Triple

T2744884
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject War As I Knew It E60841 entity
Predicate editor P1954 FINISHED
Object Paul D. Harkins
Paul D. Harkins was a U.S. Army general best known for his World War II service under General Patton and later command of U.S. forces in Vietnam in the early 1960s.
E691969 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: Paul D. Harkins | Statement: [War As I Knew It, editor, Paul D. Harkins]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul D. Harkins
Context triple: [War As I Knew It, editor, Paul D. Harkins]
  • A. Charles J. Hitch
    Charles J. Hitch was an American economist and defense analyst who served as president of the University of California after a prominent career in government and academia.
  • B. Robert N. Davoren
    Robert N. Davoren was a notable figure in New York City's correctional system, commemorated by having a Rikers Island jail facility named in his honor.
  • C. Harold E. Stine
    Harold E. Stine was an American cinematographer known for his work on both film and television, including the movie version of MASH.
  • D. John L. Hines
    John L. Hines was a United States Army general who served as Army Chief of Staff in the 1920s and was a prominent commander during World War I.
  • E. Leland J. Hamlin
    Leland J. Hamlin is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the Hamlin surname, though detailed public information about his life or achievements appears to be limited.
  • 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: Paul D. Harkins
Triple: [War As I Knew It, editor, Paul D. Harkins]
Generated description
Paul D. Harkins was a U.S. Army general best known for his World War II service under General Patton and later command of U.S. forces in Vietnam in the early 1960s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul D. Harkins
Target entity description: Paul D. Harkins was a U.S. Army general best known for his World War II service under General Patton and later command of U.S. forces in Vietnam in the early 1960s.
  • A. Charles J. Hitch
    Charles J. Hitch was an American economist and defense analyst who served as president of the University of California after a prominent career in government and academia.
  • B. Robert N. Davoren
    Robert N. Davoren was a notable figure in New York City's correctional system, commemorated by having a Rikers Island jail facility named in his honor.
  • C. Harold E. Stine
    Harold E. Stine was an American cinematographer known for his work on both film and television, including the movie version of MASH.
  • D. John L. Hines
    John L. Hines was a United States Army general who served as Army Chief of Staff in the 1920s and was a prominent commander during World War I.
  • E. Leland J. Hamlin
    Leland J. Hamlin is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the Hamlin surname, though detailed public information about his life or achievements appears to be limited.
  • 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_69ab4b79846081909096725374d65ce9 completed March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdb4d37a481908cc2ad4666f3ac94 completed March 7, 2026, 8:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c9cd7f9b2c81908a1f77a9cc37a0be completed March 30, 2026, 1:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c9ce2791d88190bc48f237e134e7a9 completed March 30, 2026, 1:13 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c9ce745fdc8190843c4d48722fb263 completed March 30, 2026, 1:14 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:56 p.m.