Triple
T9814562
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Benjamin B. Hotchkiss |
E238366
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Hotchkiss 37 mm gun |
E826137
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Hotchkiss 37 mm gun | Statement: [Benjamin B. Hotchkiss, notableWork, Hotchkiss 37 mm gun]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hotchkiss 37 mm gun Context triple: [Benjamin B. Hotchkiss, notableWork, Hotchkiss 37 mm gun]
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A.
Hotchkiss machine gun
chosen
The Hotchkiss machine gun is a late 19th-century, gas-operated, air-cooled heavy machine gun widely used by several armies, particularly France’s, during World War I and into World War II.
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B.
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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C.
35 mm Oerlikon KDE autocannon
The 35 mm Oerlikon KDE autocannon is a Swiss-designed, rapid-firing automatic cannon widely used as the main gun on modern armored fighting vehicles and for air-defense applications.
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D.
Mauser BK-27 27 mm cannon
The Mauser BK-27 is a German-designed 27 mm revolver cannon widely used in modern fighter aircraft for high-rate, accurate air-to-air and air-to-ground fire.
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E.
Type 24 machine gun
The Type 24 machine gun was a Chinese-produced copy of the German MG 08, widely used by the National Revolutionary Army during the early 20th century.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca84defac48190abc1148804f184c1 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdb2f19660819083e3f15780352052 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 12:06 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1eacbc2348190bac1cc7f41a389b9 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 4:53 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:30 p.m.