Triple

T993318
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center E21439 entity
Predicate formedByMergerOf P77 FINISHED
Object U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station
The U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station was a major U.S. Army Corps of Engineers research facility specializing in hydraulics, coastal engineering, and related civil and military engineering studies.
E21439 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: U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station | Statement: [U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, formedByMergerOf, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station
Context triple: [U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, formedByMergerOf, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station]
  • A. U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center is the principal research organization of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, conducting engineering and environmental science R&D to support military and civil works missions.
  • B. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for designing, building, and maintaining military and civil engineering projects such as dams, waterways, and infrastructure.
  • C. Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command
    Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command is a United States Navy organization responsible for planning, building, and maintaining naval shore facilities and infrastructure worldwide.
  • D. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division
    The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division is a major U.S. Navy research and development facility specializing in ship design, hydrodynamics, and related naval engineering technologies.
  • E. Naval Research Laboratory
    The Naval Research Laboratory is the U.S. Navy’s corporate research laboratory, conducting advanced scientific and technological research to support naval and national defense capabilities.
  • 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: U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station
Triple: [U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, formedByMergerOf, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station]
Generated description
The U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station was a major U.S. Army Corps of Engineers research facility specializing in hydraulics, coastal engineering, and related civil and military engineering studies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station
Target entity description: The U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station was a major U.S. Army Corps of Engineers research facility specializing in hydraulics, coastal engineering, and related civil and military engineering studies.
  • A. U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center chosen
    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center is the principal research organization of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, conducting engineering and environmental science R&D to support military and civil works missions.
  • B. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for designing, building, and maintaining military and civil engineering projects such as dams, waterways, and infrastructure.
  • C. Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command
    Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command is a United States Navy organization responsible for planning, building, and maintaining naval shore facilities and infrastructure worldwide.
  • D. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division
    The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division is a major U.S. Navy research and development facility specializing in ship design, hydrodynamics, and related naval engineering technologies.
  • E. Naval Research Laboratory
    The Naval Research Laboratory is the U.S. Navy’s corporate research laboratory, conducting advanced scientific and technological research to support naval and national defense capabilities.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a493c476b48190b41fc5e793171cc6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b4c3f7b48190a31308bdc09817c6 completed March 1, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac537d788c81908d239f102626bdd6 completed March 7, 2026, 4:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac544fc41881908daff6b313622619 completed March 7, 2026, 4:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac5526679081909c9f7458bd316ff6 completed March 7, 2026, 4:41 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.