Triple

T12355509
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Trial of General Tomoyuki Yamashita E294600 entity
Predicate presidingOfficer P377 FINISHED
Object Major General Russell B. Reynolds
Major General Russell B. Reynolds was a senior U.S. Army officer who served as the presiding judge in the war crimes trial of Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita after World War II.
 E979889 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: Major General Russell B. Reynolds | Statement: [Trial of General Tomoyuki Yamashita, presidingOfficer, Major General Russell B. Reynolds]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Major General Russell B. Reynolds
Context triple: [Trial of General Tomoyuki Yamashita, presidingOfficer, Major General Russell B. Reynolds]
  • A. Major General Raymond S. McLain
    Major General Raymond S. McLain was a highly regarded U.S. Army officer and National Guard leader who distinguished himself as a combat commander in the European Theater during World War II.
  • B. Major General Hugh J. Gaffey
    Major General Hugh J. Gaffey was a senior U.S. Army officer in World War II, recognized for his leadership of armored forces in the European Theater.
  • C. Major-General Rod Keller
    Major-General Rod Keller was a Canadian Army officer who led the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division during the Normandy landings and subsequent Northwest Europe campaign in World War II.
  • D. Major General Ralph C. Smith
    Major General Ralph C. Smith was a U.S. Army officer best known for commanding the 27th Infantry Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II and for his controversial relief from command on Saipan.
  • E. Maj. Gen. Robert W. Douglas Jr.
    Maj. Gen. Robert W. Douglas Jr. was a senior United States Air Force officer who served in key leadership roles, including command positions within major operational air forces during his career.
  • 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: Major General Russell B. Reynolds
Triple: [Trial of General Tomoyuki Yamashita, presidingOfficer, Major General Russell B. Reynolds]
Generated description
Major General Russell B. Reynolds was a senior U.S. Army officer who served as the presiding judge in the war crimes trial of Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita after World War II.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Major General Russell B. Reynolds
Target entity description: Major General Russell B. Reynolds was a senior U.S. Army officer who served as the presiding judge in the war crimes trial of Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita after World War II.
  • A. Major General Raymond S. McLain
    Major General Raymond S. McLain was a highly regarded U.S. Army officer and National Guard leader who distinguished himself as a combat commander in the European Theater during World War II.
  • B. Major General Hugh J. Gaffey
    Major General Hugh J. Gaffey was a senior U.S. Army officer in World War II, recognized for his leadership of armored forces in the European Theater.
  • C. Major-General Rod Keller
    Major-General Rod Keller was a Canadian Army officer who led the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division during the Normandy landings and subsequent Northwest Europe campaign in World War II.
  • D. Major General Ralph C. Smith
    Major General Ralph C. Smith was a U.S. Army officer best known for commanding the 27th Infantry Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II and for his controversial relief from command on Saipan.
  • E. Maj. Gen. Robert W. Douglas Jr.
    Maj. Gen. Robert W. Douglas Jr. was a senior United States Air Force officer who served in key leadership roles, including command positions within major operational air forces during his career.
  • 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_69d6ab6ccbec8190b09e2d357aa80064 completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d93f8bc60c8190b0ceb84093e70db4 completed April 10, 2026, 6:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f62ab4cdec8190849604ef2ec498ba completed May 2, 2026, 4:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f62be420308190bcb00d8b37b09ea2 completed May 2, 2026, 4:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f63050f5d48190881688d12c4c1819 completed May 2, 2026, 5:11 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:54 p.m.