Triple
T18368559
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Paul W. Tibbets III |
E440116
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasAncestor |
P369
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Paul W. Tibbets Jr. |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Paul W. Tibbets Jr. | Statement: [Paul W. Tibbets III, hasAncestor, Paul W. Tibbets Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul W. Tibbets Jr. Context triple: [Paul W. Tibbets III, hasAncestor, Paul W. Tibbets Jr.]
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A.
Paul W. Tibbets Jr.
chosen
Paul W. Tibbets Jr. was a United States Air Force brigadier general best known as the pilot of the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb used in warfare on Hiroshima during World War II.
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B.
Paul W. Tibbets III
Paul W. Tibbets III is a retired United States Air Force brigadier general and former B-2 Spirit bomber wing commander, known for continuing the distinguished military aviation legacy of his family.
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C.
Paul Warfield Tibbets Sr.
Paul Warfield Tibbets Sr. was the father of U.S. Air Force brigadier general Paul W. Tibbets Jr., the pilot who commanded the atomic bombing mission over Hiroshima in World War II.
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D.
Luther Tibbets
Luther Tibbets was a 19th-century American horticulturist and citrus grower, best known for helping introduce and popularize the navel orange in California.
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E.
John C. Tibbets
John C. Tibbets is an American film historian, author, and former television broadcaster known for his work on cinema history and interviews with prominent filmmakers and actors.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8b918221c8190a9f7b563d64ac677 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e51750d3dc8190b153046c1171ee2b |
completed | April 19, 2026, 5:56 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:38 a.m.