Triple

T6563568
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject We Were Soldiers Once... and Young E153844 entity
Predicate militaryUnitFeatured P41018 FINISHED
Object 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment
The 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment is a historic U.S. Army cavalry unit best known for its pivotal and costly role in the Vietnam War’s Battle of Ia Drang.
E153843 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment | Statement: [We Were Soldiers Once... and Young, militaryUnitFeatured, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment
Context triple: [We Were Soldiers Once... and Young, militaryUnitFeatured, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment]
  • A. 10th U.S. Cavalry Regiment
    The 10th U.S. Cavalry Regiment was one of the original African American "Buffalo Soldier" units in the U.S. Army, noted for its distinguished service in the Indian Wars and the Spanish–American War.
  • B. 7th Cavalry Regiment
    The 7th Cavalry Regiment is a historic U.S. Army unit best known for its prominent roles in the Indian Wars, including the Battle of the Little Bighorn, and later in major conflicts such as the Vietnam War.
  • C. 3rd Cavalry Regiment
    The 3rd Cavalry Regiment is a historic U.S. Army armored cavalry unit known for its reconnaissance and security missions in major conflicts from the 19th century through the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
  • D. United States Cavalry
    The United States Cavalry was a historic mounted combat branch of the U.S. Army that played a key role in 19th- and early 20th-century American military campaigns, including the Indian Wars, the Civil War, and the Spanish–American War.
  • E. 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry
    The 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, famously known as the "Rough Riders," was a volunteer regiment led by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish–American War.
  • 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: 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment
Triple: [We Were Soldiers Once... and Young, militaryUnitFeatured, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment]
Generated description
The 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment is a historic U.S. Army cavalry unit best known for its pivotal and costly role in the Vietnam War’s Battle of Ia Drang.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment
Target entity description: The 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment is a historic U.S. Army cavalry unit best known for its pivotal and costly role in the Vietnam War’s Battle of Ia Drang.
  • A. 10th U.S. Cavalry Regiment
    The 10th U.S. Cavalry Regiment was one of the original African American "Buffalo Soldier" units in the U.S. Army, noted for its distinguished service in the Indian Wars and the Spanish–American War.
  • B. 7th Cavalry Regiment chosen
    The 7th Cavalry Regiment is a historic U.S. Army unit best known for its prominent roles in the Indian Wars, including the Battle of the Little Bighorn, and later in major conflicts such as the Vietnam War.
  • C. 3rd Cavalry Regiment
    The 3rd Cavalry Regiment is a historic U.S. Army armored cavalry unit known for its reconnaissance and security missions in major conflicts from the 19th century through the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
  • D. United States Cavalry
    The United States Cavalry was a historic mounted combat branch of the U.S. Army that played a key role in 19th- and early 20th-century American military campaigns, including the Indian Wars, the Civil War, and the Spanish–American War.
  • E. 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry
    The 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, famously known as the "Rough Riders," was a volunteer regiment led by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish–American War.
  • F. None of above.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: militaryUnitFeatured
Context triple: [We Were Soldiers Once... and Young, militaryUnitFeatured, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment]
  • A. portraysMilitaryUnit
    Indicates that one entity visually or narratively represents, depicts, or shows a specific military unit.
  • B. militaryUnitName
    Indicates the specific official name assigned to a military unit in the context of a broader relationship or record.
  • C. militaryOrganization
    Indicates that an entity functions as, or is associated with, a structured armed forces or defense-related organization.
  • D. focusesOnMilitaryUnit chosen
    Indicates that an entity’s attention, activity, or content is directed primarily toward a specific military unit.
  • E. militaryCharacteristic
    Indicates that one entity possesses a specific military-related attribute, quality, or feature in relation to another entity or context.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69c6880cb35881909b763eb0125236b9 completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6cc9c6cb0819084fec8e0beb430de completed March 27, 2026, 6:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7127fc0a081909589c2a05e457866 completed March 27, 2026, 11:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7130b4a788190978cbdc08e640fc0 completed March 27, 2026, 11:30 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c713ead2a48190bbf95caf2ca8d997 completed March 27, 2026, 11:34 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69c6acf93cb48190b54f5dd6febd34dc completed March 27, 2026, 4:14 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:52 p.m.