Triple
T6641368
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sten submachine gun |
E150593
|
entity |
| Predicate | manufacturer |
P490
|
FINISHED |
| Object | BSA (Birmingham Small Arms Company) |
E499073
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: BSA (Birmingham Small Arms Company) | Statement: [Sten submachine gun, manufacturer, BSA (Birmingham Small Arms Company)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BSA (Birmingham Small Arms Company) Context triple: [Sten submachine gun, manufacturer, BSA (Birmingham Small Arms Company)]
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A.
Birmingham Small Arms Company
chosen
The Birmingham Small Arms Company was a major British industrial firm best known for producing firearms, military weapons, and later motorcycles and other vehicles.
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B.
Royal Ordnance
Royal Ordnance was a major British government-owned and later privatized arms and ammunition manufacturer known for producing a wide range of military weapons and munitions.
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C.
Maxim Gun Company
Maxim Gun Company was the arms manufacturer founded by inventor Hiram Maxim to produce and market the Maxim machine gun, one of the first fully automatic weapons.
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D.
Auto-Ordnance Company
Auto-Ordnance Company is an American firearms manufacturer best known for developing and producing the iconic Thompson submachine gun used extensively in World War II and by law enforcement and criminals during the early 20th century.
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E.
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
Winchester Repeating Arms Company is a historic American firearms manufacturer renowned for its lever-action rifles and other iconic military and sporting arms.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c687f1a3048190828b7342f7125d5c |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6aff5da8881909a512c1c82eb882a |
completed | March 27, 2026, 4:27 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c6e455edb88190983f74f39e55665c |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:11 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2 p.m.