Triple

T993319
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center E21439 entity
Predicate formedByMergerOf P77 FINISHED
Object Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
The Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory is a U.S. Army research facility specializing in science and engineering solutions for operations and infrastructure in cold and polar environments.
E117000 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: Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory | Statement: [U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, formedByMergerOf, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
Context triple: [U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, formedByMergerOf, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory]
  • 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. Earth Resources Laboratory
    Earth Resources Laboratory is a research center at MIT focused on applying geophysical and related sciences to the exploration and sustainable management of Earth’s natural resources.
  • C. Lincoln Laboratory
    Lincoln Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center operated by MIT that focuses on advanced technology for national security and defense.
  • D. National Severe Storms Laboratory
    The National Severe Storms Laboratory is a U.S. NOAA research institution dedicated to understanding and improving forecasts of severe weather phenomena such as tornadoes, thunderstorms, and flash floods.
  • E. University of Alaska Fairbanks
    The University of Alaska Fairbanks is a public research university and the flagship campus of the University of Alaska system, known for its programs in Arctic studies, indigenous languages and cultures, and environmental and climate research.
  • 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: Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
Triple: [U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, formedByMergerOf, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory]
Generated description
The Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory is a U.S. Army research facility specializing in science and engineering solutions for operations and infrastructure in cold and polar environments.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
Target entity description: The Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory is a U.S. Army research facility specializing in science and engineering solutions for operations and infrastructure in cold and polar environments.
  • 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. Earth Resources Laboratory
    Earth Resources Laboratory is a research center at MIT focused on applying geophysical and related sciences to the exploration and sustainable management of Earth’s natural resources.
  • C. Lincoln Laboratory
    Lincoln Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center operated by MIT that focuses on advanced technology for national security and defense.
  • D. National Severe Storms Laboratory
    The National Severe Storms Laboratory is a U.S. NOAA research institution dedicated to understanding and improving forecasts of severe weather phenomena such as tornadoes, thunderstorms, and flash floods.
  • E. University of Alaska Fairbanks
    The University of Alaska Fairbanks is a public research university and the flagship campus of the University of Alaska system, known for its programs in Arctic studies, indigenous languages and cultures, and environmental and climate research.
  • 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_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_69ac25919bcc8190886f19405536681b completed March 7, 2026, 1:18 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac269b2054819081e17a1c13068c1b completed March 7, 2026, 1:22 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac26f947d481908ab1b7115cf9dee7 completed March 7, 2026, 1:24 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.