Triple

T11095929
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William H. Pitsenbarger E262379 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Pitsenbarger
Pitsenbarger is the surname of William H. Pitsenbarger, a U.S. Air Force pararescueman posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism during the Vietnam War.
E904483 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: Pitsenbarger | Statement: [William H. Pitsenbarger, familyName, Pitsenbarger]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pitsenbarger
Context triple: [William H. Pitsenbarger, familyName, Pitsenbarger]
  • A. Trichardt
    Trichardt is a small town in Mpumalanga, South Africa, known for its close association with the nearby industrial and coal-mining hub of Secunda.
  • B. Vogelthal
    Vogelthal is a small village in Bavaria, Germany, known as the birthplace of World War II tank commander Michael Wittmann.
  • C. Rindal
    Rindal is a small rural municipality and village area in western Norway known for its scenic landscapes and traditional Norwegian countryside character.
  • D. Mahlberg
    Mahlberg is a small town and municipality in the Ortenau district of Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany.
  • E. Treisberg
    Treisberg is a small village and district within the municipality of Schmitten in the Hochtaunus region of Hesse, Germany.
  • 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: Pitsenbarger
Triple: [William H. Pitsenbarger, familyName, Pitsenbarger]
Generated description
Pitsenbarger is the surname of William H. Pitsenbarger, a U.S. Air Force pararescueman posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism during the Vietnam War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pitsenbarger
Target entity description: Pitsenbarger is the surname of William H. Pitsenbarger, a U.S. Air Force pararescueman posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism during the Vietnam War.
  • A. Trichardt
    Trichardt is a small town in Mpumalanga, South Africa, known for its close association with the nearby industrial and coal-mining hub of Secunda.
  • B. Vogelthal
    Vogelthal is a small village in Bavaria, Germany, known as the birthplace of World War II tank commander Michael Wittmann.
  • C. Rindal
    Rindal is a small rural municipality and village area in western Norway known for its scenic landscapes and traditional Norwegian countryside character.
  • D. Mahlberg
    Mahlberg is a small town and municipality in the Ortenau district of Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany.
  • E. Treisberg
    Treisberg is a small village and district within the municipality of Schmitten in the Hochtaunus region of Hesse, Germany.
  • 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_69d6aa9a40d88190a373e2c7e48285db completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d79a0897188190b6c293b44990b3d4 completed April 9, 2026, 12:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e3e7e0c7e4819098e690ffebbd8e61 completed April 18, 2026, 8:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e3f2cbb4708190a328cff473104d14 completed April 18, 2026, 9:08 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e3f497a01881909d1dae70a02e5f97 completed April 18, 2026, 9:16 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:27 p.m.