Triple

T7788562
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nguyen Cao Ky E187311 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object How We Lost the Vietnam War E576676 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: How We Lost the Vietnam War | Statement: [Nguyen Cao Ky, notableWork, How We Lost the Vietnam War]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: How We Lost the Vietnam War
Context triple: [Nguyen Cao Ky, notableWork, How We Lost the Vietnam War]
  • A. How We Lost the Vietnam War chosen
    "How We Lost the Vietnam War" is a memoir by former South Vietnamese prime minister and air force general Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, offering his personal account and perspective on the political and military failures that led to South Vietnam’s defeat.
  • B. Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy
    "Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy" is a historical and analytical book in which former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and others reassess the decisions and misunderstandings that led to and prolonged the Vietnam War.
  • C. Road to Disaster: A New History of America’s Descent into Vietnam
    Road to Disaster: A New History of America’s Descent into Vietnam is a historical study that reexamines how U.S. political and military leaders’ decisions and misjudgments led to the escalation and quagmire of the Vietnam War.
  • D. In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam
    *In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam* is a memoir by former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in which he reflects on and critiques American decision-making during the Vietnam War, acknowledging major errors and drawing lessons for future policy.
  • E. Americanization of the Vietnam War
    The Americanization of the Vietnam War refers to the period when the United States massively escalated its direct military involvement in Vietnam, relying heavily on U.S. combat troops and resources to fight the conflict.
  • 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_69ca82af2d2c8190963861f5e0b8bf21 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cae7e8a0d08190b6d4ca560681eb35 completed March 30, 2026, 9:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69caf61f77808190a5a1814fe1cb7ae1 completed March 30, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:25 p.m.