Triple
T2690095
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William F. Raynolds |
E57578
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object | United States Army Topographical Engineers |
E216354
|
NE FINISHED |
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 Army Topographical Engineers | Statement: [William F. Raynolds, employer, United States Army Topographical Engineers]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Army Topographical Engineers Context triple: [William F. Raynolds, employer, United States Army Topographical Engineers]
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A.
United States Army surveyors
chosen
United States Army surveyors were military engineers and cartographers responsible for mapping, measuring, and documenting terrain across the United States, particularly during the 19th century.
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B.
Labour Corps
The Labour Corps was a British Army support formation in World War I composed largely of men unfit for front-line combat, tasked with manual and logistical work such as construction, transport, and battlefield clearance.
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C.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for designing, building, and maintaining military and civil engineering projects such as dams, waterways, and infrastructure.
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D.
Allied military engineers
Allied military engineers were specialized engineering units from the World War II Allied forces responsible for constructing, repairing, and maintaining critical military infrastructure such as roads, bridges, and supply routes in combat zones.
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E.
United States Army Signal Corps
The United States Army Signal Corps is the branch of the U.S. Army responsible for developing, managing, and supporting military communications and information systems.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ab4a5028388190a36f3baf1588309e |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abda0ba2208190ad87763ecbef8c3c |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:55 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69afaf5e85bc81908ba1b1968cfa440a |
completed | March 10, 2026, 5:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:54 p.m.