Triple

T3914585
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nationale Volksarmee E88803 entity
Predicate notableUnit P304 FINISHED
Object 40th Paratroop Battalion
The 40th Paratroop Battalion was an elite airborne infantry unit of East Germany’s National People’s Army, specializing in rapid-deployment and special operations.
E400496 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: 40th Paratroop Battalion | Statement: [Nationale Volksarmee, notableUnit, 40th Paratroop Battalion]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 40th Paratroop Battalion
Context triple: [Nationale Volksarmee, notableUnit, 40th Paratroop Battalion]
  • A. U.S. 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
    The U.S. 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment is a distinguished airborne infantry unit of the United States Army, renowned for its combat jumps and fierce fighting in major World War II operations in Europe.
  • B. 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment
    The 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment is a famed U.S. Army airborne infantry unit of the 82nd Airborne Division that distinguished itself in major World War II operations, including combat jumps in Sicily, Italy, Normandy, and the Netherlands.
  • C. 43rd Reconnaissance Regiment
    The 43rd Reconnaissance Regiment was a British Army World War II unit responsible for gathering battlefield intelligence and conducting reconnaissance operations in support of the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division.
  • D. 44th Armored Infantry Battalion
    The 44th Armored Infantry Battalion was a U.S. Army mechanized infantry unit that served as part of the 6th Armored Division during World War II.
  • E. 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
    The 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division was a modular infantry brigade of the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division, known for air assault operations and multiple deployments in the Global War on Terror.
  • 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: 40th Paratroop Battalion
Triple: [Nationale Volksarmee, notableUnit, 40th Paratroop Battalion]
Generated description
The 40th Paratroop Battalion was an elite airborne infantry unit of East Germany’s National People’s Army, specializing in rapid-deployment and special operations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 40th Paratroop Battalion
Target entity description: The 40th Paratroop Battalion was an elite airborne infantry unit of East Germany’s National People’s Army, specializing in rapid-deployment and special operations.
  • A. U.S. 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
    The U.S. 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment is a distinguished airborne infantry unit of the United States Army, renowned for its combat jumps and fierce fighting in major World War II operations in Europe.
  • B. 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment
    The 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment is a famed U.S. Army airborne infantry unit of the 82nd Airborne Division that distinguished itself in major World War II operations, including combat jumps in Sicily, Italy, Normandy, and the Netherlands.
  • C. 43rd Reconnaissance Regiment
    The 43rd Reconnaissance Regiment was a British Army World War II unit responsible for gathering battlefield intelligence and conducting reconnaissance operations in support of the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division.
  • D. 44th Armored Infantry Battalion
    The 44th Armored Infantry Battalion was a U.S. Army mechanized infantry unit that served as part of the 6th Armored Division during World War II.
  • E. 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
    The 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division was a modular infantry brigade of the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division, known for air assault operations and multiple deployments in the Global War on Terror.
  • 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_69aed955229881909e85e73ffab1d343 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeed38e2808190acbd0a7a3b677798 completed March 9, 2026, 3:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b528606ef88190a06ab8073d1df945 completed March 14, 2026, 9:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5298d7be08190adb4a23edb716ce6 completed March 14, 2026, 9:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b52de8756c81909d03188bdc29ee88 completed March 14, 2026, 9:44 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:22 p.m.