Triple

T422006
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Norman R. Augustine E8122 entity
Predicate awardReceived P11 FINISHED
Object U.S. Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award
The U.S. Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award is the highest honorary award given by the Department of Defense to recognize exceptional civilian contributions to national defense.
E53098 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: U.S. Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award | Statement: [Norman R. Augustine, awardReceived, U.S. Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award
Context triple: [Norman R. Augustine, awardReceived, U.S. Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award]
  • A. National Security Medal
    The National Security Medal is a prestigious United States government decoration awarded for distinguished achievement or outstanding contributions to the nation’s security and intelligence efforts.
  • B. Distinguished Service Award
    The Distinguished Service Award is an honor recognizing exceptional contributions and long-term service to the Geological Society of London and the wider geoscience community.
  • C. NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal
    The NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal is an honor awarded by NASA to non-government individuals who have made significant, sustained contributions to the agency’s mission and public service.
  • D. NASA Distinguished Service Medal
    The NASA Distinguished Service Medal is one of NASA’s highest honors, awarded to individuals whose exceptional contributions have significantly advanced the agency’s mission and the interests of the United States in aeronautics and space.
  • E. Army Distinguished Service Medal
    The Army Distinguished Service Medal is a high-level United States military decoration awarded for exceptionally meritorious service to the government in a duty of great responsibility.
  • 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: U.S. Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award
Triple: [Norman R. Augustine, awardReceived, U.S. Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award]
Generated description
The U.S. Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award is the highest honorary award given by the Department of Defense to recognize exceptional civilian contributions to national defense.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award
Target entity description: The U.S. Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award is the highest honorary award given by the Department of Defense to recognize exceptional civilian contributions to national defense.
  • A. National Security Medal
    The National Security Medal is a prestigious United States government decoration awarded for distinguished achievement or outstanding contributions to the nation’s security and intelligence efforts.
  • B. Distinguished Service Award
    The Distinguished Service Award is an honor recognizing exceptional contributions and long-term service to the Geological Society of London and the wider geoscience community.
  • C. NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal
    The NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal is an honor awarded by NASA to non-government individuals who have made significant, sustained contributions to the agency’s mission and public service.
  • D. NASA Distinguished Service Medal
    The NASA Distinguished Service Medal is one of NASA’s highest honors, awarded to individuals whose exceptional contributions have significantly advanced the agency’s mission and the interests of the United States in aeronautics and space.
  • E. Army Distinguished Service Medal
    The Army Distinguished Service Medal is a high-level United States military decoration awarded for exceptionally meritorious service to the government in a duty of great responsibility.
  • 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_69a2e7f1d1bc81909cf2dc9754a3c334 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2eec0e9dc81908c08b209ce5278ef completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4254646bc8190bfa77dbdfdb939b8 completed March 1, 2026, 11:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a425b246588190847c7bae8319e5e7 completed March 1, 2026, 11:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a42616978881909f7c51f7cf8f467a completed March 1, 2026, 11:42 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:11 p.m.