Triple
T8344206
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 5th Canadian Armoured Division |
E195993
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableCommander |
P1197
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Major-General Bert Hoffmeister
Major-General Bert Hoffmeister was a highly regarded Canadian Army officer of the Second World War, best known for his effective leadership of armoured and infantry formations in the Italian Campaign.
|
E728631
|
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: Major-General Bert Hoffmeister | Statement: [5th Canadian Armoured Division, notableCommander, Major-General Bert Hoffmeister]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major-General Bert Hoffmeister Context triple: [5th Canadian Armoured Division, notableCommander, Major-General Bert Hoffmeister]
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A.
Major General Charles H. Gerhardt
Major General Charles H. Gerhardt was a U.S. Army officer best known for commanding the 29th Infantry Division during the D-Day landings and subsequent World War II campaigns in Europe.
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B.
Major-General Frederick Loomis
Major-General Frederick Loomis was a senior Canadian Army officer in the First World War, best known for leading Canadian troops with distinction in major Western Front offensives.
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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.
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D.
Major General Leonard T. Gerow
Major General Leonard T. Gerow was a senior U.S. Army officer in World War II who played a key role in planning and leading Allied operations in the European Theater, including the Normandy invasion.
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E.
Major General Paul Funk
Major General Paul Funk was a senior U.S. Army officer best known for commanding the 3rd Armored Division during the Gulf 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: Major-General Bert Hoffmeister Triple: [5th Canadian Armoured Division, notableCommander, Major-General Bert Hoffmeister]
Generated description
Major-General Bert Hoffmeister was a highly regarded Canadian Army officer of the Second World War, best known for his effective leadership of armoured and infantry formations in the Italian Campaign.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major-General Bert Hoffmeister Target entity description: Major-General Bert Hoffmeister was a highly regarded Canadian Army officer of the Second World War, best known for his effective leadership of armoured and infantry formations in the Italian Campaign.
-
A.
Major General Charles H. Gerhardt
Major General Charles H. Gerhardt was a U.S. Army officer best known for commanding the 29th Infantry Division during the D-Day landings and subsequent World War II campaigns in Europe.
-
B.
Major-General Frederick Loomis
Major-General Frederick Loomis was a senior Canadian Army officer in the First World War, best known for leading Canadian troops with distinction in major Western Front offensives.
-
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.
Major General Leonard T. Gerow
Major General Leonard T. Gerow was a senior U.S. Army officer in World War II who played a key role in planning and leading Allied operations in the European Theater, including the Normandy invasion.
-
E.
Major General Paul Funk
Major General Paul Funk was a senior U.S. Army officer best known for commanding the 3rd Armored Division during the Gulf War.
- 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_69ca82edd63c8190b876b8465464c5fa |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb7fed6b588190ba5593859c8effc2 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 8:03 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cdc733f7848190ab60098cb178dbfc |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:32 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cdcc8596888190867bb0f298b6fac1 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:55 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cdd14de9408190a5522fbdbef4d748 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 2:15 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:58 p.m.