Triple
T10886970
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division |
E257072
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableCommander |
P1197
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Major-General Edmund Hakewill-Smith
Major-General Edmund Hakewill-Smith was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division during the Second World War.
|
E891422
|
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: Major-General Edmund Hakewill-Smith | Statement: [52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division, notableCommander, Major-General Edmund Hakewill-Smith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major-General Edmund Hakewill-Smith Context triple: [52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division, notableCommander, Major-General Edmund Hakewill-Smith]
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A.
Major-General Rupert Smith
Major-General Rupert Smith is a British Army officer best known for his senior command roles during the Gulf War and in Bosnia, and for his influential writings on modern warfare.
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B.
Major-General Charles Foulkes
Major-General Charles Foulkes was a senior Canadian Army officer of the Second World War, best known for his leadership in Northwest Europe and for accepting the German surrender in the Netherlands in May 1945.
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C.
Major-General Patrick Cordingley
Major-General Patrick Cordingley is a retired British Army officer best known for commanding the 1st Armoured Division during the 1991 Gulf War.
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D.
Major-General Noel Beresford-Peirse
Major-General Noel Beresford-Peirse was a British Army officer of the Second World War, noted for his leadership of armoured and Indian Army formations in the North African and Middle Eastern campaigns.
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E.
Major-General Douglas Graham
Major-General Douglas Graham was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division during key operations of the Second World War.
- 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: Major-General Edmund Hakewill-Smith Triple: [52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division, notableCommander, Major-General Edmund Hakewill-Smith]
Generated description
Major-General Edmund Hakewill-Smith was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division during the Second World War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major-General Edmund Hakewill-Smith Target entity description: Major-General Edmund Hakewill-Smith was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division during the Second World War.
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A.
Major-General Rupert Smith
Major-General Rupert Smith is a British Army officer best known for his senior command roles during the Gulf War and in Bosnia, and for his influential writings on modern warfare.
-
B.
Major-General Charles Foulkes
Major-General Charles Foulkes was a senior Canadian Army officer of the Second World War, best known for his leadership in Northwest Europe and for accepting the German surrender in the Netherlands in May 1945.
-
C.
Major-General Patrick Cordingley
Major-General Patrick Cordingley is a retired British Army officer best known for commanding the 1st Armoured Division during the 1991 Gulf War.
-
D.
Major-General Noel Beresford-Peirse
Major-General Noel Beresford-Peirse was a British Army officer of the Second World War, noted for his leadership of armoured and Indian Army formations in the North African and Middle Eastern campaigns.
-
E.
Major-General Douglas Graham
Major-General Douglas Graham was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division during key operations of the Second World War.
- 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_69d6aa848804819081b2713ca0bedf06 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d751dea1a88190b916879be8d74413 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 7:14 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69dff7edfee48190802e992f4a299db0 |
completed | April 15, 2026, 8:41 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e0b498df2481908c964d53b1782774 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e11e21fc2c8190878a877ecd3b465e |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:21 p.m.