Triple

T588876
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Air Force Space Command E17221 entity
Predicate notableCommander P1197 FINISHED
Object General William L. Shelton
General William L. Shelton is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who led major space operations and modernization efforts, including serving as commander of Air Force Space Command.
E74263 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: General William L. Shelton | Statement: [Air Force Space Command, notableCommander, General William L. Shelton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: General William L. Shelton
Context triple: [Air Force Space Command, notableCommander, General William L. Shelton]
  • A. General John W. Raymond
    General John W. Raymond is a United States Space Force four-star general who served as the first Chief of Space Operations and a key architect of America’s modern military space enterprise.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Lieutenant General John F. Sattler
    Lieutenant General John F. Sattler is a retired U.S. Marine Corps officer best known for his senior leadership role in major Iraq War operations, including commanding forces during the Second Battle of Fallujah.
  • D. Major-General George F. Hopkinson
    Major-General George F. Hopkinson was a British Army officer and airborne warfare pioneer who led elite paratroop and glider forces during the Second World War.
  • E. Jacob L. Devers
    Jacob L. Devers was a senior U.S. Army general in World War II who led major Allied operations in the European Theater, including the invasion of southern France.
  • 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: General William L. Shelton
Triple: [Air Force Space Command, notableCommander, General William L. Shelton]
Generated description
General William L. Shelton is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who led major space operations and modernization efforts, including serving as commander of Air Force Space Command.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: General William L. Shelton
Target entity description: General William L. Shelton is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who led major space operations and modernization efforts, including serving as commander of Air Force Space Command.
  • A. General John W. Raymond
    General John W. Raymond is a United States Space Force four-star general who served as the first Chief of Space Operations and a key architect of America’s modern military space enterprise.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Lieutenant General John F. Sattler
    Lieutenant General John F. Sattler is a retired U.S. Marine Corps officer best known for his senior leadership role in major Iraq War operations, including commanding forces during the Second Battle of Fallujah.
  • D. Major-General George F. Hopkinson
    Major-General George F. Hopkinson was a British Army officer and airborne warfare pioneer who led elite paratroop and glider forces during the Second World War.
  • E. Jacob L. Devers
    Jacob L. Devers was a senior U.S. Army general in World War II who led major Allied operations in the European Theater, including the invasion of southern France.
  • 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_69a49379d09c8190ac7e00b24e2810b1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49b9d1e68819096a9b5e7b2e83d6e completed March 1, 2026, 8:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a5155210dc8190bad32b49703641e2 completed March 2, 2026, 4:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a51788f870819099271dcb41ee4bda completed March 2, 2026, 4:52 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a51846caa481909a61fa29a44b7470 completed March 2, 2026, 4:55 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.