Triple

T1384102
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bataan Death March E29803 entity
Predicate notableSurvivor P2116 FINISHED
Object Ben Skardon
Ben Skardon was an American Army officer, Clemson University professor, and prominent World War II veteran best known for surviving the Bataan Death March and later honoring his fallen comrades through annual memorial marches.
E267206 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: Ben Skardon | Statement: [Bataan Death March, notableSurvivor, Ben Skardon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Skardon
Context triple: [Bataan Death March, notableSurvivor, Ben Skardon]
  • A. Jack Gariss
    Jack Gariss was an American screenwriter best known for his work on major mid-20th-century Hollywood films, including contributing to the script of Cecil B. DeMille’s epic "The Ten Commandments" (1956).
  • B. Kevin Yagher
    Kevin Yagher is an American special effects and makeup artist and director best known for his work on horror and fantasy films and for creating iconic genre characters.
  • C. Brian VanDeMark
    Brian VanDeMark is an American historian and author known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War, including coauthoring influential studies of that conflict.
  • D. Billy Paultz
    Billy Paultz is a former American professional basketball center best known for his successful career in the ABA and NBA during the 1970s and early 1980s, where he was a multiple-time All-Star and key contributor to championship teams.
  • E. Jack Shea
    Jack Shea was an American speed skater who became a double gold medalist at the 1932 Winter Olympics and one of the early stars of U.S. winter sports.
  • 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: Ben Skardon
Triple: [Bataan Death March, notableSurvivor, Ben Skardon]
Generated description
Ben Skardon was an American Army officer, Clemson University professor, and prominent World War II veteran best known for surviving the Bataan Death March and later honoring his fallen comrades through annual memorial marches.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Skardon
Target entity description: Ben Skardon was an American Army officer, Clemson University professor, and prominent World War II veteran best known for surviving the Bataan Death March and later honoring his fallen comrades through annual memorial marches.
  • A. Jack Gariss
    Jack Gariss was an American screenwriter best known for his work on major mid-20th-century Hollywood films, including contributing to the script of Cecil B. DeMille’s epic "The Ten Commandments" (1956).
  • B. Kevin Yagher
    Kevin Yagher is an American special effects and makeup artist and director best known for his work on horror and fantasy films and for creating iconic genre characters.
  • C. Brian VanDeMark
    Brian VanDeMark is an American historian and author known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War, including coauthoring influential studies of that conflict.
  • D. Billy Paultz
    Billy Paultz is a former American professional basketball center best known for his successful career in the ABA and NBA during the 1970s and early 1980s, where he was a multiple-time All-Star and key contributor to championship teams.
  • E. Jack Shea
    Jack Shea was an American speed skater who became a double gold medalist at the 1932 Winter Olympics and one of the early stars of U.S. winter sports.
  • 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_69a498dc92f8819094a1108f8ac90f43 completed March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c3377b608190b915e6871c1fe86e completed March 1, 2026, 10:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aef06424f48190bf3604cc342992b6 completed March 9, 2026, 4:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aef56527308190923fc5394ba2521a completed March 9, 2026, 4:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aef6450a1c8190ad5a844b31bff220 completed March 9, 2026, 4:33 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m.