Triple

T13649143
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject 29th Armoured Brigade E326682 entity
Predicate equipment P2728 FINISHED
Object Sherman Firefly tank
The Sherman Firefly tank was a British-modified variant of the American M4 Sherman, fitted with a powerful 17-pounder anti-tank gun and widely used by Allied forces in World War II to counter heavy German armor.
E77768 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: Sherman Firefly tank | Statement: [29th Armoured Brigade, equipment, Sherman Firefly tank]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sherman Firefly tank
Context triple: [29th Armoured Brigade, equipment, Sherman Firefly tank]
  • A. M4 Sherman tank
    The M4 Sherman tank was the primary American medium tank of World War II, widely used by Allied forces for its reliability, ease of production, and versatility in combat roles.
  • B. M26 Pershing tank
    The M26 Pershing tank was a late-World War II American heavy/medium tank that introduced improved armor and a powerful 90 mm gun, serving as a precursor to the postwar Patton series.
  • C. TAM medium tank
    The TAM medium tank is an Argentine-designed and -produced main battle tank developed in the 1970s to provide the country with a modern, mobile armored fighting vehicle suited to its terrain and military needs.
  • D. M3 Lee tank
    The M3 Lee tank was an American World War II medium tank notable for its tall profile and combination of hull-mounted main gun and turret-mounted secondary gun, serving as an important early-war design before being replaced by the M4 Sherman.
  • E. M48 Patton tank
    The M48 Patton tank is an American Cold War–era main battle tank widely used by the U.S. and allied forces in numerous conflicts from the 1950s onward.
  • 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: Sherman Firefly tank
Triple: [29th Armoured Brigade, equipment, Sherman Firefly tank]
Generated description
The Sherman Firefly tank was a British-modified variant of the American M4 Sherman, fitted with a powerful 17-pounder anti-tank gun and widely used by Allied forces in World War II to counter heavy German armor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sherman Firefly tank
Target entity description: The Sherman Firefly tank was a British-modified variant of the American M4 Sherman, fitted with a powerful 17-pounder anti-tank gun and widely used by Allied forces in World War II to counter heavy German armor.
  • A. M4 Sherman tank chosen
    The M4 Sherman tank was the primary American medium tank of World War II, widely used by Allied forces for its reliability, ease of production, and versatility in combat roles.
  • B. M26 Pershing tank
    The M26 Pershing tank was a late-World War II American heavy/medium tank that introduced improved armor and a powerful 90 mm gun, serving as a precursor to the postwar Patton series.
  • C. TAM medium tank
    The TAM medium tank is an Argentine-designed and -produced main battle tank developed in the 1970s to provide the country with a modern, mobile armored fighting vehicle suited to its terrain and military needs.
  • D. M3 Lee tank
    The M3 Lee tank was an American World War II medium tank notable for its tall profile and combination of hull-mounted main gun and turret-mounted secondary gun, serving as an important early-war design before being replaced by the M4 Sherman.
  • E. M48 Patton tank
    The M48 Patton tank is an American Cold War–era main battle tank widely used by the U.S. and allied forces in numerous conflicts from the 1950s onward.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d8076d8270819092afc2f0e9c359a8 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbc608466c81908f6d2c9c92cc86aa completed April 12, 2026, 4:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7943610488190838719ad31207c52 completed May 3, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7955fce288190a7e426f467517a91 completed May 3, 2026, 6:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7996cddf08190973e493fb788ce7a completed May 3, 2026, 6:52 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:52 p.m.