Triple

T1337116
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Khe Sanh E28777 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object Robert E. Cushman Jr.
Robert E. Cushman Jr. was a United States Marine Corps general who played a prominent leadership role in the Vietnam War and later served as the 25th Commandant of the Marine Corps.
 E474157 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: Robert E. Cushman Jr. | Statement: [Battle of Khe Sanh, commander, Robert E. Cushman Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert E. Cushman Jr.
Context triple: [Battle of Khe Sanh, commander, Robert E. Cushman Jr.]
  • A. Charles F. Roos
    Charles F. Roos was an American economist and mathematician known for his pioneering work in econometrics and contributions to the formalization of economic theory.
  • B. George A. Bermann
    George A. Bermann is a prominent American legal scholar and expert in international and comparative law, particularly known for his work in international arbitration.
  • C. Herbert F. York
    Herbert F. York was an American physicist and arms control advocate who became the first director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and a prominent advisor on nuclear policy and disarmament.
  • D. Robert C. Jones
    Robert C. Jones was an American film editor and screenwriter known for his work on numerous notable films and for winning an Academy Award for Best Film Editing.
  • E. John F. Sattler
    John F. Sattler is a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general known for his leadership of Marine forces during the Iraq War, including major operations in Fallujah.
  • 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: Robert E. Cushman Jr.
Triple: [Battle of Khe Sanh, commander, Robert E. Cushman Jr.]
Generated description
Robert E. Cushman Jr. was a United States Marine Corps general who played a prominent leadership role in the Vietnam War and later served as the 25th Commandant of the Marine Corps.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert E. Cushman Jr.
Target entity description: Robert E. Cushman Jr. was a United States Marine Corps general who played a prominent leadership role in the Vietnam War and later served as the 25th Commandant of the Marine Corps.
  • A. Charles F. Roos
    Charles F. Roos was an American economist and mathematician known for his pioneering work in econometrics and contributions to the formalization of economic theory.
  • B. George A. Bermann
    George A. Bermann is a prominent American legal scholar and expert in international and comparative law, particularly known for his work in international arbitration.
  • C. Herbert F. York
    Herbert F. York was an American physicist and arms control advocate who became the first director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and a prominent advisor on nuclear policy and disarmament.
  • D. Robert C. Jones
    Robert C. Jones was an American film editor and screenwriter known for his work on numerous notable films and for winning an Academy Award for Best Film Editing.
  • E. John F. Sattler
    John F. Sattler is a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general known for his leadership of Marine forces during the Iraq War, including major operations in Fallujah.
  • 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_69a498561a508190a3e1bc137c2b866a completed March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c1edda1c81909a1149b254b0d57e completed March 1, 2026, 10:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be5c5e461c8190b4c7f728e2d8632c completed March 21, 2026, 8:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be5f2c3d0c819094a67f6728f2c1b2 completed March 21, 2026, 9:04 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be5fd33a3c81908b23f7a31bfea53c completed March 21, 2026, 9:07 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:55 p.m.