Triple
T11378892
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Second Matabele War |
E269538
|
entity |
| Predicate | militaryTechnologyUsed |
P6496
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Maxim guns |
E387915
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Maxim guns | Statement: [Second Matabele War, militaryTechnologyUsed, Maxim guns]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maxim guns Context triple: [Second Matabele War, militaryTechnologyUsed, Maxim guns]
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A.
Maxim gun
chosen
The Maxim gun was the first fully automatic machine gun, revolutionizing late 19th- and early 20th-century warfare with its rapid, sustained firepower.
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B.
Machine Gun
"Machine Gun" is the 1974 debut studio album by American funk and soul band the Commodores, known for its energetic instrumental title track and establishing the group's signature sound.
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C.
Machine Gun
"Machine Gun" is a powerful, improvisational live track by Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys, renowned for its searing guitar work and vivid sonic portrayal of the Vietnam War.
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D.
Bushmaster
The Bushmaster is a heavily armored, mine-resistant infantry mobility vehicle widely used for troop transport and protection in modern military operations.
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E.
Maxim Gun Company
Maxim Gun Company was the arms manufacturer founded by inventor Hiram Maxim to produce and market the Maxim machine gun, one of the first fully automatic weapons.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d6aacca1048190b39dbbc2174616fa |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d7fc30f5d48190bb273df4c9e583a9 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e556a10f988190b173dc4880a8c6c6 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:33 p.m.