Triple

T709623
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps E14176 entity
Predicate firstHolder P291 FINISHED
Object Sergeant Major Wilbur Bestwick
Sergeant Major Wilbur Bestwick was a United States Marine who became the inaugural Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, helping to define the senior enlisted leadership role in the service.
E87884 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 Major Wilbur Bestwick | Statement: [Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, firstHolder, Sergeant Major Wilbur Bestwick]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sergeant Major Wilbur Bestwick
Context triple: [Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, firstHolder, Sergeant Major Wilbur Bestwick]
  • A. Marshal Pentecost
    Marshal Pentecost is the military rank and title held by Stacker Pentecost, the commanding officer of the Pan Pacific Defense Corps in the Pacific Rim universe.
  • B. Lieutenant Colonel Frank O’Driscoll Hunter
    Lieutenant Colonel Frank O’Driscoll Hunter was a distinguished U.S. Army Air Corps officer and World War II fighter ace honored for his leadership and aerial combat achievements.
  • C. Col. Herbert Y. Schandler
    Col. Herbert Y. Schandler was a U.S. Army officer and military historian known for his influential analyses of the Vietnam War and American foreign policy.
  • D. Thomas Sharpe
    Thomas Sharpe is a mysterious English baronet whose dark secrets and tragic romance with the heroine drive the gothic horror narrative of the film "Crimson Peak."
  • E. Brigadier General Chuck Edwards
    Brigadier General Chuck Edwards was a United States Air Force officer honored for his significant contributions to military aviation and aerospace development.
  • 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 Major Wilbur Bestwick
Triple: [Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, firstHolder, Sergeant Major Wilbur Bestwick]
Generated description
Sergeant Major Wilbur Bestwick was a United States Marine who became the inaugural Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, helping to define the senior enlisted leadership role in the service.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sergeant Major Wilbur Bestwick
Target entity description: Sergeant Major Wilbur Bestwick was a United States Marine who became the inaugural Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, helping to define the senior enlisted leadership role in the service.
  • A. Marshal Pentecost
    Marshal Pentecost is the military rank and title held by Stacker Pentecost, the commanding officer of the Pan Pacific Defense Corps in the Pacific Rim universe.
  • B. Lieutenant Colonel Frank O’Driscoll Hunter
    Lieutenant Colonel Frank O’Driscoll Hunter was a distinguished U.S. Army Air Corps officer and World War II fighter ace honored for his leadership and aerial combat achievements.
  • C. Col. Herbert Y. Schandler
    Col. Herbert Y. Schandler was a U.S. Army officer and military historian known for his influential analyses of the Vietnam War and American foreign policy.
  • D. Thomas Sharpe
    Thomas Sharpe is a mysterious English baronet whose dark secrets and tragic romance with the heroine drive the gothic horror narrative of the film "Crimson Peak."
  • E. Brigadier General Chuck Edwards
    Brigadier General Chuck Edwards was a United States Air Force officer honored for his significant contributions to military aviation and aerospace development.
  • 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_69a493494ec48190ae6751683625a9ba completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a55b63988190837e71fcdf3e39a6 completed March 1, 2026, 8:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a64a5851548190adeacb2feb35a1cb completed March 3, 2026, 2:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a64b8b1db08190b2ec6238bd176ca8 completed March 3, 2026, 2:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a64c70803c81909cb7f3c0189733b4 completed March 3, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.