Triple
T22070781
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Amiel Weeks Whipple |
E545398
|
entity |
| Predicate | commissionedIn |
P5529
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Corps of Topographical Engineers |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
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: Corps of Topographical Engineers | Statement: [Amiel Weeks Whipple, commissionedIn, Corps of Topographical Engineers]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Corps of Topographical Engineers Context triple: [Amiel Weeks Whipple, commissionedIn, Corps of Topographical Engineers]
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A.
Australian Corps of Engineers
The Australian Corps of Engineers was the military engineering branch of the Australian Army responsible for construction, fortifications, logistics support, and other technical services in both peace and wartime operations.
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B.
U.S. Army Engineer Regiment
The U.S. Army Engineer Regiment is the branch of the U.S. Army responsible for combat engineering, construction, and infrastructure support, encompassing units that provide mobility, counter-mobility, and survivability on the battlefield.
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C.
U.S. Board of Engineers for Fortifications
The U.S. Board of Engineers for Fortifications was a 19th-century U.S. Army engineering body responsible for planning and overseeing the design of the nation’s coastal defense fortifications.
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D.
Labour Corps
The Labour Corps was a British Army support formation in World War I composed largely of men unfit for front-line combat, tasked with manual and logistical work such as construction, transport, and battlefield clearance.
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E.
Northern Army Engineer Group
The Northern Army Engineer Group is a military engineering formation that provides specialized construction, fortification, and logistical support to the Northern Army’s operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Corps of Topographical Engineers Target entity description: The Corps of Topographical Engineers was a specialized branch of the U.S. Army in the 19th century responsible for mapping, surveying, and engineering projects that supported military operations and westward expansion.
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A.
Australian Corps of Engineers
The Australian Corps of Engineers was the military engineering branch of the Australian Army responsible for construction, fortifications, logistics support, and other technical services in both peace and wartime operations.
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B.
U.S. Army Engineer Regiment
The U.S. Army Engineer Regiment is the branch of the U.S. Army responsible for combat engineering, construction, and infrastructure support, encompassing units that provide mobility, counter-mobility, and survivability on the battlefield.
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C.
U.S. Board of Engineers for Fortifications
chosen
The U.S. Board of Engineers for Fortifications was a 19th-century U.S. Army engineering body responsible for planning and overseeing the design of the nation’s coastal defense fortifications.
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D.
Labour Corps
The Labour Corps was a British Army support formation in World War I composed largely of men unfit for front-line combat, tasked with manual and logistical work such as construction, transport, and battlefield clearance.
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E.
Northern Army Engineer Group
The Northern Army Engineer Group is a military engineering formation that provides specialized construction, fortification, and logistical support to the Northern Army’s operations.
- F. None of above.
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_69e11e344dfc81909b1d88a7221329c7 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f128881af481909b28cda2d343f4e3 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:37 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:28 p.m.