Triple

T22872423
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Paul Vann E567232 entity
Predicate subjectOf P38 FINISHED
Object book "A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam" 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: book "A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam" | Statement: [John Paul Vann, subjectOf, book "A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam"]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: book "A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam"
Context triple: [John Paul Vann, subjectOf, book "A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam"]
  • A. Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers
    Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers is Daniel Ellsberg’s autobiographical account of his role in revealing the Pentagon Papers and his evolving opposition to the Vietnam War.
  • B. A Yank in Vietnam
    A Yank in Vietnam is a 1964 war film set during the Vietnam conflict, following an American soldier’s experiences in combat and cultural clash.
  • C. Letters from Vietnam
    "Letters from Vietnam" is a song by American rapper B.o.B featured on his debut studio album, *B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray*.
  • D. Vietnam War Almanac
    Vietnam War Almanac is a comprehensive reference book that chronicles the events, key figures, and major developments of the Vietnam War in an accessible, encyclopedic format.
  • E. The Final Collapse (memoir on the fall of South Vietnam)
    The Final Collapse is a memoir by former South Vietnamese General Cao Van Vien that provides an insider’s account and analysis of the political and military events leading to the fall of South Vietnam in 1975.
  • 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: book "A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam"
Target entity description: "A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam" is Neil Sheehan’s Pulitzer Prize–winning nonfiction book that uses the life of U.S. adviser John Paul Vann to chronicle and critique America’s involvement in the Vietnam War.
  • A. Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers
    Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers is Daniel Ellsberg’s autobiographical account of his role in revealing the Pentagon Papers and his evolving opposition to the Vietnam War.
  • B. A Yank in Vietnam
    A Yank in Vietnam is a 1964 war film set during the Vietnam conflict, following an American soldier’s experiences in combat and cultural clash.
  • C. Letters from Vietnam
    "Letters from Vietnam" is a song by American rapper B.o.B featured on his debut studio album, *B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray*.
  • D. Vietnam War Almanac
    Vietnam War Almanac is a comprehensive reference book that chronicles the events, key figures, and major developments of the Vietnam War in an accessible, encyclopedic format.
  • E. The Final Collapse (memoir on the fall of South Vietnam)
    The Final Collapse is a memoir by former South Vietnamese General Cao Van Vien that provides an insider’s account and analysis of the political and military events leading to the fall of South Vietnam in 1975.
  • 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_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.