Triple

T8540
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject United States Army Signal Corps E170 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Albert J. Myer
Albert J. Myer was a U.S. Army officer and surgeon best known as the founder and first chief of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, where he pioneered military signaling and weather observation systems.
 E5555 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: Albert J. Myer | Statement: [United States Army Signal Corps, foundedBy, Albert J. Myer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Albert J. Myer
Context triple: [United States Army Signal Corps, foundedBy, Albert J. Myer]
  • A. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • B. William T. Golden
    William T. Golden was an American investment banker and influential science policy advisor who played a key role in shaping post–World War II U.S. science and technology policy.
  • C. Harold Hazen
    Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
  • D. Alexander Vandegrift
    Alexander Vandegrift was a highly decorated U.S. Marine Corps general best known for leading the 1st Marine Division to victory in the Guadalcanal Campaign during World War II and later serving as Commandant of the Marine Corps.
  • E. George C. Marshall
    George C. Marshall was an American military leader, statesman, and U.S. Secretary of State who played a key role in World War II strategy and postwar European recovery.
  • 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: Albert J. Myer
Triple: [United States Army Signal Corps, foundedBy, Albert J. Myer]
Generated description
Albert J. Myer was a U.S. Army officer and surgeon best known as the founder and first chief of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, where he pioneered military signaling and weather observation systems.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Albert J. Myer
Target entity description: Albert J. Myer was a U.S. Army officer and surgeon best known as the founder and first chief of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, where he pioneered military signaling and weather observation systems.
  • A. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • B. William T. Golden
    William T. Golden was an American investment banker and influential science policy advisor who played a key role in shaping post–World War II U.S. science and technology policy.
  • C. Harold Hazen
    Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
  • D. Alexander Vandegrift
    Alexander Vandegrift was a highly decorated U.S. Marine Corps general best known for leading the 1st Marine Division to victory in the Guadalcanal Campaign during World War II and later serving as Commandant of the Marine Corps.
  • E. George C. Marshall
    George C. Marshall was an American military leader, statesman, and U.S. Secretary of State who played a key role in World War II strategy and postwar European recovery.
  • 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_69a23bb612708190b09f25385e4b63d1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a23ff1903c8190a7d1051b4795eecd completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2552ac50c819085e4e45c00cd7956 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2569c52808190acb928405528d174 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2575b51188190b8fce6ea4e424ce1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 12:54 a.m.