Triple
T580705
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma |
E15049
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableFor |
P22
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
siege and capture of Tournai (1581)
The siege and capture of Tournai (1581) was a key military operation during the Eighty Years' War in which Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, seized the strategically important city from the Dutch rebels.
|
E72981
|
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 Tournai (1581) | Statement: [Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, notableFor, siege and capture of Tournai (1581)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: siege and capture of Tournai (1581) Context triple: [Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, notableFor, siege and capture of Tournai (1581)]
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A.
Siege of Tournai (1709)
The Siege of Tournai (1709) was a major Allied operation during the War of the Spanish Succession in which Marlborough and Prince Eugene captured the strongly fortified city of Tournai from French control.
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B.
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.
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C.
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.
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D.
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."
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E.
Siege of Ostend
The Siege of Ostend was a protracted and brutal engagement during the Eighty Years' War (1601–1604) in which Spanish forces besieged the Dutch-held coastal city of Ostend, resulting in massive casualties and becoming one of the longest and bloodiest sieges in European history.
- 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 Tournai (1581) Triple: [Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, notableFor, siege and capture of Tournai (1581)]
Generated description
The siege and capture of Tournai (1581) was a key military operation during the Eighty Years' War in which Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, seized the strategically important city from the Dutch rebels.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: siege and capture of Tournai (1581) Target entity description: The siege and capture of Tournai (1581) was a key military operation during the Eighty Years' War in which Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, seized the strategically important city from the Dutch rebels.
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A.
Siege of Tournai (1709)
The Siege of Tournai (1709) was a major Allied operation during the War of the Spanish Succession in which Marlborough and Prince Eugene captured the strongly fortified city of Tournai from French control.
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B.
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.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
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."
-
E.
Siege of Ostend
The Siege of Ostend was a protracted and brutal engagement during the Eighty Years' War (1601–1604) in which Spanish forces besieged the Dutch-held coastal city of Ostend, resulting in massive casualties and becoming one of the longest and bloodiest sieges in European history.
- 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_69a508a025308190ac35a5e3606de4de |
completed | March 2, 2026, 3:48 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a5090f5450819098324292a444fd94 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 3:50 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a509facafc819089838e0724656ea0 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 3:54 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.