Triple
T4306145
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thompson submachine gun |
E99958
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableVariant |
P4680
|
FINISHED |
| Object | M1928 Thompson |
E99958
|
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: M1928 Thompson | Statement: [Thompson submachine gun, notableVariant, M1928 Thompson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: M1928 Thompson Context triple: [Thompson submachine gun, notableVariant, M1928 Thompson]
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A.
Thompson submachine gun
chosen
The Thompson submachine gun is an iconic American automatic firearm, widely used by gangsters and law enforcement during the Prohibition era and later adopted by the military in World War II.
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B.
Maxim machine gun
The Maxim machine gun is a pioneering late 19th-century recoil-operated, water-cooled heavy machine gun that became one of the first fully automatic weapons widely adopted by major armies around the world.
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C.
Sten submachine gun
The Sten submachine gun was a simple, inexpensive British 9mm World War II firearm widely used by Allied forces and resistance fighters for its ease of manufacture and concealment.
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D.
Lewis machine guns
Lewis machine guns are early 20th-century air-cooled, drum-fed light machine guns widely used by British and Allied forces, especially in aircraft and infantry roles during World War I.
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E.
Lewis gun
The Lewis gun is a distinctive World War I–era air-cooled, drum-fed light machine gun widely used by British and Commonwealth forces in infantry and aircraft roles.
- 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_69b345528ebc8190b5abc7e95094792d |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b350ba57ec8190afda7d8318e5d2d0 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5d07aede08190bbabc6a7b5a7dfb6 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:17 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:09 p.m.