Triple
T7354391
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Horizontal Lieutenant |
E169585
|
entity |
| Predicate | featuresCharacter |
P626
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
2nd Lt. Merle Wye
2nd Lt. Merle Wye is a fictional junior Army officer who serves as the central character in the military comedy film "The Horizontal Lieutenant."
|
E658430
|
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: 2nd Lt. Merle Wye | Statement: [The Horizontal Lieutenant, featuresCharacter, 2nd Lt. Merle Wye]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 2nd Lt. Merle Wye Context triple: [The Horizontal Lieutenant, featuresCharacter, 2nd Lt. Merle Wye]
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A.
Lieutenant Thomas Glahn
Lieutenant Thomas Glahn is the introspective, nature-obsessed protagonist of Knut Hamsun’s novel *Pan*, whose turbulent love affairs and retreat into the Norwegian wilderness explore themes of passion, isolation, and psychological complexity.
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B.
Second Lieutenant C. Carwood Lipton
Second Lieutenant C. Carwood Lipton was a real-life U.S. Army officer of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, whose World War II service was prominently depicted in the miniseries "Band of Brothers."
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C.
Sergeant Daniel Bissell
Sergeant Daniel Bissell was an American Revolutionary War soldier and spy for the Continental Army who conducted dangerous intelligence missions behind British lines.
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D.
Corporal Frank S. Scott
Corporal Frank S. Scott was a U.S. Army aviation mechanic recognized as the first enlisted airman to die in an aircraft accident, for whom Scott Air Force Base is named.
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E.
Sgt. John M. Stryker
Sgt. John M. Stryker is a tough, battle-hardened U.S. Marine sergeant portrayed by John Wayne, known for his strict discipline and leadership during World War II in the film "Sands of Iwo Jima."
- 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: 2nd Lt. Merle Wye Triple: [The Horizontal Lieutenant, featuresCharacter, 2nd Lt. Merle Wye]
Generated description
2nd Lt. Merle Wye is a fictional junior Army officer who serves as the central character in the military comedy film "The Horizontal Lieutenant."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 2nd Lt. Merle Wye Target entity description: 2nd Lt. Merle Wye is a fictional junior Army officer who serves as the central character in the military comedy film "The Horizontal Lieutenant."
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A.
Lieutenant Thomas Glahn
Lieutenant Thomas Glahn is the introspective, nature-obsessed protagonist of Knut Hamsun’s novel *Pan*, whose turbulent love affairs and retreat into the Norwegian wilderness explore themes of passion, isolation, and psychological complexity.
-
B.
Second Lieutenant C. Carwood Lipton
Second Lieutenant C. Carwood Lipton was a real-life U.S. Army officer of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, whose World War II service was prominently depicted in the miniseries "Band of Brothers."
-
C.
Sergeant Daniel Bissell
Sergeant Daniel Bissell was an American Revolutionary War soldier and spy for the Continental Army who conducted dangerous intelligence missions behind British lines.
-
D.
Corporal Frank S. Scott
Corporal Frank S. Scott was a U.S. Army aviation mechanic recognized as the first enlisted airman to die in an aircraft accident, for whom Scott Air Force Base is named.
-
E.
Sgt. John M. Stryker
Sgt. John M. Stryker is a tough, battle-hardened U.S. Marine sergeant portrayed by John Wayne, known for his strict discipline and leadership during World War II in the film "Sands of Iwo Jima."
- 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_69c68a59f2288190877ca15c19b1e822 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f10e71fc81909307ca39a61142d3 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:05 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7faa25960819084ecb6dbf9369ba5 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 3:58 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7fc2c90488190bd3aa5bf72606723 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:05 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7fcb2605c819080697768d00c77d7 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:07 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:05 p.m.