Triple
T18274565
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Destruction of the Merville Battery |
E437700
|
entity |
| Predicate | commandedBy |
P1407
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Lieutenant Colonel Terence Otway |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Lieutenant Colonel Terence Otway | Statement: [Destruction of the Merville Battery, commandedBy, Lieutenant Colonel Terence Otway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lieutenant Colonel Terence Otway Context triple: [Destruction of the Merville Battery, commandedBy, Lieutenant Colonel Terence Otway]
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A.
Lieutenant Colonel Ewen Southby-Tailyour
Lieutenant Colonel Ewen Southby-Tailyour is a British Royal Marines officer and author best known for his distinguished service and leadership during the Falklands War.
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B.
Lieutenant Colonel William Leggatt
Lieutenant Colonel William Leggatt was an Australian Army officer who commanded Allied forces during the 1942 Battle of Timor in World War II.
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C.
Lieutenant Colonel Hew Pike
Lieutenant Colonel Hew Pike is a British Army officer best known for commanding 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment during the Falklands War.
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D.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Lawrenson
Lieutenant-Colonel John Lawrenson was a British cavalry officer best known for his command role in the 13th Light Dragoons during the Napoleonic era.
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E.
Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Jones
Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Jones was a British Army officer and posthumous Victoria Cross recipient renowned for his leadership and bravery during the Falklands War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lieutenant Colonel Terence Otway Target entity description: Lieutenant Colonel Terence Otway was a British Army officer renowned for leading the 9th Parachute Battalion in the daring and pivotal D-Day assault on the Merville Battery in Normandy during World War II.
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A.
Lieutenant Colonel Ewen Southby-Tailyour
Lieutenant Colonel Ewen Southby-Tailyour is a British Royal Marines officer and author best known for his distinguished service and leadership during the Falklands War.
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B.
Lieutenant Colonel William Leggatt
Lieutenant Colonel William Leggatt was an Australian Army officer who commanded Allied forces during the 1942 Battle of Timor in World War II.
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C.
Lieutenant Colonel Hew Pike
Lieutenant Colonel Hew Pike is a British Army officer best known for commanding 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment during the Falklands War.
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D.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Lawrenson
Lieutenant-Colonel John Lawrenson was a British cavalry officer best known for his command role in the 13th Light Dragoons during the Napoleonic era.
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E.
Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Jones
Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Jones was a British Army officer and posthumous Victoria Cross recipient renowned for his leadership and bravery during the Falklands War.
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69d8b914530c8190b4474d862a2b2a1b |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e50050d6688190b909a1c24e1dd3c9 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 4:18 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:34 a.m.