Triple
T18066933
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | M3 aircraft machine gun |
E432317
|
entity |
| Predicate | designedToReplace |
P101
|
FINISHED |
| Object | M2 Browning aircraft machine gun |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: M2 Browning aircraft machine gun | Statement: [M3 aircraft machine gun, designedToReplace, M2 Browning aircraft machine gun]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: M2 Browning aircraft machine gun Context triple: [M3 aircraft machine gun, designedToReplace, M2 Browning aircraft machine gun]
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A.
M3 aircraft machine gun
The M3 aircraft machine gun is a high-rate-of-fire, aircraft-optimized .50 caliber machine gun developed from the M2 Browning for use on fighter planes and other military aircraft.
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B.
M2 Browning machine gun
chosen
The M2 Browning machine gun is a heavy .50 caliber, belt-fed, recoil-operated weapon widely used by U.S. and allied forces since World War II for anti-personnel, anti-aircraft, and anti-materiel roles.
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C.
M1919 Browning machine gun
The M1919 Browning machine gun is a .30 caliber, air-cooled, belt-fed medium machine gun widely used by U.S. and allied forces throughout World War II, the Korean War, and into the early Cold War era.
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D.
Hotchkiss machine gun
The Hotchkiss machine gun is a late 19th-century, gas-operated, air-cooled heavy machine gun widely used by several armies, particularly France’s, during World War I and into World War II.
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E.
.50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns
The .50 caliber M2 Browning machine gun is a heavy, belt-fed automatic weapon widely used by U.S. forces in World War II and beyond for aircraft, vehicle, and infantry armament due to its power, reliability, and long effective range.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8b9070cac81909fa9473fb1c3f1c7 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4cce97ce08190a2f8762ce545e091 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 12:39 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:26 a.m.