Triple
T1487308
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Laotian Civil War |
E29494
|
entity |
| Predicate | alsoKnownAs |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Secret War in Laos
Secret War in Laos refers to the covert U.S.-backed military campaign and proxy conflict in Laos during the Vietnam War era, involving the CIA, Hmong forces, and the Royal Lao Government against communist Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese forces.
|
E170647
|
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: Secret War in Laos | Statement: [Laotian Civil War, alsoKnownAs, Secret War in Laos]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Secret War in Laos Context triple: [Laotian Civil War, alsoKnownAs, Secret War in Laos]
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A.
Brigade 2506
Brigade 2506 was a CIA-sponsored paramilitary group of Cuban exiles that carried out the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion against Fidel Castro’s government.
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B.
Strategic Hamlet Program
The Strategic Hamlet Program was a controversial early-1960s South Vietnamese counterinsurgency initiative that sought to isolate rural populations from Viet Cong influence by relocating villagers into fortified settlements.
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C.
Merrill's Marauders
Merrill's Marauders were a famed American long-range jungle warfare unit of World War II that conducted deep-penetration missions behind Japanese lines in the China-Burma-India theater.
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D.
Crypt of the Unknown from the Vietnam War
The Crypt of the Unknown from the Vietnam War is a burial vault at Arlington National Cemetery that once honored an unidentified American service member from the Vietnam War as part of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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E.
Armed Freedom
Armed Freedom is the bronze allegorical statue of a helmeted female figure representing liberty that crowns the dome of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
- 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: Secret War in Laos Triple: [Laotian Civil War, alsoKnownAs, Secret War in Laos]
Generated description
Secret War in Laos refers to the covert U.S.-backed military campaign and proxy conflict in Laos during the Vietnam War era, involving the CIA, Hmong forces, and the Royal Lao Government against communist Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese forces.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Secret War in Laos Target entity description: Secret War in Laos refers to the covert U.S.-backed military campaign and proxy conflict in Laos during the Vietnam War era, involving the CIA, Hmong forces, and the Royal Lao Government against communist Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese forces.
-
A.
Brigade 2506
Brigade 2506 was a CIA-sponsored paramilitary group of Cuban exiles that carried out the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion against Fidel Castro’s government.
-
B.
Strategic Hamlet Program
The Strategic Hamlet Program was a controversial early-1960s South Vietnamese counterinsurgency initiative that sought to isolate rural populations from Viet Cong influence by relocating villagers into fortified settlements.
-
C.
Merrill's Marauders
Merrill's Marauders were a famed American long-range jungle warfare unit of World War II that conducted deep-penetration missions behind Japanese lines in the China-Burma-India theater.
-
D.
Crypt of the Unknown from the Vietnam War
The Crypt of the Unknown from the Vietnam War is a burial vault at Arlington National Cemetery that once honored an unidentified American service member from the Vietnam War as part of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
-
E.
Armed Freedom
Armed Freedom is the bronze allegorical statue of a helmeted female figure representing liberty that crowns the dome of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
- 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_69a498da82e08190ba833330d05f380f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c6a3325881909bbc55efc04ad60f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:07 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad1ca4c4e481909ea0ca76841454b1 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:52 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad1d28d8708190b284676ff407c3ec |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:54 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad1ea291448190ba1c8593d11f86ee |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8:12 p.m.