Triple

T3666439
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject M4 Sherman tank E77768 entity
Predicate engine P6068 FINISHED
Object Continental R975 radial engine
The Continental R975 radial engine is a nine-cylinder air-cooled gasoline aircraft engine widely adapted during World War II to power U.S. armored vehicles, most notably the M4 Sherman medium tank.
E377237 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: Continental R975 radial engine | Statement: [M4 Sherman tank, engine, Continental R975 radial engine]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Continental R975 radial engine
Context triple: [M4 Sherman tank, engine, Continental R975 radial engine]
  • A. Continental AV-1790-3 gasoline engine
    The Continental AV-1790-3 is a large, air-cooled V12 gasoline engine developed in the mid-20th century to power American heavy armored vehicles such as the M46 Patton tank.
  • B. BMW 132 radial engine
    The BMW 132 radial engine was a widely used German air-cooled nine-cylinder aircraft engine of the 1930s and 1940s, powering numerous Luftwaffe aircraft during World War II.
  • C. BMW 801 radial engine
    The BMW 801 radial engine was a powerful German World War II air-cooled aircraft engine widely used in Luftwaffe fighters and bombers, noted for its reliability and advanced engineering.
  • D. Daimler-Benz DB 603A engine
    The Daimler-Benz DB 603A engine was a large, liquid-cooled, inverted V12 aircraft engine developed in Germany during World War II, known for powering high-performance Luftwaffe aircraft such as night fighters and heavy fighters.
  • E. Alfa Romeo 128 radial engine
    The Alfa Romeo 128 radial engine was an Italian air-cooled aircraft engine used in World War II-era military aircraft.
  • 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: Continental R975 radial engine
Triple: [M4 Sherman tank, engine, Continental R975 radial engine]
Generated description
The Continental R975 radial engine is a nine-cylinder air-cooled gasoline aircraft engine widely adapted during World War II to power U.S. armored vehicles, most notably the M4 Sherman medium tank.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Continental R975 radial engine
Target entity description: The Continental R975 radial engine is a nine-cylinder air-cooled gasoline aircraft engine widely adapted during World War II to power U.S. armored vehicles, most notably the M4 Sherman medium tank.
  • A. Continental AV-1790-3 gasoline engine
    The Continental AV-1790-3 is a large, air-cooled V12 gasoline engine developed in the mid-20th century to power American heavy armored vehicles such as the M46 Patton tank.
  • B. BMW 132 radial engine
    The BMW 132 radial engine was a widely used German air-cooled nine-cylinder aircraft engine of the 1930s and 1940s, powering numerous Luftwaffe aircraft during World War II.
  • C. BMW 801 radial engine
    The BMW 801 radial engine was a powerful German World War II air-cooled aircraft engine widely used in Luftwaffe fighters and bombers, noted for its reliability and advanced engineering.
  • D. Daimler-Benz DB 603A engine
    The Daimler-Benz DB 603A engine was a large, liquid-cooled, inverted V12 aircraft engine developed in Germany during World War II, known for powering high-performance Luftwaffe aircraft such as night fighters and heavy fighters.
  • E. Alfa Romeo 128 radial engine
    The Alfa Romeo 128 radial engine was an Italian air-cooled aircraft engine used in World War II-era military aircraft.
  • 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_69ad85dfc4dc8190a441864202ab2a7a completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc40188988190b1b7ac9c8240a5ff completed March 8, 2026, 6:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4884bd50c8190a334e9aadc734364 completed March 13, 2026, 9:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4906d6190819086bd51f96d3ffdcc completed March 13, 2026, 10:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4add30904819082ed6f6ee5918e57 completed March 14, 2026, 12:37 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:25 p.m.