Triple

T11713870
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject 2d Tanks E278441 entity
Predicate officialName P66 FINISHED
Object 2nd Tank Battalion
The 2nd Tank Battalion is a United States Marine Corps armored unit known for operating main battle tanks in support of ground combat operations.
 E942086 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: 2nd Tank Battalion | Statement: [2d Tanks, officialName, 2nd Tank Battalion]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: 2nd Tank Battalion
Context triple: [2d Tanks, officialName, 2nd Tank Battalion]
  • A. 42nd Tank Battalion
    The 42nd Tank Battalion was an armored unit of the U.S. Army that served as part of the 11th Armored Division during World War II.
  • B. 21st Tank Battalion
    The 21st Tank Battalion was a U.S. Army armored battalion that served as one of the tank units of the 10th Armored Division during World War II.
  • C. 1st Tank Battalion
    The 1st Tank Battalion is a United States Marine Corps armored unit historically equipped with main battle tanks and known for its combat service in major conflicts such as World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
  • D. 37th Tank Battalion
    The 37th Tank Battalion was a U.S. Army armored battalion that served as a key combat unit in World War II, notably distinguished for its role in General Patton’s Third Army operations in Europe.
  • E. 41st Tank Battalion
    The 41st Tank Battalion was an armored battalion of the United States Army that served as a key combat unit within the 11th Armored Division during World War II.
  • 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: 2nd Tank Battalion
Triple: [2d Tanks, officialName, 2nd Tank Battalion]
Generated description
The 2nd Tank Battalion is a United States Marine Corps armored unit known for operating main battle tanks in support of ground combat operations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: 2nd Tank Battalion
Target entity description: The 2nd Tank Battalion is a United States Marine Corps armored unit known for operating main battle tanks in support of ground combat operations.
  • A. 42nd Tank Battalion
    The 42nd Tank Battalion was an armored unit of the U.S. Army that served as part of the 11th Armored Division during World War II.
  • B. 21st Tank Battalion
    The 21st Tank Battalion was a U.S. Army armored battalion that served as one of the tank units of the 10th Armored Division during World War II.
  • C. 1st Tank Battalion
    The 1st Tank Battalion is a United States Marine Corps armored unit historically equipped with main battle tanks and known for its combat service in major conflicts such as World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
  • D. 37th Tank Battalion
    The 37th Tank Battalion was a U.S. Army armored battalion that served as a key combat unit in World War II, notably distinguished for its role in General Patton’s Third Army operations in Europe.
  • E. 41st Tank Battalion
    The 41st Tank Battalion was an armored battalion of the United States Army that served as a key combat unit within the 11th Armored Division during World War II.
  • 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_69d6aaff2ce88190b4a1e4b341ad5377 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a4bf54d88190a8e07fbbf8d9e962 completed April 10, 2026, 7:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ef838562d08190b9a764e88c50d423 completed April 27, 2026, 3:40 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ef9b68309081909f3f614efeeb2ab1 completed April 27, 2026, 5:22 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69efd6aba82c81909ff22e6b26db3cfe completed April 27, 2026, 9:35 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:40 p.m.