Triple
T828517
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Royal Tank Regiment |
E17910
|
entity |
| Predicate | formedFrom |
P402
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps
Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps was the World War I British Army unit that pioneered the use of tanks in combat and later evolved into the Royal Tank Regiment.
|
E96467
|
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: Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps | Statement: [Royal Tank Regiment, formedFrom, Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps Context triple: [Royal Tank Regiment, formedFrom, Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps]
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A.
Special Force
Special Force, better known as the Chindits, was a British India–based long-range penetration commando force that conducted deep-raid operations behind Japanese lines in Burma during World War II.
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B.
Chindits
The Chindits were a British India special operations unit in World War II known for their long-range, deep-penetration jungle raids behind Japanese lines in Burma.
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C.
Armoured Brigade
Armoured Brigade is a key combat formation of the Finnish Army specializing in armoured and mechanized warfare.
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D.
MG 131 machine gun
The MG 131 machine gun was a German 13 mm aircraft-mounted heavy machine gun used extensively by the Luftwaffe during World War II for defensive and offensive armament on various combat aircraft.
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E.
Maxim machine gun
The Maxim machine gun is a pioneering late 19th-century recoil-operated, water-cooled heavy machine gun that became one of the first fully automatic weapons widely adopted by major armies around the world.
- 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: Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps Triple: [Royal Tank Regiment, formedFrom, Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps]
Generated description
Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps was the World War I British Army unit that pioneered the use of tanks in combat and later evolved into the Royal Tank Regiment.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps Target entity description: Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps was the World War I British Army unit that pioneered the use of tanks in combat and later evolved into the Royal Tank Regiment.
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A.
Special Force
Special Force, better known as the Chindits, was a British India–based long-range penetration commando force that conducted deep-raid operations behind Japanese lines in Burma during World War II.
-
B.
Chindits
The Chindits were a British India special operations unit in World War II known for their long-range, deep-penetration jungle raids behind Japanese lines in Burma.
-
C.
Armoured Brigade
Armoured Brigade is a key combat formation of the Finnish Army specializing in armoured and mechanized warfare.
-
D.
MG 131 machine gun
The MG 131 machine gun was a German 13 mm aircraft-mounted heavy machine gun used extensively by the Luftwaffe during World War II for defensive and offensive armament on various combat aircraft.
-
E.
Maxim machine gun
The Maxim machine gun is a pioneering late 19th-century recoil-operated, water-cooled heavy machine gun that became one of the first fully automatic weapons widely adopted by major armies around the world.
- 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_69a4937c9c188190aaa216f6b466f452 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4ab99b1e48190afad1f073348b29a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a76d97a3b08190b7a5c635d74bcd47 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 11:24 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a783814b188190b449cd191667f1a1 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 12:57 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a7840593988190b6882b456f0eea41 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 12:59 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.