Triple
T6448530
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade |
E139804
|
entity |
| Predicate | equipment |
P2728
|
FINISHED |
| Object | M4 Sherman tank |
E77768
|
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: M4 Sherman tank | Statement: [1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, equipment, M4 Sherman tank]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: M4 Sherman tank Context triple: [1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, equipment, M4 Sherman tank]
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A.
M4 Sherman tank
chosen
The M4 Sherman tank was the primary American medium tank of World War II, widely used by Allied forces for its reliability, ease of production, and versatility in combat roles.
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B.
M48 Patton tank
The M48 Patton tank is an American Cold War–era main battle tank widely used by the U.S. and allied forces in numerous conflicts from the 1950s onward.
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C.
M47 Patton
The M47 Patton is an American main battle tank of the early Cold War era, widely used by the U.S. and its allies before being replaced by more advanced Patton-series tanks.
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D.
M3 Lee tank
The M3 Lee tank was an American World War II medium tank notable for its tall profile and combination of hull-mounted main gun and turret-mounted secondary gun, serving as an important early-war design before being replaced by the M4 Sherman.
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E.
M26 Pershing tank
The M26 Pershing tank was a late-World War II American heavy/medium tank that introduced improved armor and a powerful 90 mm gun, serving as a precursor to the postwar Patton series.
- 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_69c008b301948190a35854e5284dc822 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c069b1a61c81908610264c098d25b0 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 10:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c64bcfc7388190877ad702ea44802d |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:20 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:47 p.m.