Triple
T7450315
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Douglas Boston |
E171990
|
entity |
| Predicate | knownInBritishServiceAs |
P76990
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Boston
Boston is a World War II-era American light bomber aircraft, also known as the Douglas A-20 Havoc, used extensively by Allied air forces.
|
E671654
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Boston | Statement: [Douglas Boston, knownInBritishServiceAs, Boston]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boston Context triple: [Douglas Boston, knownInBritishServiceAs, Boston]
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A.
Boston
Boston is a historic market town and port in Lincolnshire, England, known for its medieval church St Botolph's ("The Stump") and its role in early English Puritan emigration to America.
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B.
Boston
Boston is a historic market town and port in Lincolnshire, England, known for its medieval church St Botolph's ("The Stump") and its role in the origins of the Pilgrim Fathers.
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C.
Boston
Boston is a historic market and port town in Lincolnshire, England, known for its medieval church St Botolph's ("The Stump") and its role in early Puritan emigration to America.
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D.
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston, Massachusetts is a historic New England city and the capital of Massachusetts, known for its pivotal role in the American Revolution, prestigious universities, and cultural and economic influence.
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E.
Washington, Massachusetts
Washington, Massachusetts is a small rural town in Berkshire County in western Massachusetts, known for its forested landscape and proximity to the Berkshire Mountains.
- 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: Boston Triple: [Douglas Boston, knownInBritishServiceAs, Boston]
Generated description
Boston is a World War II-era American light bomber aircraft, also known as the Douglas A-20 Havoc, used extensively by Allied air forces.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boston Target entity description: Boston is a World War II-era American light bomber aircraft, also known as the Douglas A-20 Havoc, used extensively by Allied air forces.
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A.
Boston
Boston is a historic market town and port in Lincolnshire, England, known for its medieval church St Botolph's ("The Stump") and its role in early English Puritan emigration to America.
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B.
Boston
Boston is a historic market town and port in Lincolnshire, England, known for its medieval church St Botolph's ("The Stump") and its role in the origins of the Pilgrim Fathers.
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C.
Boston
Boston is a historic market and port town in Lincolnshire, England, known for its medieval church St Botolph's ("The Stump") and its role in early Puritan emigration to America.
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D.
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston, Massachusetts is a historic New England city and the capital of Massachusetts, known for its pivotal role in the American Revolution, prestigious universities, and cultural and economic influence.
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E.
Washington, Massachusetts
Washington, Massachusetts is a small rural town in Berkshire County in western Massachusetts, known for its forested landscape and proximity to the Berkshire Mountains.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: knownInBritishServiceAs Context triple: [Douglas Boston, knownInBritishServiceAs, Boston]
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A.
servedInRole
Indicates that one entity performed duties or held a position within a specified role or office in relation to another entity.
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B.
commandingOfficerBritishSide
Indicates that one entity serves as the commanding officer of another entity on the British side in a military context.
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C.
militaryUnitTypeServed
Indicates that an entity served in, or was a member of, a specific type of military unit.
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D.
RoyalNavyDesignation
Indicates that an entity has been assigned an official designation or identifier by the Royal Navy.
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E.
militaryRole
Indicates the specific function, position, or duty an entity holds within a military organization or context.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (7 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_69c68a66554c8190add75c65942c0317 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f38af3fc8190bc5c57ca89d976bc |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c84ee52fd48190adebb6ae555663a4 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 9:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c84fc4c61c8190853529ebd887c8e7 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 10:01 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c850327c8c81908c3e1ccf58b5bd74 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 10:03 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69c6f039f7248190bb4183f97b605763 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:01 p.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69c6f1ee5ab8819091082324f2dc3b8c |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:09 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:14 p.m.