Triple
T5859607
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Badge of Military Merit |
E130242
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sergeant William Brown
Sergeant William Brown was an American Revolutionary War soldier recognized for his valor as one of the earliest recipients of the Badge of Military Merit, a precursor to the Purple Heart.
|
E554158
|
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: Sergeant William Brown | Statement: [Badge of Military Merit, notableRecipient, Sergeant William Brown]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sergeant William Brown Context triple: [Badge of Military Merit, notableRecipient, Sergeant William Brown]
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A.
Corporal Henderson
Corporal Henderson is a fictional military character typically depicted as a low-ranking non-commissioned officer, often used as a generic or placeholder name in stories or examples.
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B.
Sergeant Thomas Durrant
Sergeant Thomas Durrant was a British Army non-commissioned officer of the Second World War who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his extraordinary bravery during the St Nazaire raid in 1942.
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C.
Sergeant Waters
Sergeant Waters is a complex, embittered Black non-commissioned officer in the film and play "A Soldier's Story," whose internalized racism and harsh leadership drive much of the story's central conflict.
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D.
Lance-Corporal James Welch
Lance-Corporal James Welch was a British Army soldier and First World War Victoria Cross recipient renowned for his conspicuous bravery in combat.
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E.
Sergeant Elijah Churchill
Sergeant Elijah Churchill was an American Revolutionary War soldier in the Continental Army, distinguished for his bravery in combat and recognized as one of the first recipients of what would later evolve into the Purple Heart.
- 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: Sergeant William Brown Triple: [Badge of Military Merit, notableRecipient, Sergeant William Brown]
Generated description
Sergeant William Brown was an American Revolutionary War soldier recognized for his valor as one of the earliest recipients of the Badge of Military Merit, a precursor to the Purple Heart.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sergeant William Brown Target entity description: Sergeant William Brown was an American Revolutionary War soldier recognized for his valor as one of the earliest recipients of the Badge of Military Merit, a precursor to the Purple Heart.
-
A.
Corporal Henderson
Corporal Henderson is a fictional military character typically depicted as a low-ranking non-commissioned officer, often used as a generic or placeholder name in stories or examples.
-
B.
Sergeant Thomas Durrant
Sergeant Thomas Durrant was a British Army non-commissioned officer of the Second World War who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his extraordinary bravery during the St Nazaire raid in 1942.
-
C.
Sergeant Waters
Sergeant Waters is a complex, embittered Black non-commissioned officer in the film and play "A Soldier's Story," whose internalized racism and harsh leadership drive much of the story's central conflict.
-
D.
Lance-Corporal James Welch
Lance-Corporal James Welch was a British Army soldier and First World War Victoria Cross recipient renowned for his conspicuous bravery in combat.
-
E.
Sergeant Elijah Churchill
Sergeant Elijah Churchill was an American Revolutionary War soldier in the Continental Army, distinguished for his bravery in combat and recognized as one of the first recipients of what would later evolve into the Purple Heart.
- 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_69c0084f3bb08190a7720f55f7aa4252 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c0358790b88190a5e3c6473172dc53 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:31 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c0b10b55a88190b525405b1e20ea77 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 3:18 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c0b22d661c8190a055abd3ca6fa92f |
completed | March 23, 2026, 3:23 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c0b608a10881908c9bca7d09a99b05 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 3:39 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:56 p.m.