Triple

T1884346
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert K. Brigham E39927 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy E1134 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: Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy | Statement: [Robert K. Brigham, notableWork, Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy
Context triple: [Robert K. Brigham, notableWork, Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy]
  • A. Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy chosen
    "Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy" is a historical and analytical book in which former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and others reassess the decisions and misunderstandings that led to and prolonged the Vietnam War.
  • B. In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam
    *In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam* is a memoir by former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in which he reflects on and critiques American decision-making during the Vietnam War, acknowledging major errors and drawing lessons for future policy.
  • C. Road to Disaster: A New History of America’s Descent into Vietnam
    Road to Disaster: A New History of America’s Descent into Vietnam is a historical study that reexamines how U.S. political and military leaders’ decisions and misjudgments led to the escalation and quagmire of the Vietnam War.
  • D. Nuremberg and Vietnam: An American Tragedy
    Nuremberg and Vietnam: An American Tragedy is a 1970 book by legal scholar Telford Taylor that argues U.S. conduct in the Vietnam War should be judged by the same principles of international law applied at the Nuremberg trials.
  • E. Into the Quagmire: Lyndon Johnson and the Escalation of the Vietnam War
    "Into the Quagmire: Lyndon Johnson and the Escalation of the Vietnam War" is a historical study that analyzes how President Lyndon B. Johnson’s decisions and political context led to the deepening U.S. involvement in the Vietnam conflict.
  • 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_69a88633e4fc8190b7eb40463e048ec5 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb11d3cd48190bbd3ef2cf62e0dff completed March 7, 2026, 5:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69addf61413081909c0e840590aaf631 completed March 8, 2026, 8:43 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:34 p.m.