Triple

T6979956
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject U.S. XII Corps E161815 entity
Predicate notableCommander P1197 FINISHED
Object Manton S. Eddy
Manton S. Eddy was a senior U.S. Army general in World War II, known for his leadership of corps-level formations in major European campaigns.
 E634032 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Manton S. Eddy | Statement: [U.S. XII Corps, notableCommander, Manton S. Eddy]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Manton S. Eddy
Context triple: [U.S. XII Corps, notableCommander, Manton S. Eddy]
  • A. Isaac E. Emerson
    Isaac E. Emerson was an American pharmacist and businessman best known for creating the headache remedy Bromo-Seltzer and founding the Emerson Drug Company.
  • B. Arthur Lyman
    Arthur Lyman was an American jazz vibraphonist and bandleader best known for popularizing the exotica music style in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • C. Elizur Goodrich
    Elizur Goodrich was an American lawyer, politician, and Yale professor who served as a U.S. Representative from Connecticut in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • D. Elias Lyman
    Elias Lyman was a notable member of the prominent Lyman family, recognized for his role in the family's historical and social legacy.
  • E. James R. Osgood
    James R. Osgood was a prominent 19th-century American publisher known for his influential role in the Boston literary scene and for publishing works by major authors of his time.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Manton S. Eddy
Target entity description: Manton S. Eddy was a senior U.S. Army general in World War II, known for his leadership of corps-level formations in major European campaigns.
  • A. Isaac E. Emerson
    Isaac E. Emerson was an American pharmacist and businessman best known for creating the headache remedy Bromo-Seltzer and founding the Emerson Drug Company.
  • B. Arthur Lyman
    Arthur Lyman was an American jazz vibraphonist and bandleader best known for popularizing the exotica music style in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • C. Elizur Goodrich
    Elizur Goodrich was an American lawyer, politician, and Yale professor who served as a U.S. Representative from Connecticut in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • D. Elias Lyman
    Elias Lyman was a notable member of the prominent Lyman family, recognized for his role in the family's historical and social legacy.
  • E. James R. Osgood
    James R. Osgood was a prominent 19th-century American publisher known for his influential role in the Boston literary scene and for publishing works by major authors of his time.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Manton S. Eddy
Triple: [U.S. XII Corps, notableCommander, Manton S. Eddy]
Generated description
Manton S. Eddy was a senior U.S. Army general in World War II, known for his leadership of corps-level formations in major European campaigns.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c68855dc0481909b4c7e9e9ed273db elicitation completed
NER batch_69c6db6c1efc8190ab1575ae2ce726db ner completed
NED1 batch_69c761bb90f48190882a58c2da10b3e4 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69c764580f888190872ca1d2230648e8 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69c763d0e5d481909a98dd01806264f1 nedg completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:31 p.m.