Triple

T8400308
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Confederate artillery E198153 entity
Predicate usedWeapon P706 FINISHED
Object Whitworth rifle
The Whitworth rifle was a highly accurate, long-range British-made rifled cannon and small arms design used during the American Civil War, noted for its distinctive hexagonal bore and exceptional precision.
E730681 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: Whitworth rifle | Statement: [Confederate artillery, usedWeapon, Whitworth rifle]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whitworth rifle
Context triple: [Confederate artillery, usedWeapon, Whitworth rifle]
  • A. Remington rifle
    The Remington rifle is a family of American-made, bolt-action and lever-action firearms widely used by military forces and civilians worldwide from the late 19th century onward.
  • B. Springfield Model 1861 rifle-musket
    The Springfield Model 1861 rifle-musket was the primary percussion rifle used by Union forces during the American Civil War and one of the most widely produced and influential military firearms of its era.
  • C. Harpers Ferry Model 1855 rifle-musket
    The Harpers Ferry Model 1855 rifle-musket was a .58 caliber, percussion, rifled long arm used by the U.S. military in the mid-19th century and is notable as an early standard-issue American rifled musket.
  • D. Springfield Model 1863 rifle-musket
    The Springfield Model 1863 rifle-musket was a .58 caliber percussion muzzle-loading infantry firearm widely used by Union forces during the American Civil War and noted for its improved design and reliability over earlier Springfield models.
  • E. The Springfield Rifle
    The Springfield Rifle was the nickname of Vic Raschi, a dominant right-handed pitcher for the New York Yankees in the late 1940s and early 1950s known for his powerful fastball and key role on multiple World Series championship teams.
  • 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: Whitworth rifle
Triple: [Confederate artillery, usedWeapon, Whitworth rifle]
Generated description
The Whitworth rifle was a highly accurate, long-range British-made rifled cannon and small arms design used during the American Civil War, noted for its distinctive hexagonal bore and exceptional precision.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whitworth rifle
Target entity description: The Whitworth rifle was a highly accurate, long-range British-made rifled cannon and small arms design used during the American Civil War, noted for its distinctive hexagonal bore and exceptional precision.
  • A. Remington rifle
    The Remington rifle is a family of American-made, bolt-action and lever-action firearms widely used by military forces and civilians worldwide from the late 19th century onward.
  • B. Springfield Model 1861 rifle-musket
    The Springfield Model 1861 rifle-musket was the primary percussion rifle used by Union forces during the American Civil War and one of the most widely produced and influential military firearms of its era.
  • C. Harpers Ferry Model 1855 rifle-musket
    The Harpers Ferry Model 1855 rifle-musket was a .58 caliber, percussion, rifled long arm used by the U.S. military in the mid-19th century and is notable as an early standard-issue American rifled musket.
  • D. Springfield Model 1863 rifle-musket
    The Springfield Model 1863 rifle-musket was a .58 caliber percussion muzzle-loading infantry firearm widely used by Union forces during the American Civil War and noted for its improved design and reliability over earlier Springfield models.
  • E. The Springfield Rifle
    The Springfield Rifle was the nickname of Vic Raschi, a dominant right-handed pitcher for the New York Yankees in the late 1940s and early 1950s known for his powerful fastball and key role on multiple World Series championship teams.
  • 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_69ca82f816bc8190ab321c07d72208c1 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb824bfcbc8190b26bfcb5f8c4777c completed March 31, 2026, 8:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cde8789a608190a3503f544a19d204 completed April 2, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cdebfd60188190a1681344e2bf1e9e completed April 2, 2026, 4:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cded2fa42c8190bfbfc79caf38bf8e completed April 2, 2026, 4:14 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:04 p.m.