Triple

T1591403
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject International Security Assistance Force E34184 entity
Predicate notableCommander P1197 FINISHED
Object General David D. McKiernan
General David D. McKiernan is a retired United States Army four-star general who played a key leadership role in the early stages of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
E181728 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: General David D. McKiernan | Statement: [International Security Assistance Force, notableCommander, General David D. McKiernan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: General David D. McKiernan
Context triple: [International Security Assistance Force, notableCommander, General David D. McKiernan]
  • A. General Richard E. Cavazos
    General Richard E. Cavazos was a highly decorated U.S. Army officer and the first Hispanic four-star general in American military history.
  • B. Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.
    Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. was a United States Army general best known for commanding coalition forces during the Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm) in 1991.
  • C. General Kevin P. Chilton
    General Kevin P. Chilton is a retired U.S. Air Force four-star general and former NASA astronaut who held senior leadership roles in military space and strategic command.
  • D. Lt. Gen. Philip A. Garrant
    Lt. Gen. Philip A. Garrant is a senior United States Space Force officer who leads major space acquisition, development, and operational efforts for the service.
  • E. Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Sr.
    Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Sr. was an American Army officer and law enforcement official best known for organizing and leading the New Jersey State Police in the early 20th century.
  • 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: General David D. McKiernan
Triple: [International Security Assistance Force, notableCommander, General David D. McKiernan]
Generated description
General David D. McKiernan is a retired United States Army four-star general who played a key leadership role in the early stages of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: General David D. McKiernan
Target entity description: General David D. McKiernan is a retired United States Army four-star general who played a key leadership role in the early stages of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
  • A. General Richard E. Cavazos
    General Richard E. Cavazos was a highly decorated U.S. Army officer and the first Hispanic four-star general in American military history.
  • B. Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.
    Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. was a United States Army general best known for commanding coalition forces during the Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm) in 1991.
  • C. General Kevin P. Chilton
    General Kevin P. Chilton is a retired U.S. Air Force four-star general and former NASA astronaut who held senior leadership roles in military space and strategic command.
  • D. Lt. Gen. Philip A. Garrant
    Lt. Gen. Philip A. Garrant is a senior United States Space Force officer who leads major space acquisition, development, and operational efforts for the service.
  • E. Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Sr.
    Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Sr. was an American Army officer and law enforcement official best known for organizing and leading the New Jersey State Police in the early 20th century.
  • 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_69a885fceb2c8190b47e0f7c0aefbff0 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa621526e8819097d8c5330e527ed3 completed March 6, 2026, 5:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad46a0f5348190ae3fe8033360d800 completed March 8, 2026, 9:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad4a938fb08190b462fc72e1e77ed8 completed March 8, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad4b0e62ac81908a51d36f9e3677fe completed March 8, 2026, 10:10 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.