Triple
T6124166
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Company C, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment |
E136553
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableCommander |
P1197
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William L. Calley Jr. |
E136555
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NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: William L. Calley Jr. | Statement: [Company C, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, notableCommander, William L. Calley Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William L. Calley Jr. Context triple: [Company C, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, notableCommander, William L. Calley Jr.]
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A.
William Calley
chosen
William Calley is a former U.S. Army officer best known for his central role in and subsequent conviction for war crimes related to the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War.
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B.
William H. Pitsenbarger
William H. Pitsenbarger was a United States Air Force pararescueman and Medal of Honor recipient renowned for his heroic actions and ultimate sacrifice during the Vietnam War.
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C.
Ira Hayes
Ira Hayes was a Pima Native American U.S. Marine and one of the flag raisers at Iwo Jima during World War II, later becoming a symbol of the struggles of Native American veterans.
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D.
Sgt. Al Powell
Sgt. Al Powell is a sympathetic Los Angeles police sergeant in the film "Die Hard" who becomes John McClane’s trusted ally and emotional support during the Nakatomi Plaza hostage crisis.
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E.
Lieutenant General Hal Moore
Lieutenant General Hal Moore was a highly respected U.S. Army officer best known for his leadership during the Battle of Ia Drang in the Vietnam War and for co-authoring the book "We Were Soldiers Once... and Young."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c0089f851c81909e5e189a617dcff6 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c05c25976081909e0a40e07dff0b8a |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c135b2500c8190aaf67b059ccbe3f1 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:44 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:14 p.m.