Triple
T4319150
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps |
E96467
|
entity |
| Predicate | engagement |
P1256
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Battle of Flers–Courcelette
The Battle of Flers–Courcelette was a major First World War engagement on the Somme in September 1916, notable for the first-ever use of tanks in combat by the British Army.
|
E243680
|
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: Battle of Flers–Courcelette | Statement: [Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps, engagement, Battle of Flers–Courcelette]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Flers–Courcelette Context triple: [Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps, engagement, Battle of Flers–Courcelette]
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A.
Battle of Courcelette
The Battle of Courcelette was a major First World War engagement on the Somme in September 1916, notable for significant Canadian involvement and the first large-scale use of tanks in combat.
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B.
Battle of Thiepval Ridge
The Battle of Thiepval Ridge was a major British offensive on the Western Front during the Somme campaign of World War I, marked by intense fighting to capture heavily fortified German positions.
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C.
Battle of Pozières
The Battle of Pozières was a major and intensely fought engagement on the Western Front during the 1916 Somme offensive, in which Australian and British forces captured and held the strategically vital village of Pozières against heavy German counterattacks.
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D.
Battle of Polygon Wood
The Battle of Polygon Wood was a World War I engagement in 1917 in the Ypres Salient, where Australian and British forces advanced against German positions as part of the larger Third Battle of Ypres.
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E.
Battle of Fromelles
The Battle of Fromelles was a disastrous First World War engagement on the Western Front in July 1916, remembered particularly for the heavy losses suffered by Australian troops in their first major action on the Western Front.
- 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: Battle of Flers–Courcelette Triple: [Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps, engagement, Battle of Flers–Courcelette]
Generated description
The Battle of Flers–Courcelette was a major First World War engagement on the Somme in September 1916, notable for the first-ever use of tanks in combat by the British Army.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Flers–Courcelette Target entity description: The Battle of Flers–Courcelette was a major First World War engagement on the Somme in September 1916, notable for the first-ever use of tanks in combat by the British Army.
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A.
Battle of Courcelette
chosen
The Battle of Courcelette was a major First World War engagement on the Somme in September 1916, notable for significant Canadian involvement and the first large-scale use of tanks in combat.
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B.
Battle of Thiepval Ridge
The Battle of Thiepval Ridge was a major British offensive on the Western Front during the Somme campaign of World War I, marked by intense fighting to capture heavily fortified German positions.
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C.
Battle of Pozières
The Battle of Pozières was a major and intensely fought engagement on the Western Front during the 1916 Somme offensive, in which Australian and British forces captured and held the strategically vital village of Pozières against heavy German counterattacks.
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D.
Battle of Polygon Wood
The Battle of Polygon Wood was a World War I engagement in 1917 in the Ypres Salient, where Australian and British forces advanced against German positions as part of the larger Third Battle of Ypres.
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E.
Battle of Fromelles
The Battle of Fromelles was a disastrous First World War engagement on the Western Front in July 1916, remembered particularly for the heavy losses suffered by Australian troops in their first major action on the Western Front.
- F. None of above.
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_69b345422aac81909ddbadae437d122e |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b35112ec008190958487f501481887 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b6134ca4f88190a2aa34bf39d71ac6 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 2:02 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b617c13d4481909d22d201ce405d3a |
completed | March 15, 2026, 2:21 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b6187687f8819084e2d611e9e31f79 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 2:24 a.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:12 p.m.