Triple
T1409170
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Scalpel, The Sword |
E31765
|
entity |
| Predicate | portrays |
P264
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Norman Bethune as a political activist |
E5053
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Norman Bethune as a political activist | Statement: [The Scalpel, The Sword, portrays, Norman Bethune as a political activist]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Bethune as a political activist Context triple: [The Scalpel, The Sword, portrays, Norman Bethune as a political activist]
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A.
Norman Bethune
chosen
Norman Bethune was a Canadian physician and humanitarian best known for his pioneering work in thoracic surgery and his medical service during the Spanish Civil War and the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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B.
Mao Zedong essay "In Memory of Norman Bethune"
Mao Zedong’s essay "In Memory of Norman Bethune" is a widely studied tribute that praises the Canadian doctor’s selfless internationalism and uses his example to promote communist moral ideals in China.
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C.
Hero of Socialist Labour
Hero of Socialist Labour was one of the highest honorary titles in the Soviet Union, awarded to individuals for exceptional achievements in the national economy and culture.
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D.
White Guard movement
The White Guard movement was a loose coalition of anti-Bolshevik, counterrevolutionary forces that fought against the Red Army during the Russian Civil War following the 1917 Revolution.
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E.
Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions
The Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions was a late 19th- and early 20th-century American Protestant student organization that mobilized college and university students for overseas missionary work.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a49918e1f88190ba610f9dc8114578 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c3c10f44819085e1c4601423740d |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:54 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ace578fe4c8190a4d4ced933fac0b6 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:56 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m.