Triple

T18066864
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject AN/M2 E432316 entity
Predicate basedOn P98 FINISHED
Object M2 Browning machine gun
The M2 Browning machine gun is a heavy .50 caliber, belt-fed, recoil-operated weapon widely used by U.S. and allied forces since World War II for anti-personnel, anti-aircraft, and anti-materiel roles.
E1313177 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: M2 Browning machine gun | Statement: [AN/M2, basedOn, M2 Browning machine gun]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: M2 Browning machine gun
Context triple: [AN/M2, basedOn, M2 Browning machine gun]
  • A. M1919 Browning machine gun
    The M1919 Browning machine gun is a .30 caliber, air-cooled, belt-fed medium machine gun widely used by U.S. and allied forces throughout World War II, the Korean War, and into the early Cold War era.
  • B. M1917 Browning machine gun
    The M1917 Browning machine gun is a heavy, water-cooled, belt-fed machine gun developed by John Browning and widely used by U.S. forces during World War I, World War II, and beyond.
  • C. Hotchkiss machine gun
    The Hotchkiss machine gun is a late 19th-century, gas-operated, air-cooled heavy machine gun widely used by several armies, particularly France’s, during World War I and into World War II.
  • D. M3 aircraft machine gun
    The M3 aircraft machine gun is a high-rate-of-fire, aircraft-optimized .50 caliber machine gun developed from the M2 Browning for use on fighter planes and other military aircraft.
  • E. Lewis machine guns
    Lewis machine guns are early 20th-century air-cooled, drum-fed light machine guns widely used by British and Allied forces, especially in aircraft and infantry roles during World War I.
  • 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: M2 Browning machine gun
Triple: [AN/M2, basedOn, M2 Browning machine gun]
Generated description
The M2 Browning machine gun is a heavy .50 caliber, belt-fed, recoil-operated weapon widely used by U.S. and allied forces since World War II for anti-personnel, anti-aircraft, and anti-materiel roles.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: M2 Browning machine gun
Target entity description: The M2 Browning machine gun is a heavy .50 caliber, belt-fed, recoil-operated weapon widely used by U.S. and allied forces since World War II for anti-personnel, anti-aircraft, and anti-materiel roles.
  • A. M1919 Browning machine gun
    The M1919 Browning machine gun is a .30 caliber, air-cooled, belt-fed medium machine gun widely used by U.S. and allied forces throughout World War II, the Korean War, and into the early Cold War era.
  • B. M1917 Browning machine gun
    The M1917 Browning machine gun is a heavy, water-cooled, belt-fed machine gun developed by John Browning and widely used by U.S. forces during World War I, World War II, and beyond.
  • C. Hotchkiss machine gun
    The Hotchkiss machine gun is a late 19th-century, gas-operated, air-cooled heavy machine gun widely used by several armies, particularly France’s, during World War I and into World War II.
  • D. M3 aircraft machine gun
    The M3 aircraft machine gun is a high-rate-of-fire, aircraft-optimized .50 caliber machine gun developed from the M2 Browning for use on fighter planes and other military aircraft.
  • E. Lewis machine guns
    Lewis machine guns are early 20th-century air-cooled, drum-fed light machine guns widely used by British and Allied forces, especially in aircraft and infantry roles during World War I.
  • 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_69d8b9070cac81909fa9473fb1c3f1c7 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4cce97ce08190a2f8762ce545e091 completed April 19, 2026, 12:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a039efc8f548190917d3dbbdccdcaf7 completed May 12, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03a00ddcb08190a2ff3f6217cef071 completed May 12, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03a13e888c81909e40a5e10b9a9694 completed May 12, 2026, 9:53 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:26 a.m.