Triple

T11324216
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Action off Samar E268167 entity
Predicate U.S.Commander P678 FINISHED
Object Thomas L. Sprague
Thomas L. Sprague was a U.S. Navy admiral and carrier task group commander in World War II, noted for his leadership in major Pacific battles.
E1244706 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: Thomas L. Sprague | Statement: [Action off Samar, U.S.Commander, Thomas L. Sprague]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas L. Sprague
Context triple: [Action off Samar, U.S.Commander, Thomas L. Sprague]
  • A. Clifton A. F. Sprague
    Clifton A. F. Sprague was a U.S. Navy rear admiral and World War II carrier task group commander renowned for his leadership of "Taffy 3" during the Battle off Samar.
  • B. Arthur B. Sleigh
    Arthur B. Sleigh was a 19th-century British Army officer and journalist best known for establishing the influential London newspaper that became The Daily Telegraph.
  • C. Thomas H. B. Symons
    Thomas H. B. Symons was a Canadian academic and public servant best known as the founding president of Trent University and a leading figure in the development of Canadian studies.
  • D. George A. Trenholm
    George A. Trenholm was an American merchant and politician who served as the Confederate Secretary of the Treasury during the final year of the American Civil War.
  • E. Charles H. Hackley
    Charles H. Hackley was a prominent 19th-century Muskegon lumber baron and philanthropist known for his extensive civic and cultural contributions to the city.
  • 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: Thomas L. Sprague
Triple: [Action off Samar, U.S.Commander, Thomas L. Sprague]
Generated description
Thomas L. Sprague was a U.S. Navy admiral and carrier task group commander in World War II, noted for his leadership in major Pacific battles.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas L. Sprague
Target entity description: Thomas L. Sprague was a U.S. Navy admiral and carrier task group commander in World War II, noted for his leadership in major Pacific battles.
  • A. Clifton A. F. Sprague
    Clifton A. F. Sprague was a U.S. Navy rear admiral and World War II carrier task group commander renowned for his leadership of "Taffy 3" during the Battle off Samar.
  • B. Arthur B. Sleigh
    Arthur B. Sleigh was a 19th-century British Army officer and journalist best known for establishing the influential London newspaper that became The Daily Telegraph.
  • C. Thomas H. B. Symons
    Thomas H. B. Symons was a Canadian academic and public servant best known as the founding president of Trent University and a leading figure in the development of Canadian studies.
  • D. George A. Trenholm
    George A. Trenholm was an American merchant and politician who served as the Confederate Secretary of the Treasury during the final year of the American Civil War.
  • E. Charles H. Hackley
    Charles H. Hackley was a prominent 19th-century Muskegon lumber baron and philanthropist known for his extensive civic and cultural contributions to the city.
  • 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_69d6aacb1f0881908c84a349fd1be047 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7e9e122e48190b3f890de8d561480 completed April 9, 2026, 6:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00dbf2567c81909ab6054ade27afac completed May 10, 2026, 7:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0114d33cac819083d8e542ea5bc274 completed May 10, 2026, 11:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0115c967b0819088e2335fd45d755b completed May 10, 2026, 11:33 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:32 p.m.