Triple

T1962653
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Isandlwana E42620 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pulleine
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pulleine was a British Army officer best known for his ill-fated command of imperial forces during the disastrous 1879 Battle of Isandlwana in the Anglo-Zulu War.
E218893 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: Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pulleine | Statement: [Battle of Isandlwana, commander, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pulleine]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pulleine
Context triple: [Battle of Isandlwana, commander, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pulleine]
  • A. Lieutenant Colonel John Butler
    Lieutenant Colonel John Butler was a Loyalist military officer in the American Revolutionary War, best known for leading the irregular frontier unit known as Butler’s Rangers.
  • B. Lieutenant Colonel Frank O’Driscoll Hunter
    Lieutenant Colonel Frank O’Driscoll Hunter was a distinguished U.S. Army Air Corps officer and World War II fighter ace honored for his leadership and aerial combat achievements.
  • C. Major-General Sidney Kirkman
    Major-General Sidney Kirkman was a senior British Army officer of the Second World War, noted for his leadership of infantry formations in key campaigns including North Africa and Italy.
  • D. Colonel Andrew Hynes
    Colonel Andrew Hynes was an early American pioneer and military officer best known for establishing the Kentucky settlement that became Elizabethtown.
  • E. Colonel George F. James
    Colonel George F. James was a notable figure in California history whose prominence led to the town of Jamestown being named in his honor.
  • 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: Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pulleine
Triple: [Battle of Isandlwana, commander, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pulleine]
Generated description
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pulleine was a British Army officer best known for his ill-fated command of imperial forces during the disastrous 1879 Battle of Isandlwana in the Anglo-Zulu War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pulleine
Target entity description: Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pulleine was a British Army officer best known for his ill-fated command of imperial forces during the disastrous 1879 Battle of Isandlwana in the Anglo-Zulu War.
  • A. Lieutenant Colonel John Butler
    Lieutenant Colonel John Butler was a Loyalist military officer in the American Revolutionary War, best known for leading the irregular frontier unit known as Butler’s Rangers.
  • B. Lieutenant Colonel Frank O’Driscoll Hunter
    Lieutenant Colonel Frank O’Driscoll Hunter was a distinguished U.S. Army Air Corps officer and World War II fighter ace honored for his leadership and aerial combat achievements.
  • C. Major-General Sidney Kirkman
    Major-General Sidney Kirkman was a senior British Army officer of the Second World War, noted for his leadership of infantry formations in key campaigns including North Africa and Italy.
  • D. Colonel Andrew Hynes
    Colonel Andrew Hynes was an early American pioneer and military officer best known for establishing the Kentucky settlement that became Elizabethtown.
  • E. Colonel George F. James
    Colonel George F. James was a notable figure in California history whose prominence led to the town of Jamestown being named in his honor.
  • 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_69a88711151c8190940b2572095059d7 completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb3ac31a08190abaecac8badc52c7 completed March 7, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adfbd133908190add1c78d91a813ef completed March 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adfc6d7fb08190959ee247d0060f4c completed March 8, 2026, 10:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adfd2f68f48190ad23db5ca6ae663a completed March 8, 2026, 10:50 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.