Triple
T13618783
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William T. Vollmann |
E325393
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Rifles
The Rifles is a novel by William T. Vollmann that forms part of his ambitious Seven Dreams series exploring the history and consequences of European colonization in North America.
|
E1051767
|
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: The Rifles | Statement: [William T. Vollmann, notableWork, The Rifles]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Rifles Context triple: [William T. Vollmann, notableWork, The Rifles]
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A.
The Rifles
The Rifles is a large infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 2007, known for its light role, rifleman traditions, and deployments in modern conflicts such as Iraq and Afghanistan.
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B.
Rugged Brigade
Rugged Brigade is the nickname of the U.S. Army’s 36th Engineer Brigade, a combat engineer formation known for providing construction, mobility, and support operations in diverse and challenging environments.
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C.
The Troops
"The Troops" is a World War I poem by Siegfried Sassoon that bitterly portrays the physical and psychological devastation of soldiers returning from the front.
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D.
Mine Hill First Aid Squad
Mine Hill First Aid Squad is a volunteer emergency medical services organization that provides ambulance and first aid response to residents of Mine Hill Township, New Jersey.
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E.
Eagle Squad
Eagle Squad is a specialized rapid-response unit of the Islamabad Capital Territory Police focused on high-mobility patrolling and crime prevention.
- 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: The Rifles Triple: [William T. Vollmann, notableWork, The Rifles]
Generated description
The Rifles is a novel by William T. Vollmann that forms part of his ambitious Seven Dreams series exploring the history and consequences of European colonization in North America.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Rifles Target entity description: The Rifles is a novel by William T. Vollmann that forms part of his ambitious Seven Dreams series exploring the history and consequences of European colonization in North America.
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A.
The Rifles
The Rifles is a large infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 2007, known for its light role, rifleman traditions, and deployments in modern conflicts such as Iraq and Afghanistan.
-
B.
Rugged Brigade
Rugged Brigade is the nickname of the U.S. Army’s 36th Engineer Brigade, a combat engineer formation known for providing construction, mobility, and support operations in diverse and challenging environments.
-
C.
The Troops
"The Troops" is a World War I poem by Siegfried Sassoon that bitterly portrays the physical and psychological devastation of soldiers returning from the front.
-
D.
Mine Hill First Aid Squad
Mine Hill First Aid Squad is a volunteer emergency medical services organization that provides ambulance and first aid response to residents of Mine Hill Township, New Jersey.
-
E.
Eagle Squad
Eagle Squad is a specialized rapid-response unit of the Islamabad Capital Territory Police focused on high-mobility patrolling and crime prevention.
- 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_69d8076aae28819092cf636190ee5529 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69dbb0ae77e0819081e3b14642460dc6 |
completed | April 12, 2026, 2:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f77fa0b81c819094e2fa209ef9857c |
completed | May 3, 2026, 5:02 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f783c24d088190ad53fa2d33a255c9 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 5:20 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f78452e8bc8190a55f2be349fe718f |
completed | May 3, 2026, 5:22 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:50 p.m.