Triple
T19253
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam |
E381
|
entity |
| Predicate | coAuthor |
P398
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Brian VanDeMark
Brian VanDeMark is an American historian and author known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War, including coauthoring influential studies of that conflict.
|
E28789
|
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: Brian VanDeMark | Statement: [In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam, coAuthor, Brian VanDeMark]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brian VanDeMark Context triple: [In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam, coAuthor, Brian VanDeMark]
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A.
Brian Bilello
Brian Bilello is an American soccer executive best known for leading Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution as the club’s president.
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B.
Eric Thibault
Eric Thibault is a professional basketball coach best known for leading the WNBA’s Washington Mystics.
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C.
Jim Loscutoff
Jim Loscutoff was an American professional basketball forward best known for his rugged defense and seven NBA championships with the Boston Celtics in the 1950s and 1960s.
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D.
Chad Mirkin
Chad Mirkin is an American chemist and nanotechnology pioneer known for inventing dip-pen nanolithography and developing spherical nucleic acids for biomedical applications.
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E.
Martin Lindauer
Martin Lindauer was a German behavioral biologist and prominent honeybee researcher known for his pioneering work on insect communication and social organization.
- 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: Brian VanDeMark Triple: [In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam, coAuthor, Brian VanDeMark]
Generated description
Brian VanDeMark is an American historian and author known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War, including coauthoring influential studies of that conflict.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brian VanDeMark Target entity description: Brian VanDeMark is an American historian and author known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War, including coauthoring influential studies of that conflict.
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A.
Brian Bilello
Brian Bilello is an American soccer executive best known for leading Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution as the club’s president.
-
B.
Eric Thibault
Eric Thibault is a professional basketball coach best known for leading the WNBA’s Washington Mystics.
-
C.
Jim Loscutoff
Jim Loscutoff was an American professional basketball forward best known for his rugged defense and seven NBA championships with the Boston Celtics in the 1950s and 1960s.
-
D.
Chad Mirkin
Chad Mirkin is an American chemist and nanotechnology pioneer known for inventing dip-pen nanolithography and developing spherical nucleic acids for biomedical applications.
-
E.
Martin Lindauer
Martin Lindauer was a German behavioral biologist and prominent honeybee researcher known for his pioneering work on insect communication and social organization.
- 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_69a240778d288190815c0052ebbbcc91 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:10 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2465d9038819087f875a5afac9541 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:35 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a35871be50819097e5a62c212fda1e |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 9:04 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a35900ddec8190b41948a75fb9a249 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 9:07 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3594da03481909e5f7021708409dd |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 9:08 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:14 a.m.