Triple
T5753736
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Joseph E. Persico |
E126914
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Piercing the Reich
Piercing the Reich is a historical nonfiction book that examines American espionage operations conducted inside Nazi Germany during World War II.
|
E545673
|
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: Piercing the Reich | Statement: [Joseph E. Persico, notableWork, Piercing the Reich]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Piercing the Reich Context triple: [Joseph E. Persico, notableWork, Piercing the Reich]
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A.
Luftbrücke
Luftbrücke is the German term for the Berlin Airlift, the Allied operation that supplied West Berlin by air during the Soviet blockade of 1948–1949.
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B.
Defense of the Reich
Defense of the Reich was the German Luftwaffe’s World War II air defense campaign aimed at protecting Nazi Germany from Allied strategic bombing.
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C.
Panzer Group von Kleist
Panzer Group von Kleist was a German armored formation in World War II that played a key role in early Blitzkrieg campaigns, particularly during the invasions of France and the Soviet Union.
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D.
Hitler’s buzzsaw
Hitler’s buzzsaw was the fearsome German MG 42 general-purpose machine gun of World War II, notorious for its extremely high rate of fire and devastating battlefield effectiveness.
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E.
Unternehmen Barbarossa
Unternehmen Barbarossa was Nazi Germany’s massive 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II, intended to quickly defeat the USSR but ultimately resulting in a prolonged and disastrous campaign for the Germans.
- 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: Piercing the Reich Triple: [Joseph E. Persico, notableWork, Piercing the Reich]
Generated description
Piercing the Reich is a historical nonfiction book that examines American espionage operations conducted inside Nazi Germany during World War II.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Piercing the Reich Target entity description: Piercing the Reich is a historical nonfiction book that examines American espionage operations conducted inside Nazi Germany during World War II.
-
A.
Luftbrücke
Luftbrücke is the German term for the Berlin Airlift, the Allied operation that supplied West Berlin by air during the Soviet blockade of 1948–1949.
-
B.
Defense of the Reich
Defense of the Reich was the German Luftwaffe’s World War II air defense campaign aimed at protecting Nazi Germany from Allied strategic bombing.
-
C.
Panzer Group von Kleist
Panzer Group von Kleist was a German armored formation in World War II that played a key role in early Blitzkrieg campaigns, particularly during the invasions of France and the Soviet Union.
-
D.
Hitler’s buzzsaw
Hitler’s buzzsaw was the fearsome German MG 42 general-purpose machine gun of World War II, notorious for its extremely high rate of fire and devastating battlefield effectiveness.
-
E.
Unternehmen Barbarossa
Unternehmen Barbarossa was Nazi Germany’s massive 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II, intended to quickly defeat the USSR but ultimately resulting in a prolonged and disastrous campaign for the Germans.
- 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_69c00832aedc81909899801b141fa3b4 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c029032ba08190ae4062d74ab271ee |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:38 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c07e3e71988190a938a6d175023028 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 11:41 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c08cf206188190a4e5bb2649d97be9 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:44 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c08dc6a358819093c10c4ee0b598e7 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:48 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:48 p.m.