Triple
T2464021
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle off Samar |
E55200
|
entity |
| Predicate | U.S.TaskUnitCommander |
P678
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Rear Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague
Rear Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague was a U.S. Navy officer best known for his leadership of the escort carrier group "Taffy 3" during the Battle off Samar in World War II, where his outgunned force heroically resisted a much stronger Japanese fleet.
|
E268169
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Rear Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague | Statement: [Battle off Samar, U.S.TaskUnitCommander, Rear Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rear Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague Context triple: [Battle off Samar, U.S.TaskUnitCommander, Rear Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague]
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A.
Rear Admiral Robert C. Giffen
Rear Admiral Robert C. Giffen was a senior United States Navy officer in World War II, noted for his leadership of cruiser and task force operations in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters.
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B.
Vice Admiral Arthur S. Carpender
Vice Admiral Arthur S. Carpender was a senior United States Navy officer who played a key leadership role in Allied naval operations during World War II.
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C.
Vice Admiral William H. P. Blandy
Vice Admiral William H. P. Blandy was a senior United States Navy officer best known for overseeing early post–World War II nuclear weapons testing in the Pacific.
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D.
Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary
Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary was a senior United States Navy officer who led major Allied naval operations in the Pacific during the early years of World War II.
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E.
Rear Admiral Willis A. Lee
Rear Admiral Willis A. Lee was a highly regarded U.S. Navy officer and battleship task force commander in the Pacific Theater of World War II, noted for his leadership in night surface actions and effective use of radar-directed gunfire.
- 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: Rear Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague Triple: [Battle off Samar, U.S.TaskUnitCommander, Rear Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague]
Generated description
Rear Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague was a U.S. Navy officer best known for his leadership of the escort carrier group "Taffy 3" during the Battle off Samar in World War II, where his outgunned force heroically resisted a much stronger Japanese fleet.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rear Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague Target entity description: Rear Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague was a U.S. Navy officer best known for his leadership of the escort carrier group "Taffy 3" during the Battle off Samar in World War II, where his outgunned force heroically resisted a much stronger Japanese fleet.
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A.
Rear Admiral Robert C. Giffen
Rear Admiral Robert C. Giffen was a senior United States Navy officer in World War II, noted for his leadership of cruiser and task force operations in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters.
-
B.
Vice Admiral Arthur S. Carpender
Vice Admiral Arthur S. Carpender was a senior United States Navy officer who played a key leadership role in Allied naval operations during World War II.
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C.
Vice Admiral William H. P. Blandy
Vice Admiral William H. P. Blandy was a senior United States Navy officer best known for overseeing early post–World War II nuclear weapons testing in the Pacific.
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D.
Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary
Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary was a senior United States Navy officer who led major Allied naval operations in the Pacific during the early years of World War II.
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E.
Rear Admiral Willis A. Lee
Rear Admiral Willis A. Lee was a highly regarded U.S. Navy officer and battleship task force commander in the Pacific Theater of World War II, noted for his leadership in night surface actions and effective use of radar-directed gunfire.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: U.S.TaskUnitCommander Context triple: [Battle off Samar, U.S.TaskUnitCommander, Rear Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague]
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A.
commanderUnitedStates
chosen
Indicates that one entity serves as the commander of a United States military or governmental unit, mission, or operation.
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B.
combatant2Commander
Indicates that a combatant serves under the authority or command of a specific commander.
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C.
commander
Indicates that one entity holds authoritative military or organizational control over another entity or group.
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D.
commanderAlsoServesAs
Indicates that the person who holds a commander role simultaneously fulfills one or more additional official roles or positions.
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E.
hasCommanderRank
Indicates that an entity holds the military or organizational rank of commander within a specified hierarchy or context.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69ab49e3622c8190ad22afa2c4fbb807 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd2bc7b5481908b3664495e99f1a4 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:24 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aef0d6ed7481909e900f947463d5d8 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:09 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69aef186935c81909301659a96e1a4e2 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:12 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69aef8272668819084626e890a49e1b3 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:41 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69abd0b3ea308190a6d8499c2a542c50 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:16 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.