Triple

T57370
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy E1134 entity
Predicate author P4 FINISHED
Object Col. Herbert Y. Schandler
Col. Herbert Y. Schandler was a U.S. Army officer and military historian known for his influential analyses of the Vietnam War and American foreign policy.
E6368 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: Col. Herbert Y. Schandler | Statement: [Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy, author, Col. Herbert Y. Schandler]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Col. Herbert Y. Schandler
Context triple: [Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy, author, Col. Herbert Y. Schandler]
  • A. Albert J. Myer
    Albert J. Myer was a U.S. Army officer and surgeon best known as the founder and first chief of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, where he pioneered military signaling and weather observation systems.
  • B. Alexander Vandegrift
    Alexander Vandegrift was a highly decorated U.S. Marine Corps general best known for leading the 1st Marine Division to victory in the Guadalcanal Campaign during World War II and later serving as Commandant of the Marine Corps.
  • C. William T. Golden
    William T. Golden was an American investment banker and influential science policy advisor who played a key role in shaping post–World War II U.S. science and technology policy.
  • D. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • E. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
    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.
  • 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: Col. Herbert Y. Schandler
Triple: [Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy, author, Col. Herbert Y. Schandler]
Generated description
Col. Herbert Y. Schandler was a U.S. Army officer and military historian known for his influential analyses of the Vietnam War and American foreign policy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Col. Herbert Y. Schandler
Target entity description: Col. Herbert Y. Schandler was a U.S. Army officer and military historian known for his influential analyses of the Vietnam War and American foreign policy.
  • A. Albert J. Myer
    Albert J. Myer was a U.S. Army officer and surgeon best known as the founder and first chief of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, where he pioneered military signaling and weather observation systems.
  • B. Alexander Vandegrift
    Alexander Vandegrift was a highly decorated U.S. Marine Corps general best known for leading the 1st Marine Division to victory in the Guadalcanal Campaign during World War II and later serving as Commandant of the Marine Corps.
  • C. William T. Golden
    William T. Golden was an American investment banker and influential science policy advisor who played a key role in shaping post–World War II U.S. science and technology policy.
  • D. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • E. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
    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.
  • 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_69a248adc5b48190aa8db9fb092fb28a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:45 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24b1bf2c081908f20e13939b713ff completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:55 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a25ab7ec3881909356c659f4664fb8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a25ba79ab881909fa4570aa2acf402 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a25c28192081909853f2833f1472ef completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:08 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:50 a.m.