Triple

T11994098
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division E285483 entity
Predicate notableCommander P1197 FINISHED
Object Herbert M. Sobel
Herbert M. Sobel was a U.S. Army officer in World War II best known as the strict and controversial initial commanding officer of Easy Company, later depicted in the book and miniseries "Band of Brothers."
E991313 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: Herbert M. Sobel | Statement: [Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, notableCommander, Herbert M. Sobel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herbert M. Sobel
Context triple: [Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, notableCommander, Herbert M. Sobel]
  • A. Clifford M. Sobel
    Clifford M. Sobel is an American businessman and diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to both the Netherlands and Brazil in the 2000s.
  • B. Morton A. Klein
    Morton A. Klein is a prominent American Zionist activist and long-time president of the Zionist Organization of America, known for his outspoken advocacy for Israel and conservative positions on Middle East policy.
  • C. Sidney B. Kramer
    Sidney B. Kramer was an American publisher best known as a co-founder of the mass-market paperback company Bantam Books.
  • D. Harold T. Shapiro
    Harold T. Shapiro is an economist and academic leader best known for serving as president of both Princeton University and the University of Michigan and for his influential work at the intersection of higher education and public policy.
  • E. Leonard S. Schleifer
    Leonard S. Schleifer is an American physician, entrepreneur, and billionaire best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of the biotechnology company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.
  • 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: Herbert M. Sobel
Triple: [Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, notableCommander, Herbert M. Sobel]
Generated description
Herbert M. Sobel was a U.S. Army officer in World War II best known as the strict and controversial initial commanding officer of Easy Company, later depicted in the book and miniseries "Band of Brothers."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herbert M. Sobel
Target entity description: Herbert M. Sobel was a U.S. Army officer in World War II best known as the strict and controversial initial commanding officer of Easy Company, later depicted in the book and miniseries "Band of Brothers."
  • A. Clifford M. Sobel
    Clifford M. Sobel is an American businessman and diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to both the Netherlands and Brazil in the 2000s.
  • B. Morton A. Klein
    Morton A. Klein is a prominent American Zionist activist and long-time president of the Zionist Organization of America, known for his outspoken advocacy for Israel and conservative positions on Middle East policy.
  • C. Sidney B. Kramer
    Sidney B. Kramer was an American publisher best known as a co-founder of the mass-market paperback company Bantam Books.
  • D. Harold T. Shapiro
    Harold T. Shapiro is an economist and academic leader best known for serving as president of both Princeton University and the University of Michigan and for his influential work at the intersection of higher education and public policy.
  • E. Leonard S. Schleifer
    Leonard S. Schleifer is an American physician, entrepreneur, and billionaire best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of the biotechnology company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.
  • 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_69d6ab44a77c8190a652f4b27164e4ef completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d903b211688190bfe6dd15c3f96d2f completed April 10, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f655531d708190b351b98064afec3f completed May 2, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f656a6dafc81908acf59c0ba65189a completed May 2, 2026, 7:55 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f65b4d109c8190b48c71f664e7bb3f completed May 2, 2026, 8:15 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:46 p.m.