Triple
T2198042
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Little Boy |
E50421
|
entity |
| Predicate | crewCommanderOfDeliveryAircraft |
P36896
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Paul W. Tibbets Jr. |
E16536
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: [Little Boy, crewCommanderOfDeliveryAircraft, Paul W. Tibbets Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul W. Tibbets Jr. Context triple: [Little Boy, crewCommanderOfDeliveryAircraft, 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.
Leslie Richard Groves Sr.
Leslie Richard Groves Sr. was an American Army chaplain and clergyman best known as the father of Lieutenant General Leslie R. Groves Jr., the military leader of the Manhattan Project.
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E.
Leslie R. Groves Jr.
Leslie R. Groves Jr. was a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lieutenant general who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the World War II effort to develop the first atomic bombs.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: crewCommanderOfDeliveryAircraft Context triple: [Little Boy, crewCommanderOfDeliveryAircraft, Paul W. Tibbets Jr.]
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A.
commander
Indicates that one entity holds authoritative military or organizational control over another entity or group.
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B.
usesCarrierAircraft
Indicates that one entity employs or operates aircraft that are designed to be launched from and recovered by an aircraft carrier.
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C.
crewType
Indicates the specific role or category of crew associated with an entity, such as the type of personnel assigned to operate or support it.
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D.
commanderOfRAF
Indicates that one entity serves as the commander or head of the Royal Air Force in relation to another entity.
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E.
commanderAlsoServesAs
Indicates that the person who holds a commander role simultaneously fulfills one or more additional official roles or positions.
- 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_69a88b044ab48190add007487680f009 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abbf7b65cc8190bcc5a5c52b90f33b |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:02 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae5db9b0208190a63a75c86ea9dcff |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:42 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69abbda706f4819094de73e1d1d1f539 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:54 a.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69abbf35c994819088a093c412931de4 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:01 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:46 p.m.