Triple

T12656291
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Indian 17th Infantry Division E302291 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object Major General David Tennent Cowan
Major General David Tennent Cowan was a British Indian Army officer best known for leading the Indian 17th Infantry Division during the Burma Campaign in World War II.
E1000033 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 David Tennent Cowan | Statement: [Indian 17th Infantry Division, commander, Major General David Tennent Cowan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major General David Tennent Cowan
Context triple: [Indian 17th Infantry Division, commander, Major General David Tennent Cowan]
  • A. Brigadier General Walter R. Tipton
    Brigadier General Walter R. Tipton was a U.S. military officer honored for his service by having Tipton Airport named after him.
  • B. Major General John P. Lucas
    Major General John P. Lucas was a U.S. Army officer in World War II best known for leading the VI Corps during the Allied landings at Anzio in the Italian Campaign.
  • C. Major General William H. Tunner
    Major General William H. Tunner was a U.S. Air Force officer renowned as a pioneering airlift commander, best known for orchestrating large-scale air supply operations such as the Berlin Airlift.
  • D. Major-General Frederick Loomis
    Major-General Frederick Loomis was a senior Canadian Army officer in the First World War, best known for leading Canadian troops with distinction in major Western Front offensives.
  • E. Brigadier General Powell Clayton
    Brigadier General Powell Clayton was a 19th-century American military officer, Reconstruction-era governor of Arkansas, and later U.S. senator and diplomat.
  • 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 David Tennent Cowan
Triple: [Indian 17th Infantry Division, commander, Major General David Tennent Cowan]
Generated description
Major General David Tennent Cowan was a British Indian Army officer best known for leading the Indian 17th Infantry Division during the Burma Campaign in World War II.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major General David Tennent Cowan
Target entity description: Major General David Tennent Cowan was a British Indian Army officer best known for leading the Indian 17th Infantry Division during the Burma Campaign in World War II.
  • A. Brigadier General Walter R. Tipton
    Brigadier General Walter R. Tipton was a U.S. military officer honored for his service by having Tipton Airport named after him.
  • B. Major General John P. Lucas
    Major General John P. Lucas was a U.S. Army officer in World War II best known for leading the VI Corps during the Allied landings at Anzio in the Italian Campaign.
  • C. Major General William H. Tunner
    Major General William H. Tunner was a U.S. Air Force officer renowned as a pioneering airlift commander, best known for orchestrating large-scale air supply operations such as the Berlin Airlift.
  • D. Major-General Frederick Loomis
    Major-General Frederick Loomis was a senior Canadian Army officer in the First World War, best known for leading Canadian troops with distinction in major Western Front offensives.
  • E. Brigadier General Powell Clayton
    Brigadier General Powell Clayton was a 19th-century American military officer, Reconstruction-era governor of Arkansas, and later U.S. senator and diplomat.
  • 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_69d7bded71a88190bb76e2413af9ea66 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d961620b188190a8a8569f1133a9cf completed April 10, 2026, 8:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f67c730b5c8190ae8dbb476e53729e completed May 2, 2026, 10:36 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f67de172088190b055ace0fdcfd1fd completed May 2, 2026, 10:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f67ec570a881909c98471b701999f0 completed May 2, 2026, 10:46 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:18 p.m.