Triple

T5084590
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Flags of Our Fathers E114604 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Michael Strank
Michael Strank was a United States Marine Corps sergeant and one of the flag-raisers on Iwo Jima during World War II, later depicted as a central figure in the book and film "Flags of Our Fathers."
E492118 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: Michael Strank | Statement: [Flags of Our Fathers, mainCharacter, Michael Strank]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Strank
Context triple: [Flags of Our Fathers, mainCharacter, Michael Strank]
  • A. Corporal Miller
    Corporal Miller is a skilled explosives expert and member of the commando team in the World War II adventure film "The Guns of Navarone."
  • B. Sergeant Dan Scott
    Sergeant Dan Scott is a fictional police detective and sidekick to DCI Tom Barnaby in the British crime drama series "Midsomer Murders."
  • C. Pfc. Louden Downey
    Pfc. Louden Downey is a young U.S. Marine on trial for his role in a hazing-related death in the legal drama film "A Few Good Men."
  • D. Sergeant Gavin Troy
    Sergeant Gavin Troy is a fictional police sergeant and the original junior partner to DCI Tom Barnaby in the British detective television series "Midsomer Murders."
  • E. Sergeant Joe Bomowski
    Sergeant Joe Bomowski is a tough but comically beleaguered Los Angeles police detective whose overbearing mother constantly interferes in both his personal life and police work.
  • 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: Michael Strank
Triple: [Flags of Our Fathers, mainCharacter, Michael Strank]
Generated description
Michael Strank was a United States Marine Corps sergeant and one of the flag-raisers on Iwo Jima during World War II, later depicted as a central figure in the book and film "Flags of Our Fathers."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Strank
Target entity description: Michael Strank was a United States Marine Corps sergeant and one of the flag-raisers on Iwo Jima during World War II, later depicted as a central figure in the book and film "Flags of Our Fathers."
  • A. Corporal Miller
    Corporal Miller is a skilled explosives expert and member of the commando team in the World War II adventure film "The Guns of Navarone."
  • B. Sergeant Dan Scott
    Sergeant Dan Scott is a fictional police detective and sidekick to DCI Tom Barnaby in the British crime drama series "Midsomer Murders."
  • C. Pfc. Louden Downey
    Pfc. Louden Downey is a young U.S. Marine on trial for his role in a hazing-related death in the legal drama film "A Few Good Men."
  • D. Sergeant Gavin Troy
    Sergeant Gavin Troy is a fictional police sergeant and the original junior partner to DCI Tom Barnaby in the British detective television series "Midsomer Murders."
  • E. Sergeant Joe Bomowski
    Sergeant Joe Bomowski is a tough but comically beleaguered Los Angeles police detective whose overbearing mother constantly interferes in both his personal life and police work.
  • 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_69bd443e941881908eb4e8c685b6f656 completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd75192d188190a7631bce5faf7de3 completed March 20, 2026, 4:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69beb13a8be08190a0f1fc3aec224dde completed March 21, 2026, 2:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69beb22ca4148190b599b48c05e5e3da completed March 21, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69beb2c80a6881908ad29936da1240d2 completed March 21, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:40 p.m.