Triple
T23029835
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine |
E573425
|
entity |
| Predicate | criticizes |
P437
|
FINISHED |
| Object | U.S. defense contractors |
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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: U.S. defense contractors | Statement: [Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine, criticizes, U.S. defense contractors]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. defense contractors Context triple: [Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine, criticizes, U.S. defense contractors]
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A.
United States defense companies
chosen
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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B.
NATO defense industries
NATO defense industries comprise the network of defense contractors and manufacturers within NATO member states that develop and produce military equipment, technologies, and services to support the alliance’s collective security and defense objectives.
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C.
General Dynamics
General Dynamics is a major American aerospace and defense corporation known for developing advanced military systems, including missiles, submarines, and combat vehicles.
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D.
Aerospace Corporation
Aerospace Corporation is a U.S.-based nonprofit research and development center that provides technical expertise and systems engineering support to national security and civil space programs.
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E.
Raytheon Company
Raytheon Company was a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation known for developing advanced military technologies, including missile systems and radar.
- 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.