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]
  • 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
  • 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.