Triple

T4631735

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Battle of Timor (1942)	`E101431`	entity
Predicate	involvedMilitaryUnit	`P1063`	FINISHED
Object	2/40th Battalion (Australia) The 2/40th Battalion (Australia) was an Australian Army infantry battalion of the Second Australian Imperial Force, raised in Tasmania and best known for its service and eventual capture during the early Pacific campaigns of World War II.	`E456572`	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: 2/40th Battalion (Australia) | Statement: [Battle of Timor (1942), involvedMilitaryUnit, 2/40th Battalion (Australia)]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 2/40th Battalion (Australia)
Context triple: [Battle of Timor (1942), involvedMilitaryUnit, 2/40th Battalion (Australia)]

A. 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
The 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment is an infantry battalion of the Australian Army known for its service in conflicts such as the Vietnam War and its role within Australia's regular infantry forces.
B. 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
The 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment is a regular infantry battalion of the Australian Army known for its deployments in major conflicts and peacekeeping operations since the mid-20th century.
C. 8th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
The 8th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army that served during the Vietnam War era before later being amalgamated with another unit.
D. 2nd Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment (Commando)
The 2nd Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment (Commando) was an Australian Army reserve commando unit that provided highly trained special operations–capable soldiers and later formed a core component of the 1st Commando Regiment.
E. 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
The 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment is an infantry battalion of the Australian Army known for its service in conflicts such as the Vietnam War and its role within the Royal Australian Regiment.
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: 2/40th Battalion (Australia)
Triple: [Battle of Timor (1942), involvedMilitaryUnit, 2/40th Battalion (Australia)]

Generated description

The 2/40th Battalion (Australia) was an Australian Army infantry battalion of the Second Australian Imperial Force, raised in Tasmania and best known for its service and eventual capture during the early Pacific campaigns of World War II.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 2/40th Battalion (Australia)
Target entity description: The 2/40th Battalion (Australia) was an Australian Army infantry battalion of the Second Australian Imperial Force, raised in Tasmania and best known for its service and eventual capture during the early Pacific campaigns of World War II.

A. 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
The 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment is an infantry battalion of the Australian Army known for its service in conflicts such as the Vietnam War and its role within Australia's regular infantry forces.
B. 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
The 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment is a regular infantry battalion of the Australian Army known for its deployments in major conflicts and peacekeeping operations since the mid-20th century.
C. 8th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
The 8th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army that served during the Vietnam War era before later being amalgamated with another unit.
D. 2nd Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment (Commando)
The 2nd Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment (Commando) was an Australian Army reserve commando unit that provided highly trained special operations–capable soldiers and later formed a core component of the 1st Commando Regiment.
E. 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
The 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment is an infantry battalion of the Australian Army known for its service in conflicts such as the Vietnam War and its role within the Royal Australian Regiment.
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_69bd43d2f1c081908cd4b7ec48ecc73d`	completed	March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69bd5a32d6408190962e60b9bce7560d`	completed	March 20, 2026, 2:31 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69bdfabeba3c8190b6515b99746f62a6`	completed	March 21, 2026, 1:56 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69bdfb70b9d48190a32c5cc753c45aab`	completed	March 21, 2026, 1:59 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69bdfc54e194819080b1eb5b9f0dfe9e`	completed	March 21, 2026, 2:03 a.m.

Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:13 p.m.