Triple

T10373101
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Max Hastings E244432 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings
Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings is a British journalist, editor, military historian, and author renowned for his works on World War II and modern warfare.
E860739 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: Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings | Statement: [Max Hastings, birthName, Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings
Context triple: [Max Hastings, birthName, Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings]
  • A. Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese
    Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese was a senior British Army officer of the Second World War, best known for commanding corps- and army-level formations in major campaigns in North Africa and Italy.
  • B. Hugh Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery
    Hugh Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery was a Scottish nobleman and soldier best known for his leading role in the early 17th-century plantation and settlement of Ulster in Ireland.
  • C. 1st Viscount Slim
    1st Viscount Slim was a British field marshal and highly respected World War II commander who later served as Governor-General of Australia.
  • D. Julian Byng
    Julian Byng was a British Army officer and First World War general who later served as Governor General of Canada.
  • E. John Vereker, 8th Viscount Gort
    John Vereker, 8th Viscount Gort was a British Army officer best known for commanding the British Expeditionary Force during the early stages of World War II, including the Dunkirk evacuation.
  • 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: Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings
Triple: [Max Hastings, birthName, Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings]
Generated description
Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings is a British journalist, editor, military historian, and author renowned for his works on World War II and modern warfare.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings
Target entity description: Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings is a British journalist, editor, military historian, and author renowned for his works on World War II and modern warfare.
  • A. Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese
    Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese was a senior British Army officer of the Second World War, best known for commanding corps- and army-level formations in major campaigns in North Africa and Italy.
  • B. Hugh Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery
    Hugh Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery was a Scottish nobleman and soldier best known for his leading role in the early 17th-century plantation and settlement of Ulster in Ireland.
  • C. 1st Viscount Slim
    1st Viscount Slim was a British field marshal and highly respected World War II commander who later served as Governor-General of Australia.
  • D. Julian Byng
    Julian Byng was a British Army officer and First World War general who later served as Governor General of Canada.
  • E. John Vereker, 8th Viscount Gort
    John Vereker, 8th Viscount Gort was a British Army officer best known for commanding the British Expeditionary Force during the early stages of World War II, including the Dunkirk evacuation.
  • 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_69d381b3e328819094b23b8edcd29b5a completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d4e97f8a148190bb04996132cd464a completed April 7, 2026, 11:24 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d7956ca1e08190880342b22a55783f completed April 9, 2026, 12:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d7bdde34408190a047ede29b91e182 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d7e5fc6a008190b2a2326840074b53 completed April 9, 2026, 5:46 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:02 p.m.