Triple
T1986580
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Canadian Machine Gun Corps |
E43154
|
entity |
| Predicate | equipment |
P2728
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lewis gun
The Lewis gun is a distinctive World War I–era air-cooled, drum-fed light machine gun widely used by British and Commonwealth forces in infantry and aircraft roles.
|
E222994
|
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: Lewis gun | Statement: [Canadian Machine Gun Corps, equipment, Lewis gun]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lewis gun Context triple: [Canadian Machine Gun Corps, equipment, Lewis gun]
-
A.
Sten submachine gun
The Sten submachine gun was a simple, inexpensive British 9mm World War II firearm widely used by Allied forces and resistance fighters for its ease of manufacture and concealment.
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B.
Berdan rifle
The Berdan rifle was a 19th-century single-shot bolt-action military rifle that served as a standard infantry weapon of the Imperial Russian Army.
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C.
Thompson submachine gun
The Thompson submachine gun is an iconic American automatic firearm, widely used by gangsters and law enforcement during the Prohibition era and later adopted by the military in World War II.
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D.
Carcano rifle
The Carcano rifle is an Italian bolt-action military rifle most widely known as the weapon used by Lee Harvey Oswald in the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
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E.
MG 42 machine gun
The MG 42 machine gun is a German World War II-era general-purpose machine gun renowned for its extremely high rate of fire, reliability, and influential design that shaped postwar machine guns worldwide.
- 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: Lewis gun Triple: [Canadian Machine Gun Corps, equipment, Lewis gun]
Generated description
The Lewis gun is a distinctive World War I–era air-cooled, drum-fed light machine gun widely used by British and Commonwealth forces in infantry and aircraft roles.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lewis gun Target entity description: The Lewis gun is a distinctive World War I–era air-cooled, drum-fed light machine gun widely used by British and Commonwealth forces in infantry and aircraft roles.
-
A.
Sten submachine gun
The Sten submachine gun was a simple, inexpensive British 9mm World War II firearm widely used by Allied forces and resistance fighters for its ease of manufacture and concealment.
-
B.
Berdan rifle
The Berdan rifle was a 19th-century single-shot bolt-action military rifle that served as a standard infantry weapon of the Imperial Russian Army.
-
C.
Thompson submachine gun
The Thompson submachine gun is an iconic American automatic firearm, widely used by gangsters and law enforcement during the Prohibition era and later adopted by the military in World War II.
-
D.
Carcano rifle
The Carcano rifle is an Italian bolt-action military rifle most widely known as the weapon used by Lee Harvey Oswald in the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
-
E.
MG 42 machine gun
The MG 42 machine gun is a German World War II-era general-purpose machine gun renowned for its extremely high rate of fire, reliability, and influential design that shaped postwar machine guns worldwide.
- 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_69a88713ddc88190a969715658ebe7a8 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb8232d788190938f261fd4b2f2fd |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:31 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae0331eec881909463163fb71e4eba |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:16 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae03e575a88190a93181eb9d9bc3eb |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:19 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae0473aecc8190b3da07fb8fd18e81 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:21 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.