Triple

T4864647
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Buffalo Soldiers E108738 entity
Predicate hasUnit P35 FINISHED
Object 40th Infantry Regiment
The 40th Infantry Regiment was a unit of African American "Buffalo Soldiers" in the United States Army, known for its service during the post–Civil War and Indian Wars era.
E485506 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 Infantry Regiment | Statement: [Buffalo Soldiers, hasUnit, 40th Infantry Regiment]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 40th Infantry Regiment
Context triple: [Buffalo Soldiers, hasUnit, 40th Infantry Regiment]
  • A. 39th Infantry Regiment
    The 39th Infantry Regiment is a historic U.S. Army unit associated with the African American "Buffalo Soldiers," known for its service in multiple major conflicts.
  • B. 24th U.S. Infantry Regiment
    The 24th U.S. Infantry Regiment was a historic African American (Buffalo Soldier) unit of the United States Army that served with distinction in conflicts from the Spanish–American War through the mid-20th century.
  • C. 25th Infantry Regiment
    The 25th Infantry Regiment was a historic African American unit of the United States Army, renowned for its service on the Western frontier and in later conflicts as part of the Buffalo Soldiers.
  • D. 38th Infantry Regiment
    The 38th Infantry Regiment was a historic African American "Buffalo Soldier" unit of the United States Army that served prominently in the post–Civil War Indian Wars and later conflicts.
  • E. 57th Infantry Regiment
    The 57th Infantry Regiment was a renowned Ottoman military unit that fought with distinction during World War I, particularly in the Gallipoli Campaign.
  • 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 Infantry Regiment
Triple: [Buffalo Soldiers, hasUnit, 40th Infantry Regiment]
Generated description
The 40th Infantry Regiment was a unit of African American "Buffalo Soldiers" in the United States Army, known for its service during the post–Civil War and Indian Wars era.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 40th Infantry Regiment
Target entity description: The 40th Infantry Regiment was a unit of African American "Buffalo Soldiers" in the United States Army, known for its service during the post–Civil War and Indian Wars era.
  • A. 39th Infantry Regiment
    The 39th Infantry Regiment is a historic U.S. Army unit associated with the African American "Buffalo Soldiers," known for its service in multiple major conflicts.
  • B. 24th U.S. Infantry Regiment
    The 24th U.S. Infantry Regiment was a historic African American (Buffalo Soldier) unit of the United States Army that served with distinction in conflicts from the Spanish–American War through the mid-20th century.
  • C. 25th Infantry Regiment
    The 25th Infantry Regiment was a historic African American unit of the United States Army, renowned for its service on the Western frontier and in later conflicts as part of the Buffalo Soldiers.
  • D. 38th Infantry Regiment
    The 38th Infantry Regiment was a historic African American "Buffalo Soldier" unit of the United States Army that served prominently in the post–Civil War Indian Wars and later conflicts.
  • E. 57th Infantry Regiment
    The 57th Infantry Regiment was a renowned Ottoman military unit that fought with distinction during World War I, particularly in the Gallipoli Campaign.
  • 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_69bd440b965081908b0557721cae6338 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6d7718e48190af4c0d1abfa87795 completed March 20, 2026, 3:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be89d9e6688190b8a8ad3137148e50 completed March 21, 2026, 12:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be8a9c72848190978797a33d0d83c8 completed March 21, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be8b3718288190b2fc319fdad0a7c0 completed March 21, 2026, 12:12 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:26 p.m.