Triple
T5780824
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Operation Motorman |
E127550
|
entity |
| Predicate | commander |
P1061
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lieutenant-General Robert Ford
Lieutenant-General Robert Ford was a senior British Army officer in Northern Ireland, notably serving as the army's overall commander during key operations in the early 1970s, including the controversial period of the Troubles.
|
E545272
|
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: Lieutenant-General Robert Ford | Statement: [Operation Motorman, commander, Lieutenant-General Robert Ford]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lieutenant-General Robert Ford Context triple: [Operation Motorman, commander, Lieutenant-General Robert Ford]
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A.
Lieutenant-General Richard McCreery
Lieutenant-General Richard McCreery was a senior British Army officer of the Second World War, best known for his armoured warfare leadership in Italy and later command of the British Eighth Army.
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B.
Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar
Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar was a senior Canadian Army officer in the Second World War who commanded First Canadian Army in Northwest Europe, playing a key role in the liberation of Western Europe.
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C.
Lieutenant-General Kenneth Anderson
Lieutenant-General Kenneth Anderson was a British Army officer who led Allied ground forces in the North African campaign during the Second World War.
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D.
Major-General Roy Urquhart
Major-General Roy Urquhart was a British Army officer best known for leading the 1st Airborne Division during Operation Market Garden and the Battle of Arnhem in World War II.
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E.
Lieutenant General John Reith
Lieutenant General John Reith is a senior British Army officer best known for commanding UK forces during the 2003 invasion of Iraq under Operation Telic.
- 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: Lieutenant-General Robert Ford Triple: [Operation Motorman, commander, Lieutenant-General Robert Ford]
Generated description
Lieutenant-General Robert Ford was a senior British Army officer in Northern Ireland, notably serving as the army's overall commander during key operations in the early 1970s, including the controversial period of the Troubles.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lieutenant-General Robert Ford Target entity description: Lieutenant-General Robert Ford was a senior British Army officer in Northern Ireland, notably serving as the army's overall commander during key operations in the early 1970s, including the controversial period of the Troubles.
-
A.
Lieutenant-General Richard McCreery
Lieutenant-General Richard McCreery was a senior British Army officer of the Second World War, best known for his armoured warfare leadership in Italy and later command of the British Eighth Army.
-
B.
Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar
Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar was a senior Canadian Army officer in the Second World War who commanded First Canadian Army in Northwest Europe, playing a key role in the liberation of Western Europe.
-
C.
Lieutenant-General Kenneth Anderson
Lieutenant-General Kenneth Anderson was a British Army officer who led Allied ground forces in the North African campaign during the Second World War.
-
D.
Major-General Roy Urquhart
Major-General Roy Urquhart was a British Army officer best known for leading the 1st Airborne Division during Operation Market Garden and the Battle of Arnhem in World War II.
-
E.
Lieutenant General John Reith
Lieutenant General John Reith is a senior British Army officer best known for commanding UK forces during the 2003 invasion of Iraq under Operation Telic.
- 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_69c008361fa88190aefa4dc41b051e7f |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c029e3f88c8190975921ff2912e543 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c07e7773888190bd8c3e1d7df62f5c |
completed | March 22, 2026, 11:42 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c086cd0904819089dbacd6c948abec |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:18 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c0873661788190847751ba82975e82 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:20 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:50 p.m.