Triple

T22379067
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Army of the Var E553222 entity
Predicate operatedIn P40 FINISHED
Object Mediterranean frontier
The Mediterranean frontier was a strategic coastal border zone of the French Empire where military forces like the Army of the Var defended against maritime and southern European threats.
E1533833 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: Mediterranean frontier | Statement: [Army of the Var, operatedIn, Mediterranean frontier]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mediterranean frontier
Context triple: [Army of the Var, operatedIn, Mediterranean frontier]
  • A. Byzantine frontier regions
    The Byzantine frontier regions were militarized border zones of the empire where local elites and soldiers defended against neighboring powers and often developed a distinct, semi-autonomous military culture.
  • B. Levant
    Levant is a surname most notably associated with Oscar Levant, an American pianist, composer, actor, and wit of the mid-20th century.
  • C. Western Mediterranean theater
    The Western Mediterranean theater was a major zone of conflict in antiquity, particularly during the Punic Wars, encompassing key land and naval operations between Rome and Carthage around the western Mediterranean Sea.
  • D. Eastern Mediterranean front
    The Eastern Mediterranean front was a World War I theater of operations centered on the Balkans and surrounding regions, where Allied forces engaged the Central Powers in campaigns such as the Salonika front.
  • E. Western Mediterranean Punic world
    The Western Mediterranean Punic world was the network of Carthaginian-influenced territories, cities, and trading communities that dominated parts of North Africa, Sicily, Sardinia, and Iberia through a shared Punic culture, language, and maritime economy.
  • 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: Mediterranean frontier
Triple: [Army of the Var, operatedIn, Mediterranean frontier]
Generated description
The Mediterranean frontier was a strategic coastal border zone of the French Empire where military forces like the Army of the Var defended against maritime and southern European threats.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mediterranean frontier
Target entity description: The Mediterranean frontier was a strategic coastal border zone of the French Empire where military forces like the Army of the Var defended against maritime and southern European threats.
  • A. Byzantine frontier regions
    The Byzantine frontier regions were militarized border zones of the empire where local elites and soldiers defended against neighboring powers and often developed a distinct, semi-autonomous military culture.
  • B. Levant
    Levant is a surname most notably associated with Oscar Levant, an American pianist, composer, actor, and wit of the mid-20th century.
  • C. Western Mediterranean theater
    The Western Mediterranean theater was a major zone of conflict in antiquity, particularly during the Punic Wars, encompassing key land and naval operations between Rome and Carthage around the western Mediterranean Sea.
  • D. Eastern Mediterranean front
    The Eastern Mediterranean front was a World War I theater of operations centered on the Balkans and surrounding regions, where Allied forces engaged the Central Powers in campaigns such as the Salonika front.
  • E. Western Mediterranean Punic world
    The Western Mediterranean Punic world was the network of Carthaginian-influenced territories, cities, and trading communities that dominated parts of North Africa, Sicily, Sardinia, and Iberia through a shared Punic culture, language, and maritime economy.
  • 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_69e11e4c03248190a26a5060ea6973ee completed April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1582a04ac81908d4d389b150be7f1 completed April 29, 2026, 1 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0ae9b4257c81909faa618665c39c87 completed May 18, 2026, 10:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0aea82afc88190973444a331faa1a2 completed May 18, 2026, 10:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0aeb5137c08190b5b787c85f239a67 completed May 18, 2026, 10:34 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:45 p.m.