Triple

T3641833
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject 6th Armored Division E77204 entity
Predicate subunit P35 FINISHED
Object 68th Tank Battalion
The 68th Tank Battalion was a U.S. Army armored battalion that served as a key combat unit during World War II and the early Cold War era.
 E378785 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: 68th Tank Battalion | Statement: [6th Armored Division, subunit, 68th Tank Battalion]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: 68th Tank Battalion
Context triple: [6th Armored Division, subunit, 68th Tank Battalion]
  • A. 6th Tank Battalion
    The 6th Tank Battalion was an armored unit of the United States Army that served under the 6th Armored Division, notably participating in World War II combat operations in the European Theater.
  • B. 1st Tank Battalion
    The 1st Tank Battalion is a United States Marine Corps armored unit historically equipped with main battle tanks and known for its combat service in major conflicts such as World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
  • C. 5th Tank Battalion
    The 5th Tank Battalion was a U.S. Marine Corps armored unit that provided tank support for the 5th Marine Division during World War II.
  • D. 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion
    The 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion is a United States Marine Corps unit specializing in amphibious and ground reconnaissance and surveillance in support of Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations.
  • E. 1st Reconnaissance Battalion
    The 1st Reconnaissance Battalion is an elite United States Marine Corps unit specializing in advanced reconnaissance and surveillance operations in support of Marine Air-Ground Task Forces.
  • 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: 68th Tank Battalion
Triple: [6th Armored Division, subunit, 68th Tank Battalion]
Generated description
The 68th Tank Battalion was a U.S. Army armored battalion that served as a key combat unit during World War II and the early Cold War era.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: 68th Tank Battalion
Target entity description: The 68th Tank Battalion was a U.S. Army armored battalion that served as a key combat unit during World War II and the early Cold War era.
  • A. 6th Tank Battalion
    The 6th Tank Battalion was an armored unit of the United States Army that served under the 6th Armored Division, notably participating in World War II combat operations in the European Theater.
  • B. 1st Tank Battalion
    The 1st Tank Battalion is a United States Marine Corps armored unit historically equipped with main battle tanks and known for its combat service in major conflicts such as World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
  • C. 5th Tank Battalion
    The 5th Tank Battalion was a U.S. Marine Corps armored unit that provided tank support for the 5th Marine Division during World War II.
  • D. 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion
    The 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion is a United States Marine Corps unit specializing in amphibious and ground reconnaissance and surveillance in support of Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations.
  • E. 1st Reconnaissance Battalion
    The 1st Reconnaissance Battalion is an elite United States Marine Corps unit specializing in advanced reconnaissance and surveillance operations in support of Marine Air-Ground Task Forces.
  • 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_69ad85de1b988190a45f8dbfebc806fc completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc359a91481908aef1c022f45e55c completed March 8, 2026, 6:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b48834d22081908687b250af859c6b completed March 13, 2026, 9:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4904dd918819087669b646e2cbb0e completed March 13, 2026, 10:31 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4bdad3f80819097296ad89fea22c5 completed March 14, 2026, 1:45 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:24 p.m.