Triple
T3785742
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hiram Maxim |
E85525
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Maxim machine gun |
E88407
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Maxim machine gun | Statement: [Hiram Maxim, notableWork, Maxim machine gun]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maxim machine gun Context triple: [Hiram Maxim, notableWork, Maxim machine gun]
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A.
Maxim machine gun
chosen
The Maxim machine gun is a pioneering late 19th-century recoil-operated, water-cooled heavy machine gun that became one of the first fully automatic weapons widely adopted by major armies around the world.
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B.
MG 131 machine gun
The MG 131 machine gun was a German 13 mm aircraft-mounted heavy machine gun used extensively by the Luftwaffe during World War II for defensive and offensive armament on various combat aircraft.
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C.
Lewis machine guns
Lewis machine guns are early 20th-century air-cooled, drum-fed light machine guns widely used by British and Allied forces, especially in aircraft and infantry roles during World War I.
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D.
MG5 general-purpose machine gun
The MG5 general-purpose machine gun is a modern 7.62×51mm NATO belt-fed weapon used by the German military as a standard infantry and vehicle-mounted support gun.
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E.
MG 81 machine gun
The MG 81 machine gun was a fast-firing 7.92 mm German aircraft-mounted weapon used extensively by the Luftwaffe during World War II.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69aed937fa8881908208ef3801060826 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aee42d2bc88190ab85529fcd1aa20a |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4f04a35448190a57f431ef703b1e1 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:21 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:13 p.m.