Triple

T7451319
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Operation Steel Tiger E172014 entity
Predicate location P40 FINISHED
Object eastern Laos
Eastern Laos is the region of Laos bordering Vietnam, characterized by its rugged, forested terrain and its strategic significance during the Indochina and Vietnam Wars.
E666307 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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: eastern Laos | Statement: [Operation Steel Tiger, location, eastern Laos]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: eastern Laos
Context triple: [Operation Steel Tiger, location, eastern Laos]
  • A. southern Laos
    Southern Laos is a region of Laos characterized by its rugged terrain along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, which made it a major theater of covert U.S. bombing and military operations during the Vietnam War.
  • B. Lao–Isan cultural area
    The Lao–Isan cultural area is a historical region in northeastern Thailand characterized by Lao-influenced language, traditions, and cultural practices distinct from central Thai culture.
  • C. Oudomxay Province
    Oudomxay Province is a mountainous region in northern Laos known for its ethnic diversity, forested landscapes, and role as a transport and trade hub between China and other parts of the country.
  • D. Thai–Cambodian border region
    The Thai–Cambodian border region is a historically contested frontier zone marked by refugee movements, guerrilla activity, and cross-border political and military tensions between Thailand and Cambodia.
  • E. Phongsaly Province
    Phongsaly Province is a remote, mountainous region in northern Laos known for its ethnic diversity, cool climate, and rugged landscapes.
  • 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: eastern Laos
Triple: [Operation Steel Tiger, location, eastern Laos]
Generated description
Eastern Laos is the region of Laos bordering Vietnam, characterized by its rugged, forested terrain and its strategic significance during the Indochina and Vietnam Wars.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: eastern Laos
Target entity description: Eastern Laos is the region of Laos bordering Vietnam, characterized by its rugged, forested terrain and its strategic significance during the Indochina and Vietnam Wars.
  • A. southern Laos
    Southern Laos is a region of Laos characterized by its rugged terrain along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, which made it a major theater of covert U.S. bombing and military operations during the Vietnam War.
  • B. Lao–Isan cultural area
    The Lao–Isan cultural area is a historical region in northeastern Thailand characterized by Lao-influenced language, traditions, and cultural practices distinct from central Thai culture.
  • C. Oudomxay Province
    Oudomxay Province is a mountainous region in northern Laos known for its ethnic diversity, forested landscapes, and role as a transport and trade hub between China and other parts of the country.
  • D. Thai–Cambodian border region
    The Thai–Cambodian border region is a historically contested frontier zone marked by refugee movements, guerrilla activity, and cross-border political and military tensions between Thailand and Cambodia.
  • E. Phongsaly Province
    Phongsaly Province is a remote, mountainous region in northern Laos known for its ethnic diversity, cool climate, and rugged landscapes.
  • 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_69c68a66554c8190add75c65942c0317 completed March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f38c28e08190956766a5222fe720 completed March 27, 2026, 9:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c83455d84c8190bd129fda0813dc56 completed March 28, 2026, 8:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c835904be081908fa9317eb5568d82 completed March 28, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c83621b32c8190bd4b289b5f9f1764 completed March 28, 2026, 8:12 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:14 p.m.