Triple
T7837799
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | David D. McKiernan |
E181728
|
entity |
| Predicate | militaryUnit |
P1063
|
FINISHED |
| Object | U.S. Forces – Afghanistan |
E184680
|
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: U.S. Forces – Afghanistan | Statement: [David D. McKiernan, militaryUnit, U.S. Forces – Afghanistan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Forces – Afghanistan Context triple: [David D. McKiernan, militaryUnit, U.S. Forces – Afghanistan]
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A.
U.S. Forces–Afghanistan
chosen
U.S. Forces–Afghanistan was the U.S. military headquarters responsible for overseeing American combat and support operations in Afghanistan during the later stages of the War in Afghanistan.
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B.
United States Forces – Iraq
United States Forces – Iraq was the U.S. military command responsible for overseeing and conducting American operations in Iraq during the later stages of the Iraq War.
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C.
Joint Task Force-Bravo
Joint Task Force-Bravo is a U.S. military task force based at Soto Cano Air Base in Honduras that conducts humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, and security cooperation missions throughout Central America.
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D.
Afghan National Army
The Afghan National Army was the primary land warfare branch of Afghanistan’s armed forces, responsible for defending the country and fighting insurgent groups until its collapse in 2021.
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E.
Afghan National Defense and Security Forces
The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces were the post-2001 national military and police institutions of Afghanistan, responsible for the country’s internal and external security until the government’s collapse in 2021.
- 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_69ca8284a25c8190a1a20afad30da792 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb14c336f08190a21a3fcaa7269457 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 12:26 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cb5ab573c88190bf6a1745ca5cc7b5 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:46 p.m.