Triple
T22872391
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Paul Vann |
E567232
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John Paul Vann |
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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: John Paul Vann | Statement: [John Paul Vann, fullName, John Paul Vann]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Paul Vann Context triple: [John Paul Vann, fullName, John Paul Vann]
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A.
Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann
chosen
Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann was a controversial and influential U.S. Army officer and later civilian adviser in Vietnam, known for his outspoken criticism of American strategy and his prominent role in early counterinsurgency efforts.
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B.
John W. Vann
John W. Vann was a prominent local figure in Arkansas, likely a landowner or community leader, for whom the town of Vanndale was named.
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C.
James W. McCord Jr.
James W. McCord Jr. was a former CIA officer and security coordinator whose role in the Watergate break-in and subsequent revelations helped expose the broader Nixon administration scandal.
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D.
Frank E. Brown
Frank E. Brown was an American civil engineer and developer known for founding and naming the Southern California townsite of Moreno.
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E.
Frank E. Brown
Frank E. Brown was an American archaeologist best known for directing the mid-20th-century excavations at the ancient Roman site of Cosa in Italy.
- 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_69e24589d8348190b96422d13a678bc1 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f17f55c4b88190adb49871e496ca54 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 3:47 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:38 p.m.