Triple

T19602913
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Marshall Thompson E470525 entity
Predicate directed P7373 FINISHED
Object A Yank in Vietnam
A Yank in Vietnam is a 1964 war film set during the Vietnam conflict, following an American soldier’s experiences in combat and cultural clash.
E1384492 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: A Yank in Vietnam | Statement: [Marshall Thompson, directed, A Yank in Vietnam]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Yank in Vietnam
Context triple: [Marshall Thompson, directed, A Yank in Vietnam]
  • A. Letters from Vietnam
    "Letters from Vietnam" is a song by American rapper B.o.B featured on his debut studio album, *B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray*.
  • B. Last Days in Vietnam
    Last Days in Vietnam is a 2014 documentary film that chronicles the chaotic final weeks of the Vietnam War and the dramatic evacuation of Saigon.
  • C. “The Brother in Vietnam”
    “The Brother in Vietnam” is a chapter from Maxine Hong Kingston’s book *China Men* that explores the experiences and emotional turmoil of a Chinese American soldier serving in the Vietnam War.
  • D. Why We’re in Vietnam
    "Why We’re in Vietnam" is a novella by Stephen King that follows an aging Vietnam War veteran confronting haunting memories and unresolved guilt from his combat experiences.
  • E. Once Upon a Time in Vietnam
    Once Upon a Time in Vietnam is a Vietnamese action-fantasy film that blends martial arts with Western-style storytelling in a stylized, mythical setting.
  • 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: A Yank in Vietnam
Triple: [Marshall Thompson, directed, A Yank in Vietnam]
Generated description
A Yank in Vietnam is a 1964 war film set during the Vietnam conflict, following an American soldier’s experiences in combat and cultural clash.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Yank in Vietnam
Target entity description: A Yank in Vietnam is a 1964 war film set during the Vietnam conflict, following an American soldier’s experiences in combat and cultural clash.
  • A. Letters from Vietnam
    "Letters from Vietnam" is a song by American rapper B.o.B featured on his debut studio album, *B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray*.
  • B. Last Days in Vietnam
    Last Days in Vietnam is a 2014 documentary film that chronicles the chaotic final weeks of the Vietnam War and the dramatic evacuation of Saigon.
  • C. “The Brother in Vietnam”
    “The Brother in Vietnam” is a chapter from Maxine Hong Kingston’s book *China Men* that explores the experiences and emotional turmoil of a Chinese American soldier serving in the Vietnam War.
  • D. Why We’re in Vietnam
    "Why We’re in Vietnam" is a novella by Stephen King that follows an aging Vietnam War veteran confronting haunting memories and unresolved guilt from his combat experiences.
  • E. Once Upon a Time in Vietnam
    Once Upon a Time in Vietnam is a Vietnamese action-fantasy film that blends martial arts with Western-style storytelling in a stylized, mythical setting.
  • 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_69d8e510024481908415c0d616fa6186 completed April 10, 2026, 11:54 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e64080a57c8190837cbe82b93163bf completed April 20, 2026, 3:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a075f1dc2f48190a66d0145b39f06a3 completed May 15, 2026, 5:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a075fbe27a081909c6869abfdfb6079 completed May 15, 2026, 6:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07608dfcb481908833ecb65c10b96b completed May 15, 2026, 6:06 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:43 p.m.