Triple
T6563568
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | We Were Soldiers Once... and Young |
E153844
|
entity |
| Predicate | militaryUnitFeatured |
P41018
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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.
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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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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]
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A.
portraysMilitaryUnit
Indicates that one entity visually or narratively represents, depicts, or shows a specific military unit.
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B.
militaryUnitName
Indicates the specific official name assigned to a military unit in the context of a broader relationship or record.
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C.
militaryOrganization
Indicates that an entity functions as, or is associated with, a structured armed forces or defense-related organization.
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D.
focusesOnMilitaryUnit
chosen
Indicates that an entity’s attention, activity, or content is directed primarily toward a specific military unit.
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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.