Triple
T19444652
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | David McDowell Brown |
E486440
|
entity |
| Predicate | awardReceived |
P11
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Distinguished Flying Cross |
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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: Distinguished Flying Cross | Statement: [David McDowell Brown, awardReceived, Distinguished Flying Cross]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Distinguished Flying Cross Context triple: [David McDowell Brown, awardReceived, Distinguished Flying Cross]
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A.
Distinguished Flying Cross
chosen
The Distinguished Flying Cross is a United States military decoration awarded for heroism or extraordinary achievement during aerial flight.
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B.
Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar
The Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar is a British military decoration awarded to officers and, later, other ranks of the Royal Air Force and other services for acts of valour, courage, or devotion to duty while flying in active operations against the enemy, with the "Bar" indicating a subsequent award of the same decoration.
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C.
Air Force Cross
The Air Force Cross is the United States Air Force’s second-highest military decoration, awarded for extraordinary heroism in combat not justifying the Medal of Honor.
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D.
Air Force Cross
The Air Force Cross is a British military decoration awarded for acts of exemplary gallantry while flying, though not in active operations against the enemy.
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E.
Distinguished Flying Medal
The Distinguished Flying Medal was a British military decoration awarded to non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel of the Royal Air Force and other services for exceptional courage or devotion to duty while flying in active operations against the enemy.
- 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_69d8e8d7ad488190a3373045029b0f3b |
completed | April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6338921cc819083f8f918225d78e6 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 2:09 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:38 p.m.