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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.