Triple

T10635247
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Harrell Nellis E250562 entity
Predicate unit P8782 FINISHED
Object 406th Fighter Group
The 406th Fighter Group was a United States Army Air Forces combat unit in World War II, noted for its ground-attack and fighter operations in the European Theater.
E879442 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: 406th Fighter Group | Statement: [William Harrell Nellis, unit, 406th Fighter Group]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 406th Fighter Group
Context triple: [William Harrell Nellis, unit, 406th Fighter Group]
  • A. 332nd Fighter Group
    The 332nd Fighter Group was a famed World War II U.S. Army Air Forces unit composed of African American pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen, recognized for their distinguished combat record and role in challenging racial segregation in the military.
  • B. 49th Fighter Group
    The 49th Fighter Group was a United States Army Air Forces combat unit in World War II, noted for its operations in the Pacific Theater and for including top American ace Richard Bong among its pilots.
  • C. 23rd Fighter Group
    The 23rd Fighter Group is a United States Army Air Forces unit formed in World War II that carried on the legacy and traditions of the famed Flying Tigers in the China-Burma-India theater.
  • D. 509th Composite Group
    The 509th Composite Group was the U.S. Army Air Forces unit specially formed during World War II to conduct atomic bomb missions, including the deployment of the "Fat Man" bomb over Nagasaki.
  • E. 4th Fighter Group USAAF
    The 4th Fighter Group USAAF was a distinguished United States Army Air Forces fighter unit in World War II, renowned for its high aerial victory scores and origins in former RAF Eagle Squadrons.
  • 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: 406th Fighter Group
Triple: [William Harrell Nellis, unit, 406th Fighter Group]
Generated description
The 406th Fighter Group was a United States Army Air Forces combat unit in World War II, noted for its ground-attack and fighter operations in the European Theater.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 406th Fighter Group
Target entity description: The 406th Fighter Group was a United States Army Air Forces combat unit in World War II, noted for its ground-attack and fighter operations in the European Theater.
  • A. 332nd Fighter Group
    The 332nd Fighter Group was a famed World War II U.S. Army Air Forces unit composed of African American pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen, recognized for their distinguished combat record and role in challenging racial segregation in the military.
  • B. 49th Fighter Group
    The 49th Fighter Group was a United States Army Air Forces combat unit in World War II, noted for its operations in the Pacific Theater and for including top American ace Richard Bong among its pilots.
  • C. 23rd Fighter Group
    The 23rd Fighter Group is a United States Army Air Forces unit formed in World War II that carried on the legacy and traditions of the famed Flying Tigers in the China-Burma-India theater.
  • D. 509th Composite Group
    The 509th Composite Group was the U.S. Army Air Forces unit specially formed during World War II to conduct atomic bomb missions, including the deployment of the "Fat Man" bomb over Nagasaki.
  • E. 4th Fighter Group USAAF
    The 4th Fighter Group USAAF was a distinguished United States Army Air Forces fighter unit in World War II, renowned for its high aerial victory scores and origins in former RAF Eagle Squadrons.
  • 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_69d6aa5993448190a493b790b8f85010 completed April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d6dfac70f481908363f9ac0b651fbe completed April 8, 2026, 11:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d9884dab1481909c868f7d54265a60 completed April 10, 2026, 11:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d98ae8403c81908a229aa06bd0388a completed April 10, 2026, 11:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d98ce9ba0c8190a7c62fa670e23705 completed April 10, 2026, 11:51 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:03 p.m.