Triple

T4469609
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Raid on St Nazaire E98461 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object Lieutenant Colonel Charles Newman
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Newman was a British Army officer and Special Service Brigade leader best known for commanding the daring World War II commando operation known as the St Nazaire Raid.
E441036 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: Lieutenant Colonel Charles Newman | Statement: [Raid on St Nazaire, commander, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Newman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lieutenant Colonel Charles Newman
Context triple: [Raid on St Nazaire, commander, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Newman]
  • A. Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pulleine
    Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pulleine was a British Army officer best known for his ill-fated command of imperial forces during the disastrous 1879 Battle of Isandlwana in the Anglo-Zulu War.
  • B. Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Jones
    Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Jones was a British Army officer and posthumous Victoria Cross recipient renowned for his leadership and bravery during the Falklands War.
  • C. Lieutenant Colonel John Butler
    Lieutenant Colonel John Butler was a Loyalist military officer in the American Revolutionary War, best known for leading the irregular frontier unit known as Butler’s Rangers.
  • D. Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Durnford
    Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Durnford was a British Army officer and Royal Engineers commander in the Anglo-Zulu War, best known for his controversial role and death at the Battle of Isandlwana in 1879.
  • E. Lieutenant Colonel Frank O’Driscoll Hunter
    Lieutenant Colonel Frank O’Driscoll Hunter was a distinguished U.S. Army Air Corps officer and World War II fighter ace honored for his leadership and aerial combat achievements.
  • 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: Lieutenant Colonel Charles Newman
Triple: [Raid on St Nazaire, commander, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Newman]
Generated description
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Newman was a British Army officer and Special Service Brigade leader best known for commanding the daring World War II commando operation known as the St Nazaire Raid.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lieutenant Colonel Charles Newman
Target entity description: Lieutenant Colonel Charles Newman was a British Army officer and Special Service Brigade leader best known for commanding the daring World War II commando operation known as the St Nazaire Raid.
  • A. Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pulleine
    Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pulleine was a British Army officer best known for his ill-fated command of imperial forces during the disastrous 1879 Battle of Isandlwana in the Anglo-Zulu War.
  • B. Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Jones
    Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Jones was a British Army officer and posthumous Victoria Cross recipient renowned for his leadership and bravery during the Falklands War.
  • C. Lieutenant Colonel John Butler
    Lieutenant Colonel John Butler was a Loyalist military officer in the American Revolutionary War, best known for leading the irregular frontier unit known as Butler’s Rangers.
  • D. Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Durnford
    Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Durnford was a British Army officer and Royal Engineers commander in the Anglo-Zulu War, best known for his controversial role and death at the Battle of Isandlwana in 1879.
  • E. Lieutenant Colonel Frank O’Driscoll Hunter
    Lieutenant Colonel Frank O’Driscoll Hunter was a distinguished U.S. Army Air Corps officer and World War II fighter ace honored for his leadership and aerial combat achievements.
  • 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_69b3454b4ae481908967426dd37284d6 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3569cd03c8190927c596bedb45ac8 completed March 13, 2026, 12:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b6286c75b08190bd683d300f6c97f0 completed March 15, 2026, 3:33 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b6295627848190a7bb6b8943b0e3f1 completed March 15, 2026, 3:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b629be765c81908c1f6ccfc75604d1 completed March 15, 2026, 3:38 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:34 p.m.