Triple
T1196973
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | My Lai massacre |
E25688
|
entity |
| Predicate | legalOutcome |
P2931
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
court-martial of William Calley
The court-martial of William Calley was a highly publicized U.S. military trial in 1971 in which Army Lieutenant William Calley was convicted for his role in the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War.
|
E136558
|
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: court-martial of William Calley | Statement: [My Lai massacre, legalOutcome, court-martial of William Calley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: court-martial of William Calley Context triple: [My Lai massacre, legalOutcome, court-martial of William Calley]
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A.
My Lai massacre
The My Lai massacre was a notorious 1968 atrocity during the Vietnam War in which U.S. soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians, becoming a symbol of the conflict’s brutality and sparking widespread outrage.
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B.
Rivonia Trial
The Rivonia Trial was a landmark 1963–1964 South African court case in which Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid leaders were prosecuted and ultimately sentenced to long prison terms for sabotage and related charges, drawing global attention to the struggle against apartheid.
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C.
court-martial of General Charles Lee
The court-martial of General Charles Lee was a Revolutionary War military trial in 1778 that resulted in his suspension from command for misconduct and disobedience following the Battle of Monmouth.
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D.
Trial of the Twenty-One
The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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E.
Nuremberg trials
The Nuremberg trials were a series of landmark military tribunals held after World War II to prosecute leading Nazi officials for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and crimes against peace.
- 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: court-martial of William Calley Triple: [My Lai massacre, legalOutcome, court-martial of William Calley]
Generated description
The court-martial of William Calley was a highly publicized U.S. military trial in 1971 in which Army Lieutenant William Calley was convicted for his role in the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: court-martial of William Calley Target entity description: The court-martial of William Calley was a highly publicized U.S. military trial in 1971 in which Army Lieutenant William Calley was convicted for his role in the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War.
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A.
My Lai massacre
The My Lai massacre was a notorious 1968 atrocity during the Vietnam War in which U.S. soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians, becoming a symbol of the conflict’s brutality and sparking widespread outrage.
-
B.
Rivonia Trial
The Rivonia Trial was a landmark 1963–1964 South African court case in which Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid leaders were prosecuted and ultimately sentenced to long prison terms for sabotage and related charges, drawing global attention to the struggle against apartheid.
-
C.
court-martial of General Charles Lee
The court-martial of General Charles Lee was a Revolutionary War military trial in 1778 that resulted in his suspension from command for misconduct and disobedience following the Battle of Monmouth.
-
D.
Trial of the Twenty-One
The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
-
E.
Nuremberg trials
The Nuremberg trials were a series of landmark military tribunals held after World War II to prosecute leading Nazi officials for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and crimes against peace.
- 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.