Triple
T1196960
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | My Lai massacre |
E25688
|
entity |
| Predicate | commandingOfficer |
P884
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Calley
William Calley is a former U.S. Army officer best known for his central role in and subsequent conviction for war crimes related to the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War.
|
E136555
|
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: William Calley | Statement: [My Lai massacre, commandingOfficer, William Calley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Calley Context triple: [My Lai massacre, commandingOfficer, William Calley]
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A.
Lieutenant General Hal Moore
Lieutenant General Hal Moore was a highly respected U.S. Army officer best known for his leadership during the Battle of Ia Drang in the Vietnam War and for co-authoring the book "We Were Soldiers Once... and Young."
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B.
Stephen H. Crandall
Stephen H. Crandall was a prominent American mechanical engineer and MIT professor renowned for his foundational contributions to the fields of dynamics, vibrations, and random processes in engineering.
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C.
John O’Neill
John O’Neill was a real-life FBI counterterrorism expert known for his early warnings about al-Qaeda and is prominently portrayed as a central figure in the book and TV adaptation "The Looming Tower."
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D.
William Westmoreland
William Westmoreland was a United States Army general best known for commanding U.S. military operations during the height of the Vietnam War.
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E.
Marc Bulger
Marc Bulger is a former NFL quarterback best known for his Pro Bowl tenure with the St. Louis Rams in the 2000s.
- 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: William Calley Triple: [My Lai massacre, commandingOfficer, William Calley]
Generated description
William Calley is a former U.S. Army officer best known for his central role in and subsequent conviction for war crimes related to the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Calley Target entity description: William Calley is a former U.S. Army officer best known for his central role in and subsequent conviction for war crimes related to the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War.
-
A.
Lieutenant General Hal Moore
Lieutenant General Hal Moore was a highly respected U.S. Army officer best known for his leadership during the Battle of Ia Drang in the Vietnam War and for co-authoring the book "We Were Soldiers Once... and Young."
-
B.
Stephen H. Crandall
Stephen H. Crandall was a prominent American mechanical engineer and MIT professor renowned for his foundational contributions to the fields of dynamics, vibrations, and random processes in engineering.
-
C.
John O’Neill
John O’Neill was a real-life FBI counterterrorism expert known for his early warnings about al-Qaeda and is prominently portrayed as a central figure in the book and TV adaptation "The Looming Tower."
-
D.
William Westmoreland
William Westmoreland was a United States Army general best known for commanding U.S. military operations during the height of the Vietnam War.
-
E.
Marc Bulger
Marc Bulger is a former NFL quarterback best known for his Pro Bowl tenure with the St. Louis Rams in the 2000s.
- 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_69a49429f5ec8190a6a205eb0ae81e5e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bd9a305c819091513394f1b67784 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac7658cae8819081da26480926ff83 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:02 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac770141a88190b71552d46fb4d2ad |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:05 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac777a7768819098b9d4dd771a6750 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:07 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:46 p.m.