Maastricht (1673) was a major operation in which Louis XIV’s French forces captured the heavily fortified Dutch city of Maastricht, showcasing Vauban’s siegecraft and marking a key turning point in the Franco-Dutch War.
  • B. Siege of Leiden
    The Siege of Leiden was a pivotal 1573–1574 Spanish blockade of the Dutch city of Leiden whose relief became a turning point in the Dutch Revolt and is still commemorated annually in the Netherlands.
  • C. Siege of Groningen (1672)
    The Siege of Groningen (1672) was a failed attempt by forces of the Prince-Bishopric of Münster, allied with France, to capture the Dutch city of Groningen during the Franco-Dutch War, a defense still commemorated annually as a key moment in Dutch resistance.
  • D. Siege of Groningen (1594)
    The Siege of Groningen (1594) was a key Eighty Years' War engagement in which Dutch and English forces captured the strategically vital city of Groningen from Spanish control, consolidating the Dutch Republic’s hold over the northern provinces.
  • E. Siege of Breda
    The Siege of Breda was a major early 17th-century military engagement in which Spanish forces under Ambrogio Spinola captured the Dutch city of Breda, later famously depicted in Diego Velázquez’s painting "The Surrender of Breda."
  • 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_69a4935783b8819082b77726ec10cc42 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49b82b5248190ac863407e8207a3b completed March 1, 2026, 8:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a501c28d088190b1dee92fad30af34 completed March 2, 2026, 3:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a5025dfe008190983b0697b0d83375 completed March 2, 2026, 3:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a503b68f388190bca765909e674bfb completed March 2, 2026, 3:27 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.