Triple

T11095950
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William H. Pitsenbarger E262379 entity
Predicate unit P8782 FINISHED
Object 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron
The 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron was a United States Air Force unit renowned for its combat search and rescue missions, particularly during the Vietnam War.
E904485 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: 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron | Statement: [William H. Pitsenbarger, unit, 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron
Context triple: [William H. Pitsenbarger, unit, 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron]
  • A. 33rd Rescue Squadron
    The 33rd Rescue Squadron is a United States Air Force combat search and rescue unit known for conducting helicopter-based personnel recovery and emergency rescue operations in the Pacific region.
  • B. 129th Rescue Wing
    The 129th Rescue Wing is a California Air National Guard unit specializing in combat search and rescue and personnel recovery missions by air.
  • C. 432nd Wing
    The 432nd Wing is a United States Air Force unit best known for operating remotely piloted aircraft and conducting intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions.
  • D. 37th Comptroller Squadron
    The 37th Comptroller Squadron is a United States Air Force financial management and comptroller unit responsible for budgeting, accounting, and fiscal services in support of operations at Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland.
  • E. 37th Contracting Squadron
    The 37th Contracting Squadron is a U.S. Air Force unit responsible for providing acquisition and contracting support for missions and operations at Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland.
  • 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: 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron
Triple: [William H. Pitsenbarger, unit, 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron]
Generated description
The 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron was a United States Air Force unit renowned for its combat search and rescue missions, particularly during the Vietnam War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron
Target entity description: The 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron was a United States Air Force unit renowned for its combat search and rescue missions, particularly during the Vietnam War.
  • A. 33rd Rescue Squadron
    The 33rd Rescue Squadron is a United States Air Force combat search and rescue unit known for conducting helicopter-based personnel recovery and emergency rescue operations in the Pacific region.
  • B. 129th Rescue Wing
    The 129th Rescue Wing is a California Air National Guard unit specializing in combat search and rescue and personnel recovery missions by air.
  • C. 432nd Wing
    The 432nd Wing is a United States Air Force unit best known for operating remotely piloted aircraft and conducting intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions.
  • D. 37th Comptroller Squadron
    The 37th Comptroller Squadron is a United States Air Force financial management and comptroller unit responsible for budgeting, accounting, and fiscal services in support of operations at Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland.
  • E. 37th Contracting Squadron
    The 37th Contracting Squadron is a U.S. Air Force unit responsible for providing acquisition and contracting support for missions and operations at Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland.
  • 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.