Triple

T20914749
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mercian Regiment E515041 entity
Predicate hasBattalion P16565 FINISHED
Object 1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment
The 1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment is a regular infantry battalion of the British Army, drawing its heritage from historic Midlands regiments and serving in a variety of light and mechanised infantry roles.
 E515041 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: 1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment | Statement: [Mercian Regiment, hasBattalion, 1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: 1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment
Context triple: [Mercian Regiment, hasBattalion, 1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment]
  • A. 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment
    The 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment was a line infantry battalion of the British Army that served in major conflicts of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including both World Wars.
  • B. 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment
    The 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment was a regular infantry battalion of the British Army’s Manchester Regiment that served in key campaigns of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the Second Boer War and World War I.
  • C. 1st Battalion, Border Regiment
    The 1st Battalion, Border Regiment was a British Army infantry battalion that served with distinction in airborne and other operations during the Second World War.
  • D. 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
    The 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment was a British Army infantry battalion renowned for its heroic last-stand defense during the Korean War, particularly at the Battle of the Imjin River in 1951.
  • E. Mercian Regiment
    The Mercian Regiment is an infantry regiment of the British Army that recruits primarily from the Midlands region of England.
  • 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: 1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment
Triple: [Mercian Regiment, hasBattalion, 1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment]
Generated description
The 1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment is a regular infantry battalion of the British Army, drawing its heritage from historic Midlands regiments and serving in a variety of light and mechanised infantry roles.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: 1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment
Target entity description: The 1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment is a regular infantry battalion of the British Army, drawing its heritage from historic Midlands regiments and serving in a variety of light and mechanised infantry roles.
  • A. 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment
    The 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment was a line infantry battalion of the British Army that served in major conflicts of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including both World Wars.
  • B. 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment
    The 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment was a regular infantry battalion of the British Army’s Manchester Regiment that served in key campaigns of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the Second Boer War and World War I.
  • C. 1st Battalion, Border Regiment
    The 1st Battalion, Border Regiment was a British Army infantry battalion that served with distinction in airborne and other operations during the Second World War.
  • D. 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
    The 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment was a British Army infantry battalion renowned for its heroic last-stand defense during the Korean War, particularly at the Battle of the Imjin River in 1951.
  • E. Mercian Regiment chosen
    The Mercian Regiment is an infantry regiment of the British Army that recruits primarily from the Midlands region of England.
  • F. None of above.

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_69e0b4f9d5ec8190bb2bd27350ed341c completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6ec61a6ec81908d9e0629438d27c9 completed April 21, 2026, 3:17 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0918e0178081908c271dc800de798e completed May 17, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a091be2f1208190a57e7f7d8aabddc0 completed May 17, 2026, 1:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a091c47b3dc81908a5188ad63e14ec6 completed May 17, 2026, 1:39 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:48 p.m.