Triple
T23029814
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine |
E573425
|
entity |
| Predicate | subject |
P450
|
FINISHED |
| Object | United States military–industrial complex |
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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: United States military–industrial complex | Statement: [Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine, subject, United States military–industrial complex]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States military–industrial complex Context triple: [Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine, subject, United States military–industrial complex]
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A.
military–industrial complex
chosen
The military–industrial complex is the network of relationships between a nation's armed forces, government, and defense industries that drives and benefits from sustained military spending and arms production.
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B.
U.S. defense industrial base
The U.S. defense industrial base is the nationwide network of companies, facilities, and workers that design, produce, and maintain military equipment and technologies for the United States armed forces.
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C.
United States defense companies
United States defense companies are major global arms manufacturers and technology firms that develop and supply advanced military equipment, systems, and services to the U.S. government and allied nations.
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D.
Soviet military–industrial complex
The Soviet military–industrial complex was the vast network of state-controlled defense industries, research institutions, and government bodies that designed, produced, and maintained the USSR’s military hardware and strategic capabilities.
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E.
United States national security apparatus
The United States national security apparatus is the broad network of government institutions, policies, and processes responsible for protecting the country’s defense, intelligence, and strategic interests at home and abroad.
- 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_69e245b911188190bc3d96326c847969 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f184803e908190b1e58545b9c3d587 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 4:09 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:53 p.m.