Triple
T1186626
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British Eighth Army |
E25261
|
entity |
| Predicate | nickname |
P55
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Desert Rats (often associated via 7th Armoured Division) |
E127407
|
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: Desert Rats (often associated via 7th Armoured Division) | Statement: [British Eighth Army, nickname, Desert Rats (often associated via 7th Armoured Division)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Desert Rats (often associated via 7th Armoured Division) Context triple: [British Eighth Army, nickname, Desert Rats (often associated via 7th Armoured Division)]
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A.
7th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)
chosen
The 7th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom), famously nicknamed the "Desert Rats," is a British Army armoured formation renowned for its distinguished service in armoured warfare from World War II through late 20th-century conflicts.
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B.
British 8th Armoured Brigade
The British 8th Armoured Brigade was a World War II armoured formation of the British Army that played a key role in the Normandy landings and subsequent campaigns in Northwest Europe.
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C.
Blackhorse Regiment
The Blackhorse Regiment is the famed 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army, known for its armored reconnaissance and cavalry operations in conflicts such as the Vietnam War and the Cold War.
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D.
Arab Legion
The Arab Legion was the British-trained and -officered army of the Emirate and later Kingdom of Transjordan, renowned for its discipline and effectiveness in the mid-20th century Middle Eastern conflicts.
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E.
27th Armoured Brigade
The 27th Armoured Brigade was a British Army tank formation that played a key role in the D-Day landings and early stages of the Normandy campaign during World War II.
- 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_69a49427d98881908646d6c63b8cea1e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bd5578b08190bbe4089857fbf166 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:27 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac6f239a288190ae488d11cff8ebf2 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:32 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:45 p.m.