Triple

T10343389

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Battle of Courcelette	`E243680`	entity
Predicate	involvedUnit	`P1063`	FINISHED
Object	26th Battalion (New Brunswick), CEF The 26th Battalion (New Brunswick), CEF was an infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War, recruited primarily from New Brunswick and noted for its service on the Western Front.	`E861393`	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: 26th Battalion (New Brunswick), CEF | Statement: [Battle of Courcelette, involvedUnit, 26th Battalion (New Brunswick), CEF]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 26th Battalion (New Brunswick), CEF
Context triple: [Battle of Courcelette, involvedUnit, 26th Battalion (New Brunswick), CEF]

A. 46th Battalion (South Saskatchewan), CEF
The 46th Battalion (South Saskatchewan), CEF was an infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War, recruited primarily from Saskatchewan and later perpetuated by the Regina Rifle Regiment.
B. 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia), CEF
The 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia), CEF was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War, recruited primarily from Nova Scotia and noted for its combat service on the Western Front.
C. 48th Battalion (British Columbia), CEF
The 48th Battalion (British Columbia), CEF was an infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force raised in British Columbia for service in the First World War.
D. 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish), CEF
The 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish), CEF was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War, noted for its Scottish heritage and distinguished combat service on the Western Front.
E. 22nd (French Canadian) Battalion, CEF
The 22nd (French Canadian) Battalion, CEF was a francophone infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I that became the foundation for the modern Royal 22e Régiment.
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: 26th Battalion (New Brunswick), CEF
Triple: [Battle of Courcelette, involvedUnit, 26th Battalion (New Brunswick), CEF]

Generated description

The 26th Battalion (New Brunswick), CEF was an infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War, recruited primarily from New Brunswick and noted for its service on the Western Front.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 26th Battalion (New Brunswick), CEF
Target entity description: The 26th Battalion (New Brunswick), CEF was an infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War, recruited primarily from New Brunswick and noted for its service on the Western Front.

A. 46th Battalion (South Saskatchewan), CEF
The 46th Battalion (South Saskatchewan), CEF was an infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War, recruited primarily from Saskatchewan and later perpetuated by the Regina Rifle Regiment.
B. 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia), CEF
The 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia), CEF was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War, recruited primarily from Nova Scotia and noted for its combat service on the Western Front.
C. 48th Battalion (British Columbia), CEF
The 48th Battalion (British Columbia), CEF was an infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force raised in British Columbia for service in the First World War.
D. 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish), CEF
The 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish), CEF was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War, noted for its Scottish heritage and distinguished combat service on the Western Front.
E. 22nd (French Canadian) Battalion, CEF
The 22nd (French Canadian) Battalion, CEF was a francophone infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I that became the foundation for the modern Royal 22e Régiment.
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_69d381b22b8c8190aaed476be5f872a9`	completed	April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69d4e92105888190a08104deb9d0cf1c`	completed	April 7, 2026, 11:23 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69d7fb749e0c819090aa63ebaada298e`	completed	April 9, 2026, 7:18 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69d822d303888190aa556287b3b1cc03`	completed	April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69d859b05a3881908c97cb173d160e44`	completed	April 10, 2026, 2 a.m.

Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:55 a.m.