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.]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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D.
William D. Stephens
William D. Stephens was an American Republican politician who served as the 24th governor of California from 1917 to 1923.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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D.
William D. Stephens
William D. Stephens was an American Republican politician who served as the 24th governor of California from 1917 to 1923.
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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.]
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A.
conspirator
Indicates that an entity participates with others in planning or carrying out a secret or illicit scheme or action.
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B.
discloses
chosen
Indicates that one entity reveals, makes known, or provides previously non-public information to another entity or to the public.
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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.
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D.
keepsSecretAbout
Indicates that one entity intentionally withholds or conceals information regarding another specified entity or topic from others.
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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.