Triple
T20391894
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Lieutenant |
E498104
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Second Lieutenant William Tiberius Rice |
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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: Second Lieutenant William Tiberius Rice | Statement: [The Lieutenant, mainCharacter, Second Lieutenant William Tiberius Rice]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Second Lieutenant William Tiberius Rice Context triple: [The Lieutenant, mainCharacter, Second Lieutenant William Tiberius Rice]
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A.
First Lieutenant William R. Parnell
First Lieutenant William R. Parnell was a U.S. Army officer known for his leadership during the Nez Perce War, particularly for commanding troops in key engagements such as the Battle of White Bird Canyon.
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B.
Second Lieutenant C. Carwood Lipton
Second Lieutenant C. Carwood Lipton was a real-life U.S. Army officer of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, whose World War II service was prominently depicted in the miniseries "Band of Brothers."
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C.
2nd Lieutenant George A. Whiteman
2nd Lieutenant George A. Whiteman was a U.S. Army Air Forces pilot and one of the first American airmen killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II.
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D.
Corporal Frank S. Scott
Corporal Frank S. Scott was a U.S. Army aviation mechanic recognized as the first enlisted airman to die in an aircraft accident, for whom Scott Air Force Base is named.
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E.
Second Lieutenant Benjamin Ralph Kimlau
Second Lieutenant Benjamin Ralph Kimlau was a Chinese American World War II aviator in the U.S. Army Air Forces who became a symbol of Asian American military service and sacrifice.
- 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: Second Lieutenant William Tiberius Rice Target entity description: Second Lieutenant William Tiberius Rice is a fictional military officer who serves as the central protagonist known as “The Lieutenant.”
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A.
First Lieutenant William R. Parnell
First Lieutenant William R. Parnell was a U.S. Army officer known for his leadership during the Nez Perce War, particularly for commanding troops in key engagements such as the Battle of White Bird Canyon.
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B.
Second Lieutenant C. Carwood Lipton
Second Lieutenant C. Carwood Lipton was a real-life U.S. Army officer of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, whose World War II service was prominently depicted in the miniseries "Band of Brothers."
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C.
2nd Lieutenant George A. Whiteman
2nd Lieutenant George A. Whiteman was a U.S. Army Air Forces pilot and one of the first American airmen killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II.
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D.
Corporal Frank S. Scott
Corporal Frank S. Scott was a U.S. Army aviation mechanic recognized as the first enlisted airman to die in an aircraft accident, for whom Scott Air Force Base is named.
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E.
Second Lieutenant Benjamin Ralph Kimlau
Second Lieutenant Benjamin Ralph Kimlau was a Chinese American World War II aviator in the U.S. Army Air Forces who became a symbol of Asian American military service and sacrifice.
- 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_69e0b4a71ebc8190b153a36c738730f4 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e679108b1481909677cf80e8e77e76 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:05 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:28 a.m.