Triple

T1196962
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject My Lai massacre E25688 entity
Predicate whistleblower P5035 FINISHED
Object Hugh Thompson Jr.
Hugh Thompson Jr. was a U.S. Army helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War who became known for intervening to stop the My Lai massacre and later speaking out about the atrocity.
E173399 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Hugh Thompson Jr. | Statement: [My Lai massacre, whistleblower, Hugh Thompson Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh Thompson Jr.
Context triple: [My Lai massacre, whistleblower, Hugh Thompson Jr.]
  • A. William F. Raynolds
    William F. Raynolds was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and explorer known for his surveying and exploratory expeditions in North America and beyond.
  • B. John D. Newsome
    John D. Newsome was an American administrator who oversaw the Federal Writers’ Project, a New Deal program that employed writers to document U.S. history and culture during the Great Depression.
  • C. Richard Hudnut
    Richard Hudnut was an American businessman and pioneer in the modern cosmetics and perfume industry, known for building one of the first major beauty product empires in the early 20th century.
  • D. William D. Stephens
    William D. Stephens was an American Republican politician who served as the 24th governor of California from 1917 to 1923.
  • E. Robert W. Hunt
    Robert W. Hunt was an American engineer and industrialist known for his influential role in the development of the U.S. mining and metallurgical industries and leadership in professional engineering organizations.
  • 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: Hugh Thompson Jr.
Triple: [My Lai massacre, whistleblower, Hugh Thompson Jr.]
Generated description
Hugh Thompson Jr. was a U.S. Army helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War who became known for intervening to stop the My Lai massacre and later speaking out about the atrocity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh Thompson Jr.
Target entity description: Hugh Thompson Jr. was a U.S. Army helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War who became known for intervening to stop the My Lai massacre and later speaking out about the atrocity.
  • A. William F. Raynolds
    William F. Raynolds was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and explorer known for his surveying and exploratory expeditions in North America and beyond.
  • B. John D. Newsome
    John D. Newsome was an American administrator who oversaw the Federal Writers’ Project, a New Deal program that employed writers to document U.S. history and culture during the Great Depression.
  • C. Richard Hudnut
    Richard Hudnut was an American businessman and pioneer in the modern cosmetics and perfume industry, known for building one of the first major beauty product empires in the early 20th century.
  • D. William D. Stephens
    William D. Stephens was an American Republican politician who served as the 24th governor of California from 1917 to 1923.
  • E. Robert W. Hunt
    Robert W. Hunt was an American engineer and industrialist known for his influential role in the development of the U.S. mining and metallurgical industries and leadership in professional engineering organizations.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: whistleblower
Context triple: [My Lai massacre, whistleblower, Hugh Thompson Jr.]
  • A. conspirator
    Indicates that an entity participates with others in planning or carrying out a secret or illicit scheme or action.
  • B. discloses chosen
    Indicates that one entity reveals, makes known, or provides previously non-public information to another entity or to the public.
  • C. reporter
    Indicates that an entity acts in the role of a reporter, typically gathering, writing, or presenting information or news about another entity or event.
  • D. keepsSecretAbout
    Indicates that one entity intentionally withholds or conceals information regarding another specified entity or topic from others.
  • E. notableWitness
    Indicates that one entity is a significant or prominent witness to an event, action, or situation involving another entity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a49429f5ec8190a6a205eb0ae81e5e completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bd9a305c819091513394f1b67784 completed March 1, 2026, 10:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad293648d08190a1c15fe677aa7b8c completed March 8, 2026, 7:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad298e76048190bb5cb665d44beb24 completed March 8, 2026, 7:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad2a3f6ef081909180bba2abf15bed completed March 8, 2026, 7:50 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4bb5d40a08190b7682d8ef8075421 completed March 1, 2026, 10:19 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:46 p.m.