Triple
T4072425
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Marshall (British Army officer) |
E86677
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Commander-in-Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force
The Commander-in-Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force was the senior British military command responsible for directing operations in the Mesopotamian campaign during the First World War.
|
E410342
|
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: Commander-in-Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force | Statement: [William Marshall (British Army officer), positionHeld, Commander-in-Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Commander-in-Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force Context triple: [William Marshall (British Army officer), positionHeld, Commander-in-Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force]
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A.
Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command
The Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command was the senior British military post responsible for directing Allied land operations in the Middle East theatre during the Second World War.
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B.
Commander-in-Chief on the Western Front
Commander-in-Chief on the Western Front was the senior British military command responsible for directing the British Expeditionary Force’s operations on the Western Front during World War I.
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C.
Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet
The Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet was the senior Royal Navy officer responsible for commanding British naval forces in the strategically vital Mediterranean Sea.
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D.
General Officer Commanding 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
The General Officer Commanding 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division was the senior British Army commander responsible for leading this distinguished Territorial Army infantry division, notably active in major campaigns of the Second World War.
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E.
Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army
The Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army was the senior-most military officer in charge of the British East India Company’s (and later British Indian) Madras Presidency forces, overseeing their administration, discipline, and operations.
- 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: Commander-in-Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force Triple: [William Marshall (British Army officer), positionHeld, Commander-in-Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force]
Generated description
The Commander-in-Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force was the senior British military command responsible for directing operations in the Mesopotamian campaign during the First World War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Commander-in-Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force Target entity description: The Commander-in-Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force was the senior British military command responsible for directing operations in the Mesopotamian campaign during the First World War.
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A.
Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command
The Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command was the senior British military post responsible for directing Allied land operations in the Middle East theatre during the Second World War.
-
B.
Commander-in-Chief on the Western Front
Commander-in-Chief on the Western Front was the senior British military command responsible for directing the British Expeditionary Force’s operations on the Western Front during World War I.
-
C.
Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet
The Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet was the senior Royal Navy officer responsible for commanding British naval forces in the strategically vital Mediterranean Sea.
-
D.
General Officer Commanding 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
The General Officer Commanding 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division was the senior British Army commander responsible for leading this distinguished Territorial Army infantry division, notably active in major campaigns of the Second World War.
-
E.
Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army
The Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army was the senior-most military officer in charge of the British East India Company’s (and later British Indian) Madras Presidency forces, overseeing their administration, discipline, and operations.
- 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_69aed93ebe448190a1f1686e28740ac9 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aefc20ed788190bd935082a348a05d |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:58 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b562b99e84819085e1616fb9a61465 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 1:29 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b563ced83c81908d7eff6a54b3b66c |
completed | March 14, 2026, 1:34 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b564893f44819086ffe89101217f53 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:38 p.m.