Triple
T3192464
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division |
E66854
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableCommander |
P1197
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Major-General Ivo Thomas
Major-General Ivo Thomas was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division during key operations in the Second World War.
|
E335372
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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: Major-General Ivo Thomas | Statement: [43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division, notableCommander, Major-General Ivo Thomas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major-General Ivo Thomas Context triple: [43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division, notableCommander, Major-General Ivo Thomas]
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A.
Major-General Douglas Graham
Major-General Douglas Graham was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division during key operations of the Second World War.
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B.
Major-General Charles Foulkes
Major-General Charles Foulkes was a senior Canadian Army officer of the Second World War, best known for his leadership in Northwest Europe and for accepting the German surrender in the Netherlands in May 1945.
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C.
Major-General Louis Lipsett
Major-General Louis Lipsett was a British-born senior officer who distinguished himself commanding Canadian forces on the Western Front during the First World War.
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D.
Major-General Sidney Kirkman
Major-General Sidney Kirkman was a senior British Army officer of the Second World War, noted for his leadership of infantry formations in key campaigns including North Africa and Italy.
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E.
Lieutenant-General Frank Messervy
Lieutenant-General Frank Messervy was a senior British Indian Army officer of the Second World War, noted for his leadership of Indian divisions in North Africa and later high command roles in the post-war Indian and Pakistani armies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Major-General Ivo Thomas Triple: [43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division, notableCommander, Major-General Ivo Thomas]
Generated description
Major-General Ivo Thomas was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division during key operations in the Second World War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major-General Ivo Thomas Target entity description: Major-General Ivo Thomas was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division during key operations in the Second World War.
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A.
Major-General Douglas Graham
Major-General Douglas Graham was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division during key operations of the Second World War.
-
B.
Major-General Charles Foulkes
Major-General Charles Foulkes was a senior Canadian Army officer of the Second World War, best known for his leadership in Northwest Europe and for accepting the German surrender in the Netherlands in May 1945.
-
C.
Major-General Louis Lipsett
Major-General Louis Lipsett was a British-born senior officer who distinguished himself commanding Canadian forces on the Western Front during the First World War.
-
D.
Major-General Sidney Kirkman
Major-General Sidney Kirkman was a senior British Army officer of the Second World War, noted for his leadership of infantry formations in key campaigns including North Africa and Italy.
-
E.
Lieutenant-General Frank Messervy
Lieutenant-General Frank Messervy was a senior British Indian Army officer of the Second World War, noted for his leadership of Indian divisions in North Africa and later high command roles in the post-war Indian and Pakistani armies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 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_69ad8588ba18819086a10951c32ecb80 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ada6e8e4b48190bc7c6443fc6da900 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b24ba8a8b48190824dac45e37217cc |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:14 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b24d13ef908190b7b54d653e4d1ea4 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:20 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b24db9af3881909d3d89ad985356c6 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:23 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:07 p.m.