Triple

T3666456
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject M4 Sherman tank E77768 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object M3 Lee tank
The M3 Lee tank was an American World War II medium tank notable for its tall profile and combination of hull-mounted main gun and turret-mounted secondary gun, serving as an important early-war design before being replaced by the M4 Sherman.
E390840 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: M3 Lee tank | Statement: [M4 Sherman tank, predecessor, M3 Lee tank]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: M3 Lee tank
Context triple: [M4 Sherman tank, predecessor, M3 Lee tank]
  • A. M4 Sherman tank
    The M4 Sherman tank was the primary American medium tank of World War II, widely used by Allied forces for its reliability, ease of production, and versatility in combat roles.
  • B. TAM medium tank
    The TAM medium tank is an Argentine-designed and -produced main battle tank developed in the 1970s to provide the country with a modern, mobile armored fighting vehicle suited to its terrain and military needs.
  • C. M48 Patton tank
    The M48 Patton tank is an American Cold War–era main battle tank widely used by the U.S. and allied forces in numerous conflicts from the 1950s onward.
  • D. M26 Pershing tank
    The M26 Pershing tank was a late-World War II American heavy/medium tank that introduced improved armor and a powerful 90 mm gun, serving as a precursor to the postwar Patton series.
  • E. M46 Patton tank
    The M46 Patton tank is an American post–World War II main battle tank that served as an early member of the Patton series, seeing combat in the Korean War and bridging the transition from the M26 Pershing to later Cold War designs.
  • 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: M3 Lee tank
Triple: [M4 Sherman tank, predecessor, M3 Lee tank]
Generated description
The M3 Lee tank was an American World War II medium tank notable for its tall profile and combination of hull-mounted main gun and turret-mounted secondary gun, serving as an important early-war design before being replaced by the M4 Sherman.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: M3 Lee tank
Target entity description: The M3 Lee tank was an American World War II medium tank notable for its tall profile and combination of hull-mounted main gun and turret-mounted secondary gun, serving as an important early-war design before being replaced by the M4 Sherman.
  • A. M4 Sherman tank
    The M4 Sherman tank was the primary American medium tank of World War II, widely used by Allied forces for its reliability, ease of production, and versatility in combat roles.
  • B. TAM medium tank
    The TAM medium tank is an Argentine-designed and -produced main battle tank developed in the 1970s to provide the country with a modern, mobile armored fighting vehicle suited to its terrain and military needs.
  • C. M48 Patton tank
    The M48 Patton tank is an American Cold War–era main battle tank widely used by the U.S. and allied forces in numerous conflicts from the 1950s onward.
  • D. M26 Pershing tank
    The M26 Pershing tank was a late-World War II American heavy/medium tank that introduced improved armor and a powerful 90 mm gun, serving as a precursor to the postwar Patton series.
  • E. M46 Patton tank
    The M46 Patton tank is an American post–World War II main battle tank that served as an early member of the Patton series, seeing combat in the Korean War and bridging the transition from the M26 Pershing to later Cold War designs.
  • 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_69b4fafdfe108190a808364578d5edd1 completed March 14, 2026, 6:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4fc2c5e9c8190b28250762fe1477d completed March 14, 2026, 6:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4fcc395ec8190a781e982b935c2f6 completed March 14, 2026, 6:14 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:25 p.m.