Triple
T22468011
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James H. Willbanks |
E555410
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object | Abandoning Vietnam: How America Left and South Vietnam Lost Its War |
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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: Abandoning Vietnam: How America Left and South Vietnam Lost Its War | Statement: [James H. Willbanks, notableWork, Abandoning Vietnam: How America Left and South Vietnam Lost Its War]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Abandoning Vietnam: How America Left and South Vietnam Lost Its War Context triple: [James H. Willbanks, notableWork, Abandoning Vietnam: How America Left and South Vietnam Lost Its War]
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A.
How We Lost the Vietnam War
"How We Lost the Vietnam War" is a memoir by former South Vietnamese prime minister and air force general Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, offering his personal account and perspective on the political and military failures that led to South Vietnam’s defeat.
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B.
Road to Disaster: A New History of America’s Descent into Vietnam
Road to Disaster: A New History of America’s Descent into Vietnam is a historical study that reexamines how U.S. political and military leaders’ decisions and misjudgments led to the escalation and quagmire of the Vietnam War.
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C.
No Exit From Vietnam
"No Exit From Vietnam" is a book by British counterinsurgency expert Sir Robert Thompson analyzing the Vietnam War and arguing against the possibility of an easy or rapid disengagement.
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D.
Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam
Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam is a Pulitzer Prize–winning historical study that traces how French colonial collapse in Indochina set the stage for the United States’ deepening involvement in Vietnam.
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E.
In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam
*In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam* is a memoir by former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in which he reflects on and critiques American decision-making during the Vietnam War, acknowledging major errors and drawing lessons for future policy.
- 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: Abandoning Vietnam: How America Left and South Vietnam Lost Its War Target entity description: "Abandoning Vietnam: How America Left and South Vietnam Lost Its War" is a historical study that analyzes the political, military, and diplomatic factors behind the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam and the subsequent collapse of South Vietnam.
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A.
How We Lost the Vietnam War
"How We Lost the Vietnam War" is a memoir by former South Vietnamese prime minister and air force general Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, offering his personal account and perspective on the political and military failures that led to South Vietnam’s defeat.
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B.
Road to Disaster: A New History of America’s Descent into Vietnam
Road to Disaster: A New History of America’s Descent into Vietnam is a historical study that reexamines how U.S. political and military leaders’ decisions and misjudgments led to the escalation and quagmire of the Vietnam War.
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C.
No Exit From Vietnam
"No Exit From Vietnam" is a book by British counterinsurgency expert Sir Robert Thompson analyzing the Vietnam War and arguing against the possibility of an easy or rapid disengagement.
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D.
Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam
Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam is a Pulitzer Prize–winning historical study that traces how French colonial collapse in Indochina set the stage for the United States’ deepening involvement in Vietnam.
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E.
In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam
*In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam* is a memoir by former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in which he reflects on and critiques American decision-making during the Vietnam War, acknowledging major errors and drawing lessons for future policy.
- 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_69e11e51fdec8190adfdf9f8a6362221 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f15bdda62c8190937ac13a4481b4b7 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 1:16 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:48 p.m.