Triple
T6065934
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of Ap Bac |
E135159
|
entity |
| Predicate | sideCommander |
P68449
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann (U.S. adviser) |
E567232
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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 Colonel John Paul Vann (U.S. adviser) | Statement: [Battle of Ap Bac, sideCommander, Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann (U.S. adviser)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann (U.S. adviser) Context triple: [Battle of Ap Bac, sideCommander, Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann (U.S. adviser)]
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A.
Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann
chosen
Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann was a controversial and influential U.S. Army officer and later civilian adviser in Vietnam, known for his outspoken criticism of American strategy and his prominent role in early counterinsurgency efforts.
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B.
Lieutenant General Hal Moore
Lieutenant General Hal Moore was a highly respected U.S. Army officer best known for his leadership during the Battle of Ia Drang in the Vietnam War and for co-authoring the book "We Were Soldiers Once... and Young."
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C.
William Westmoreland
William Westmoreland was a United States Army general best known for commanding U.S. military operations during the height of the Vietnam War.
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D.
General Nguyen Quy Duc
General Nguyen Quy Duc was a Vietnamese military leader of significant prominence, honored with burial at Hanoi’s Mai Dich Cemetery, a resting place for many of the nation’s high-ranking officials and heroes.
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E.
General David D. McKiernan
General David D. McKiernan is a retired United States Army four-star general who played a key leadership role in the early stages of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: sideCommander Context triple: [Battle of Ap Bac, sideCommander, Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann (U.S. adviser)]
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A.
commandersSide
Indicates that one entity is on the same side, faction, or team as the commander in a conflict or competitive context.
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B.
commander
Indicates that one entity holds authoritative military or organizational control over another entity or group.
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C.
hasCommander
Indicates that one entity serves as the commanding officer or leader of another entity.
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D.
opposingCommander
Indicates that one entity serves as the commanding officer of a force that is in opposition or conflict with the force commanded by another entity.
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E.
commanderForDefender
Indicates that an entity serves as the commanding officer or leader responsible for directing and overseeing a defending force or defender.
- 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_69c00878d06881909ee78e88913bf890 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c0573df7508190bbb5b496188b2f3e |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c12520dfa4819080578766a070b98b |
completed | March 23, 2026, 11:33 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69c049f031408190b08b2766237c5dd0 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 7:58 p.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69c04e8d4a148190bd8f95caae978e1b |
completed | March 22, 2026, 8:18 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:10 p.m.