Triple

T4864680
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Buffalo Soldiers E108738 entity
Predicate decoratedMember P59477 FINISHED
Object Henry O. Flipper
Henry O. Flipper was the first African American graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and a pioneering Black officer in the U.S. Army.
E475621 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Henry O. Flipper | Statement: [Buffalo Soldiers, decoratedMember, Henry O. Flipper]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry O. Flipper
Context triple: [Buffalo Soldiers, decoratedMember, Henry O. Flipper]
  • A. Oliver Otis Howard
    Oliver Otis Howard was a Union Civil War general and prominent Reconstruction-era leader who later became a key advocate for African American education and civil rights.
  • B. Lewis R. First
    Lewis R. First is a prominent American pediatrician and academic leader best known for serving as editor-in-chief of the journal Pediatrics.
  • C. Lt. Eugene M. Bradley
    Lt. Eugene M. Bradley was a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot whose fatal training accident in 1941 led to the naming of Bradley International Airport in his honor.
  • D. Wilbert Montgomery
    Wilbert Montgomery is a former NFL running back best known for his prolific rushing career with the Philadelphia Eagles in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including key performances that helped lead the team to Super Bowl XV.
  • E. Henry W. Lawton
    Henry W. Lawton was a highly regarded U.S. Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient who served prominently in the Indian Wars, the Spanish–American War, and the Philippine–American War.
  • 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: Henry O. Flipper
Triple: [Buffalo Soldiers, decoratedMember, Henry O. Flipper]
Generated description
Henry O. Flipper was the first African American graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and a pioneering Black officer in the U.S. Army.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry O. Flipper
Target entity description: Henry O. Flipper was the first African American graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and a pioneering Black officer in the U.S. Army.
  • A. Oliver Otis Howard
    Oliver Otis Howard was a Union Civil War general and prominent Reconstruction-era leader who later became a key advocate for African American education and civil rights.
  • B. Lewis R. First
    Lewis R. First is a prominent American pediatrician and academic leader best known for serving as editor-in-chief of the journal Pediatrics.
  • C. Lt. Eugene M. Bradley
    Lt. Eugene M. Bradley was a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot whose fatal training accident in 1941 led to the naming of Bradley International Airport in his honor.
  • D. Wilbert Montgomery
    Wilbert Montgomery is a former NFL running back best known for his prolific rushing career with the Philadelphia Eagles in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including key performances that helped lead the team to Super Bowl XV.
  • E. Henry W. Lawton
    Henry W. Lawton was a highly regarded U.S. Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient who served prominently in the Indian Wars, the Spanish–American War, and the Philippine–American War.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: decoratedMember
Context triple: [Buffalo Soldiers, decoratedMember, Henry O. Flipper]
  • A. decoratedFor
    Indicates that an entity has received a decoration, award, or honor in recognition of a specific action, service, or achievement.
  • B. hasDecor
    Indicates that one entity possesses, features, or is adorned with a particular decorative element or style.
  • C. relatedDecoration
    Indicates that one decoration is associated with, complements, or is contextually linked to another decoration.
  • D. confersIndividualDecoration
    Indicates that an individual is formally awarded a specific decoration, honor, or medal.
  • E. decorationClass
    Indicates that one entity serves as a decorative classification or style category applied to another entity.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69be5cfdb3248190a16a5f3fb97d4950 completed March 21, 2026, 8:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be607df6648190be22b5bc0d6531b4 completed March 21, 2026, 9:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be611da7c08190b644cfbcb30741fc completed March 21, 2026, 9:13 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69bd6c27334481909ba8ac80854f7d8e completed March 20, 2026, 3:47 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69bd6cfa8bd881908e376ab286759cc2 completed March 20, 2026, 3:51 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:26 p.m.