Triple

T782935
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Paul W. Tibbets Jr. E16536 entity
Predicate unit P8782 FINISHED
Object 97th Bombardment Group
The 97th Bombardment Group was a U.S. Army Air Forces unit in World War II, notable as one of the first American heavy bomber groups to operate in the European Theater.
 E108827 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: 97th Bombardment Group | Statement: [Paul W. Tibbets Jr., unit, 97th Bombardment Group]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: 97th Bombardment Group
Context triple: [Paul W. Tibbets Jr., unit, 97th Bombardment Group]
  • A. 509th Composite Group
    The 509th Composite Group was the U.S. Army Air Forces unit specially formed during World War II to conduct atomic bomb missions, including the deployment of the "Fat Man" bomb over Nagasaki.
  • B. 23rd Fighter Group
    The 23rd Fighter Group is a United States Army Air Forces unit formed in World War II that carried on the legacy and traditions of the famed Flying Tigers in the China-Burma-India theater.
  • C. 412th Operations Group
    The 412th Operations Group is a U.S. Air Force unit at Edwards Air Force Base responsible for planning, executing, and supporting flight test and evaluation missions for advanced aerospace systems.
  • D. Ninth Air Force
    Ninth Air Force was a major tactical air force of the United States Army Air Forces in World War II, best known for its close air support and air-ground operations in the European Theater, particularly during and after the D-Day invasion.
  • E. Fifteenth Air Force
    The Fifteenth Air Force was a major United States Army Air Forces strategic bombing formation in World War II, operating primarily from bases in Italy to strike industrial and military targets across Germany and occupied Europe.
  • 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: 97th Bombardment Group
Triple: [Paul W. Tibbets Jr., unit, 97th Bombardment Group]
Generated description
The 97th Bombardment Group was a U.S. Army Air Forces unit in World War II, notable as one of the first American heavy bomber groups to operate in the European Theater.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: 97th Bombardment Group
Target entity description: The 97th Bombardment Group was a U.S. Army Air Forces unit in World War II, notable as one of the first American heavy bomber groups to operate in the European Theater.
  • A. 509th Composite Group
    The 509th Composite Group was the U.S. Army Air Forces unit specially formed during World War II to conduct atomic bomb missions, including the deployment of the "Fat Man" bomb over Nagasaki.
  • B. 23rd Fighter Group
    The 23rd Fighter Group is a United States Army Air Forces unit formed in World War II that carried on the legacy and traditions of the famed Flying Tigers in the China-Burma-India theater.
  • C. 412th Operations Group
    The 412th Operations Group is a U.S. Air Force unit at Edwards Air Force Base responsible for planning, executing, and supporting flight test and evaluation missions for advanced aerospace systems.
  • D. Ninth Air Force
    Ninth Air Force was a major tactical air force of the United States Army Air Forces in World War II, best known for its close air support and air-ground operations in the European Theater, particularly during and after the D-Day invasion.
  • E. Fifteenth Air Force
    The Fifteenth Air Force was a major United States Army Air Forces strategic bombing formation in World War II, operating primarily from bases in Italy to strike industrial and military targets across Germany and occupied Europe.
  • 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_69a4936ad1fc81908f190208059ccf78 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a7686d0881908c2a4395059be02c completed March 1, 2026, 8:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a7cf4d769c81909eba6cefb241d417 completed March 4, 2026, 6:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a7d1c7e624819095426c813f1a6359 completed March 4, 2026, 6:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a7d2382dd88190b35283df097f3bb3 completed March 4, 2026, 6:33 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.