Triple
T22008907
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | French Army on the Western Front |
E543522
|
entity |
| Predicate | usedWeapon |
P706
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Chauchat light machine gun |
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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: Chauchat light machine gun | Statement: [French Army on the Western Front, usedWeapon, Chauchat light machine gun]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chauchat light machine gun Context triple: [French Army on the Western Front, usedWeapon, Chauchat light machine gun]
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A.
MG 131 machine gun
The MG 131 machine gun was a German 13 mm aircraft-mounted heavy machine gun used extensively by the Luftwaffe during World War II for defensive and offensive armament on various combat aircraft.
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B.
Hotchkiss machine gun
The Hotchkiss machine gun is a late 19th-century, gas-operated, air-cooled heavy machine gun widely used by several armies, particularly France’s, during World War I and into World War II.
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C.
Breda-SAFAT machine gun
The Breda-SAFAT machine gun was a standard Italian aircraft-mounted automatic weapon used extensively by the Regia Aeronautica during the interwar period and World War II.
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D.
Maxim machine gun
The Maxim machine gun is a pioneering late 19th-century recoil-operated, water-cooled heavy machine gun that became one of the first fully automatic weapons widely adopted by major armies around the world.
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E.
M1917 Browning machine gun
The M1917 Browning machine gun is a heavy, water-cooled, belt-fed machine gun developed by John Browning and widely used by U.S. forces during World War I, World War II, and beyond.
- 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: Chauchat light machine gun Target entity description: The Chauchat light machine gun was a widely issued but notoriously unreliable French automatic weapon of World War I, recognized for its distinctive open-sided magazine and frequent jamming problems.
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A.
MG 131 machine gun
The MG 131 machine gun was a German 13 mm aircraft-mounted heavy machine gun used extensively by the Luftwaffe during World War II for defensive and offensive armament on various combat aircraft.
-
B.
Hotchkiss machine gun
The Hotchkiss machine gun is a late 19th-century, gas-operated, air-cooled heavy machine gun widely used by several armies, particularly France’s, during World War I and into World War II.
-
C.
Breda-SAFAT machine gun
The Breda-SAFAT machine gun was a standard Italian aircraft-mounted automatic weapon used extensively by the Regia Aeronautica during the interwar period and World War II.
-
D.
Maxim machine gun
The Maxim machine gun is a pioneering late 19th-century recoil-operated, water-cooled heavy machine gun that became one of the first fully automatic weapons widely adopted by major armies around the world.
-
E.
M1917 Browning machine gun
The M1917 Browning machine gun is a heavy, water-cooled, belt-fed machine gun developed by John Browning and widely used by U.S. forces during World War I, World War II, and beyond.
- 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_69e11e2db934819095556760c7d85e4d |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f127a376048190a78ba7efd303b58a |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:33 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:21 p.m.