Triple

T660597
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Operation Serval E11744 entity
Predicate opponent P437 FINISHED
Object Ansar Dine
Ansar Dine is a Mali-based Islamist militant group linked to al-Qaeda that has sought to impose strict Sharia law and played a major role in the 2012 insurgency in northern Mali.
E82614 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: Ansar Dine | Statement: [Operation Serval, opponent, Ansar Dine]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ansar Dine
Context triple: [Operation Serval, opponent, Ansar Dine]
  • A. Taliban
    The Taliban is an Islamist militant and political movement originating in Afghanistan, known for its strict interpretation of Sharia law and its long-running insurgency against Afghan governments and international forces.
  • B. al-Qaeda in Iraq
    Al-Qaeda in Iraq was a Sunni Islamist militant organization that emerged after the 2003 U.S. invasion, becoming one of the most violent insurgent groups in the country and a precursor to the Islamic State (ISIS).
  • C. Ansar al-Sharia in Libya
    Ansar al-Sharia in Libya is a Salafi-jihadist militant group known for its role in post-Gaddafi instability, including the 2012 Benghazi attack and participation in Libya’s subsequent conflicts.
  • D. Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
    The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a jihadist militant group and former self-proclaimed caliphate known for its extreme violence, terrorist attacks, and control of territory in Iraq and Syria during the 2010s.
  • E. Islamic State – Khorasan Province
    Islamic State – Khorasan Province is a regional branch of the Islamic State militant group active mainly in Afghanistan and Pakistan, known for insurgent attacks, terrorism, and opposition to both Western forces and the Taliban.
  • 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: Ansar Dine
Triple: [Operation Serval, opponent, Ansar Dine]
Generated description
Ansar Dine is a Mali-based Islamist militant group linked to al-Qaeda that has sought to impose strict Sharia law and played a major role in the 2012 insurgency in northern Mali.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ansar Dine
Target entity description: Ansar Dine is a Mali-based Islamist militant group linked to al-Qaeda that has sought to impose strict Sharia law and played a major role in the 2012 insurgency in northern Mali.
  • A. Taliban
    The Taliban is an Islamist militant and political movement originating in Afghanistan, known for its strict interpretation of Sharia law and its long-running insurgency against Afghan governments and international forces.
  • B. al-Qaeda in Iraq
    Al-Qaeda in Iraq was a Sunni Islamist militant organization that emerged after the 2003 U.S. invasion, becoming one of the most violent insurgent groups in the country and a precursor to the Islamic State (ISIS).
  • C. Ansar al-Sharia in Libya
    Ansar al-Sharia in Libya is a Salafi-jihadist militant group known for its role in post-Gaddafi instability, including the 2012 Benghazi attack and participation in Libya’s subsequent conflicts.
  • D. Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
    The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a jihadist militant group and former self-proclaimed caliphate known for its extreme violence, terrorist attacks, and control of territory in Iraq and Syria during the 2010s.
  • E. Islamic State – Khorasan Province
    Islamic State – Khorasan Province is a regional branch of the Islamic State militant group active mainly in Afghanistan and Pakistan, known for insurgent attacks, terrorism, and opposition to both Western forces and the Taliban.
  • 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_69a4932862a0819098be659c814e4981 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49fa83c6081909fb786d1773fa88c completed March 1, 2026, 8:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a5c3963c588190b7116f3f7aad2687 completed March 2, 2026, 5:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a5c47442188190b26b31f2901478a1 completed March 2, 2026, 5:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a5ce7f2b6881909f6c657f8b9c5347 completed March 2, 2026, 5:53 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.