Triple

T940672
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Crossing of the Rhine E20297 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object William H. Simpson
William H. Simpson was a senior U.S. Army general in World War II who led the Ninth Army in major European campaigns, including the final offensives into Germany.
E132339 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: William H. Simpson | Statement: [Crossing of the Rhine, commander, William H. Simpson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William H. Simpson
Context triple: [Crossing of the Rhine, commander, William H. Simpson]
  • A. James M. Gavin
    James M. Gavin was a highly regarded U.S. Army lieutenant general and paratrooper commander in World War II, known for leading the 82nd Airborne Division in major European operations.
  • B. Jacob L. Devers
    Jacob L. Devers was a senior U.S. Army general in World War II who led major Allied operations in the European Theater, including the invasion of southern France.
  • C. Walton H. Walker
    Walton H. Walker was a U.S. Army general best known for his leadership of Eighth Army in the early stages of the Korean War, where he organized the defense that halted North Korean advances.
  • D. Lewis B. Puller
    Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps officer and iconic combat leader, renowned for his service in multiple major conflicts including World War II and the Korean War.
  • E. Matthew Ridgway
    Matthew Ridgway was a highly respected U.S. Army general known for revitalizing United Nations forces and turning the tide during the Korean 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: William H. Simpson
Triple: [Crossing of the Rhine, commander, William H. Simpson]
Generated description
William H. Simpson was a senior U.S. Army general in World War II who led the Ninth Army in major European campaigns, including the final offensives into Germany.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William H. Simpson
Target entity description: William H. Simpson was a senior U.S. Army general in World War II who led the Ninth Army in major European campaigns, including the final offensives into Germany.
  • A. James M. Gavin
    James M. Gavin was a highly regarded U.S. Army lieutenant general and paratrooper commander in World War II, known for leading the 82nd Airborne Division in major European operations.
  • B. Jacob L. Devers
    Jacob L. Devers was a senior U.S. Army general in World War II who led major Allied operations in the European Theater, including the invasion of southern France.
  • C. Walton H. Walker
    Walton H. Walker was a U.S. Army general best known for his leadership of Eighth Army in the early stages of the Korean War, where he organized the defense that halted North Korean advances.
  • D. Lewis B. Puller
    Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps officer and iconic combat leader, renowned for his service in multiple major conflicts including World War II and the Korean War.
  • E. Matthew Ridgway
    Matthew Ridgway was a highly respected U.S. Army general known for revitalizing United Nations forces and turning the tide during the Korean 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_69a493b0270c81909e6c9ce310f6aa55 completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b38cc6888190b1d9043ec8fbcbc3 completed March 1, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac5e9b74e481908c7d8256bd180d73 completed March 7, 2026, 5:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac5f9a8a648190b2e677db032be07c completed March 7, 2026, 5:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac5feabffc819082f5d28f9628558f completed March 7, 2026, 5:27 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.