Triple

T3694683
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael Wittmann E78427 entity
Predicate militaryRank P342 FINISHED
Object SS-Obersturmführer
SS-Obersturmführer was a junior commissioned officer rank in the Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS), roughly equivalent to a first lieutenant in many other military organizations.
 E381349 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: SS-Obersturmführer | Statement: [Michael Wittmann, militaryRank, SS-Obersturmführer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: SS-Obersturmführer
Context triple: [Michael Wittmann, militaryRank, SS-Obersturmführer]
  • A. SS-Obersturmbannführer
    SS-Obersturmbannführer was a mid- to senior-level paramilitary rank in the Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS), roughly equivalent to a lieutenant colonel.
  • B. SS-Hauptsturmführer
    SS-Hauptsturmführer was a mid-level commissioned officer rank in the Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS), roughly equivalent to a captain in many other military organizations.
  • C. SS-Obergruppenführer
    SS-Obergruppenführer was one of the highest commissioned ranks in the Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS), roughly equivalent to a senior general in a military hierarchy.
  • D. SS-Sturmbannführer
    SS-Sturmbannführer was a mid-level paramilitary rank in the Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS), roughly equivalent to a major in the army.
  • E. SS-Brigadeführer
    SS-Brigadeführer was a senior paramilitary rank in the Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS), roughly equivalent to a brigadier general in the army.
  • 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: SS-Obersturmführer
Triple: [Michael Wittmann, militaryRank, SS-Obersturmführer]
Generated description
SS-Obersturmführer was a junior commissioned officer rank in the Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS), roughly equivalent to a first lieutenant in many other military organizations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: SS-Obersturmführer
Target entity description: SS-Obersturmführer was a junior commissioned officer rank in the Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS), roughly equivalent to a first lieutenant in many other military organizations.
  • A. SS-Obersturmbannführer
    SS-Obersturmbannführer was a mid- to senior-level paramilitary rank in the Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS), roughly equivalent to a lieutenant colonel.
  • B. SS-Hauptsturmführer
    SS-Hauptsturmführer was a mid-level commissioned officer rank in the Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS), roughly equivalent to a captain in many other military organizations.
  • C. SS-Obergruppenführer
    SS-Obergruppenführer was one of the highest commissioned ranks in the Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS), roughly equivalent to a senior general in a military hierarchy.
  • D. SS-Sturmbannführer
    SS-Sturmbannführer was a mid-level paramilitary rank in the Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS), roughly equivalent to a major in the army.
  • E. SS-Brigadeführer
    SS-Brigadeführer was a senior paramilitary rank in the Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS), roughly equivalent to a brigadier general in the army.
  • 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_69ad85e3b1888190abc983e06968696d completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc4eafd348190986f69aee787fd8f completed March 8, 2026, 6:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4cdeee0488190b59e24f8ad48ad5e completed March 14, 2026, 2:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4cf08b5688190867da982cc464d5a completed March 14, 2026, 2:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4cf6c4e5c8190bee35fc33d707823 completed March 14, 2026, 3:01 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:26 p.m.