Triple
T5303226
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Guns of August |
E120032
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasRelatedWork |
P922
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Zimmermann Telegram
The Zimmermann Telegram was a secret 1917 German diplomatic message proposing a military alliance with Mexico against the United States during World War I, whose interception helped draw the U.S. into the conflict.
|
E509631
|
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: The Zimmermann Telegram | Statement: [The Guns of August, hasRelatedWork, The Zimmermann Telegram]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Zimmermann Telegram Context triple: [The Guns of August, hasRelatedWork, The Zimmermann Telegram]
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A.
Kaiser Wilhelm II Kruger Telegram
The Kaiser Wilhelm II Kruger Telegram was a 1896 message from the German Emperor congratulating President Paul Kruger of the Transvaal for repelling the Jameson Raid, which inflamed British–German tensions and became a notable diplomatic incident before World War I.
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B.
British Security Coordination
British Security Coordination was a covert British intelligence organization based in New York during World War II that coordinated espionage, propaganda, and security operations across the Western Hemisphere.
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C.
sinking of the RMS Lusitania
The sinking of the RMS Lusitania was a 1915 World War I maritime disaster in which a British ocean liner was torpedoed by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland, causing heavy civilian casualties and intensifying anti-German sentiment.
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D.
Tirpitz Plan
The Tirpitz Plan was a pre–World War I German naval expansion program that aimed to build a powerful battle fleet to challenge British maritime supremacy.
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E.
Einstein–Szilard letter
The Einstein–Szilard letter was a 1939 letter to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, drafted by Leo Szilard and signed by Albert Einstein, warning about the potential for Nazi Germany to develop atomic weapons and urging the United States to begin its own nuclear research.
- 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: The Zimmermann Telegram Triple: [The Guns of August, hasRelatedWork, The Zimmermann Telegram]
Generated description
The Zimmermann Telegram was a secret 1917 German diplomatic message proposing a military alliance with Mexico against the United States during World War I, whose interception helped draw the U.S. into the conflict.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Zimmermann Telegram Target entity description: The Zimmermann Telegram was a secret 1917 German diplomatic message proposing a military alliance with Mexico against the United States during World War I, whose interception helped draw the U.S. into the conflict.
-
A.
Kaiser Wilhelm II Kruger Telegram
The Kaiser Wilhelm II Kruger Telegram was a 1896 message from the German Emperor congratulating President Paul Kruger of the Transvaal for repelling the Jameson Raid, which inflamed British–German tensions and became a notable diplomatic incident before World War I.
-
B.
British Security Coordination
British Security Coordination was a covert British intelligence organization based in New York during World War II that coordinated espionage, propaganda, and security operations across the Western Hemisphere.
-
C.
sinking of the RMS Lusitania
The sinking of the RMS Lusitania was a 1915 World War I maritime disaster in which a British ocean liner was torpedoed by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland, causing heavy civilian casualties and intensifying anti-German sentiment.
-
D.
Tirpitz Plan
The Tirpitz Plan was a pre–World War I German naval expansion program that aimed to build a powerful battle fleet to challenge British maritime supremacy.
-
E.
Einstein–Szilard letter
The Einstein–Szilard letter was a 1939 letter to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, drafted by Leo Szilard and signed by Albert Einstein, warning about the potential for Nazi Germany to develop atomic weapons and urging the United States to begin its own nuclear research.
- 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_69bd44704be88190acdb2ac481b0ff55 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd851b685c8190b7ed8c762a807395 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:34 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf10f3b9ac81909cd2ca2278b11d3e |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:43 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf11635b9c819092130c46caea9306 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:45 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf11e982d08190bc74312bf6ee7127 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:53 p.m.