Triple

T5574745
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tenth United States Army E146290 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. E5219 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. | Statement: [Tenth United States Army, commander, Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
Context triple: [Tenth United States Army, commander, Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.]
  • A. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. chosen
    Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. was a U.S. Army lieutenant general in World War II who led the Tenth Army in the Pacific and was the highest-ranking American officer killed by enemy fire during the war.
  • B. Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr.
    Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr. was a Confederate lieutenant general during the American Civil War who later served as the 30th governor of Kentucky.
  • C. Lucius Buckner
    Lucius Buckner is a notable individual associated with the Buckner family name, recognized as a distinguished bearer of that surname.
  • D. William H. Fuller
    William H. Fuller is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the Fuller surname, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
  • E. Kirby Smith
    Kirby Smith was a senior Confederate general during the American Civil War, best known for commanding the vast Trans-Mississippi Department.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c008ffed108190a084602227af6157 elicitation completed
NER batch_69c02054ce8c819093e1a6379ec92006 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c02852a6fc8190a543508ab3237f95 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:37 p.m.