Triple
T10136220
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of Modder River |
E226860
|
entity |
| Predicate | weaponUsed |
P706
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lee–Metford rifles
Lee–Metford rifles were late 19th-century British bolt-action, magazine-fed service rifles that combined James Paris Lee’s action with Metford’s rifling and were widely used in colonial and early Boer War campaigns.
|
E843298
|
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: Lee–Metford rifles | Statement: [Battle of Modder River, weaponUsed, Lee–Metford rifles]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lee–Metford rifles Context triple: [Battle of Modder River, weaponUsed, Lee–Metford rifles]
-
A.
Lee–Enfield rifle
The Lee–Enfield rifle is a British bolt-action, magazine-fed service rifle that became one of the most widely used infantry weapons of the first half of the 20th century.
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B.
Martini–Henry rifle
The Martini–Henry rifle is a 19th-century British single-shot, breech-loading service rifle renowned for its use in the Anglo-Zulu War and other Victorian-era colonial conflicts.
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C.
Snider–Enfield rifle
The Snider–Enfield rifle was a 19th-century British breech-loading conversion of the Enfield muzzle-loading rifle, widely used by the British Army during the mid to late 1800s.
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D.
M1917 Enfield rifle
The M1917 Enfield rifle is a bolt-action military service rifle used extensively by U.S. forces during World War I and beyond, valued for its robustness, accuracy, and .30-06 chambering.
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E.
Berdan rifle
The Berdan rifle was a 19th-century single-shot bolt-action military rifle that served as a standard infantry weapon of the Imperial Russian Army.
- 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: Lee–Metford rifles Triple: [Battle of Modder River, weaponUsed, Lee–Metford rifles]
Generated description
Lee–Metford rifles were late 19th-century British bolt-action, magazine-fed service rifles that combined James Paris Lee’s action with Metford’s rifling and were widely used in colonial and early Boer War campaigns.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lee–Metford rifles Target entity description: Lee–Metford rifles were late 19th-century British bolt-action, magazine-fed service rifles that combined James Paris Lee’s action with Metford’s rifling and were widely used in colonial and early Boer War campaigns.
-
A.
Lee–Enfield rifle
The Lee–Enfield rifle is a British bolt-action, magazine-fed service rifle that became one of the most widely used infantry weapons of the first half of the 20th century.
-
B.
Martini–Henry rifle
The Martini–Henry rifle is a 19th-century British single-shot, breech-loading service rifle renowned for its use in the Anglo-Zulu War and other Victorian-era colonial conflicts.
-
C.
Snider–Enfield rifle
The Snider–Enfield rifle was a 19th-century British breech-loading conversion of the Enfield muzzle-loading rifle, widely used by the British Army during the mid to late 1800s.
-
D.
M1917 Enfield rifle
The M1917 Enfield rifle is a bolt-action military service rifle used extensively by U.S. forces during World War I and beyond, valued for its robustness, accuracy, and .30-06 chambering.
-
E.
Berdan rifle
The Berdan rifle was a 19th-century single-shot bolt-action military rifle that served as a standard infantry weapon of the Imperial Russian Army.
- 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_69ca8433ec308190b8b25a6fe359c34c |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cde87fae288190bb4f13e1ae90f50a |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:54 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d2e5e4664081908c1821006bd2f57f |
completed | April 5, 2026, 10:44 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d2e73e4d5081909f0068d3bed583d3 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 10:50 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d2e7eea4d88190a2ec6d22a83934b3 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 10:53 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:06 p.m.