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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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]
  • A. servedInRole
    Indicates that one entity performed duties or held a position within a specified role or office in relation to another entity.
  • B. commandingOfficerBritishSide
    Indicates that one entity serves as the commanding officer of another entity on the British side in a military context.
  • C. militaryUnitTypeServed
    Indicates that an entity served in, or was a member of, a specific type of military unit.
  • D. RoyalNavyDesignation
    Indicates that an entity has been assigned an official designation or identifier by the Royal Navy.
  • 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.