Triple

T17308041

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	New Zealand Expeditionary Force	`E420213`	entity
Predicate	component	`P35`	FINISHED
Object	New Zealand Tunnelling Company The New Zealand Tunnelling Company was a specialist military engineering unit of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War I, renowned for its underground mining and tunnelling operations on the Western Front.	`E1261876`	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: New Zealand Tunnelling Company | Statement: [New Zealand Expeditionary Force, component, New Zealand Tunnelling Company]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New Zealand Tunnelling Company
Context triple: [New Zealand Expeditionary Force, component, New Zealand Tunnelling Company]

A. New Zealand Corps
The New Zealand Corps was a World War II Allied army corps formed from New Zealand and other Commonwealth forces, best known for its role in the Italian Campaign, including the Battle of Monte Cassino.
B. New Zealand Expeditionary Force
The New Zealand Expeditionary Force was the main overseas military contingent sent by New Zealand during World War I, serving notably at Gallipoli and on the Western Front under British command.
C. New Zealand Division
The New Zealand Division was the pre-World War II naval force of New Zealand that operated as a semi-autonomous part of the Royal Navy before becoming the Royal New Zealand Navy.
D. New Zealand Division
The New Zealand Division was a First World War infantry division of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force that fought on the Western Front, notably in major battles such as the Somme, Messines, and Passchendaele.
E. New Zealand 5th Brigade
The New Zealand 5th Brigade was an infantry formation of the 2nd New Zealand Division that fought in key North African campaigns during the Second World War.
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: New Zealand Tunnelling Company
Triple: [New Zealand Expeditionary Force, component, New Zealand Tunnelling Company]

Generated description

The New Zealand Tunnelling Company was a specialist military engineering unit of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War I, renowned for its underground mining and tunnelling operations on the Western Front.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New Zealand Tunnelling Company
Target entity description: The New Zealand Tunnelling Company was a specialist military engineering unit of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War I, renowned for its underground mining and tunnelling operations on the Western Front.

A. New Zealand Corps
The New Zealand Corps was a World War II Allied army corps formed from New Zealand and other Commonwealth forces, best known for its role in the Italian Campaign, including the Battle of Monte Cassino.
B. New Zealand Expeditionary Force
The New Zealand Expeditionary Force was the main overseas military contingent sent by New Zealand during World War I, serving notably at Gallipoli and on the Western Front under British command.
C. New Zealand Division
The New Zealand Division was the pre-World War II naval force of New Zealand that operated as a semi-autonomous part of the Royal Navy before becoming the Royal New Zealand Navy.
D. New Zealand Division
The New Zealand Division was a First World War infantry division of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force that fought on the Western Front, notably in major battles such as the Somme, Messines, and Passchendaele.
E. New Zealand 5th Brigade
The New Zealand 5th Brigade was an infantry formation of the 2nd New Zealand Division that fought in key North African campaigns during the Second World War.
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_69d889d22b848190a4663d0b8f8f76e7`	completed	April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e43900eca88190930af0e4ec4fc0f9`	completed	April 19, 2026, 2:08 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_6a0180e30934819087b7c838c8874aff`	completed	May 11, 2026, 7:10 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_6a0185a7e5188190a15d835019fc226f`	completed	May 11, 2026, 7:30 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_6a0186504460819097f80978b03c7296`	completed	May 11, 2026, 7:33 a.m.

Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:43 a.m.