Triple

T743380
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Irish War of Independence E15289 entity
Predicate belligerent P375 FINISHED
Object Black and Tans
The Black and Tans were a British paramilitary police force deployed in Ireland during the War of Independence, notorious for their harsh reprisals and brutality against the Irish population.
E87484 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: Black and Tans | Statement: [Irish War of Independence, belligerent, Black and Tans]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black and Tans
Context triple: [Irish War of Independence, belligerent, Black and Tans]
  • A. Defence of the Realm
    Defence of the Realm is the official motto expressing the core mission of the British Armed Forces to protect the United Kingdom and its interests.
  • B. Life Guards
    The Life Guards are a senior regiment of the British Army's Household Cavalry, known for their ceremonial duties and armoured reconnaissance role.
  • C. Jo's Boys
    "Jo's Boys" is Louisa May Alcott’s sequel to "Little Men," continuing the story of Jo March and the grown-up students of Plumfield as they navigate adulthood and moral challenges.
  • D. Winter Street
    Winter Street is a short, busy commercial street in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, known for its shops and heavy pedestrian traffic near the Downtown Crossing area.
  • E. Queensmen
    Queensmen was the historic nickname used for Rutgers University's athletic teams, particularly its football program, before they became known as the Scarlet Knights.
  • 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: Black and Tans
Triple: [Irish War of Independence, belligerent, Black and Tans]
Generated description
The Black and Tans were a British paramilitary police force deployed in Ireland during the War of Independence, notorious for their harsh reprisals and brutality against the Irish population.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black and Tans
Target entity description: The Black and Tans were a British paramilitary police force deployed in Ireland during the War of Independence, notorious for their harsh reprisals and brutality against the Irish population.
  • A. Defence of the Realm
    Defence of the Realm is the official motto expressing the core mission of the British Armed Forces to protect the United Kingdom and its interests.
  • B. Life Guards
    The Life Guards are a senior regiment of the British Army's Household Cavalry, known for their ceremonial duties and armoured reconnaissance role.
  • C. Jo's Boys
    "Jo's Boys" is Louisa May Alcott’s sequel to "Little Men," continuing the story of Jo March and the grown-up students of Plumfield as they navigate adulthood and moral challenges.
  • D. Winter Street
    Winter Street is a short, busy commercial street in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, known for its shops and heavy pedestrian traffic near the Downtown Crossing area.
  • E. Queensmen
    Queensmen was the historic nickname used for Rutgers University's athletic teams, particularly its football program, before they became known as the Scarlet Knights.
  • 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_69a49358aa308190adbc9b5a0a2adcf9 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a60f92d08190a4f44c5b4d068ab5 completed March 1, 2026, 8:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a64a63f9288190b86e4a75467acce0 completed March 3, 2026, 2:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a64aef14c48190b947a4c3a7becc0f completed March 3, 2026, 2:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a64b80d5fc81909e69832457569064 completed March 3, 2026, 2:46 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.