Triple

T847980
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bockscar E18318 entity
Predicate crewPositionOnNagasakiMission P21062 FINISHED
Object aircraft commander Charles W. Sweeney
Charles W. Sweeney was a United States Army Air Forces officer and pilot best known for commanding the B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki during World War II.
E100290 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: aircraft commander Charles W. Sweeney | Statement: [Bockscar, crewPositionOnNagasakiMission, aircraft commander Charles W. Sweeney]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: aircraft commander Charles W. Sweeney
Context triple: [Bockscar, crewPositionOnNagasakiMission, aircraft commander Charles W. Sweeney]
  • A. Curtis LeMay
    Curtis LeMay was a U.S. Air Force general known for orchestrating large-scale strategic bombing campaigns during World War II and later serving as Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
  • B. Haywood S. Hansell
    Haywood S. Hansell was a U.S. Army Air Forces general and air power theorist who played a key role in developing and leading early strategic bombing campaigns during World War II, including those against Japan.
  • C. Carl Spaatz
    Carl Spaatz was a senior United States Army Air Forces general in World War II who commanded strategic air operations in Europe and later became the first Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force.
  • D. Rockwell Cage
    Rockwell Cage is an indoor athletic facility at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that serves as the primary venue for the MIT Engineers’ home sports events.
  • E. James H. Doolittle
    James H. Doolittle was a pioneering American aviator and U.S. Army Air Forces general renowned for leading the first U.S. air raid on Japan during World War II and for his groundbreaking contributions to aviation technology and tactics.
  • 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: aircraft commander Charles W. Sweeney
Triple: [Bockscar, crewPositionOnNagasakiMission, aircraft commander Charles W. Sweeney]
Generated description
Charles W. Sweeney was a United States Army Air Forces officer and pilot best known for commanding the B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki during World War II.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: aircraft commander Charles W. Sweeney
Target entity description: Charles W. Sweeney was a United States Army Air Forces officer and pilot best known for commanding the B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki during World War II.
  • A. Curtis LeMay
    Curtis LeMay was a U.S. Air Force general known for orchestrating large-scale strategic bombing campaigns during World War II and later serving as Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
  • B. Haywood S. Hansell
    Haywood S. Hansell was a U.S. Army Air Forces general and air power theorist who played a key role in developing and leading early strategic bombing campaigns during World War II, including those against Japan.
  • C. Carl Spaatz
    Carl Spaatz was a senior United States Army Air Forces general in World War II who commanded strategic air operations in Europe and later became the first Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force.
  • D. Rockwell Cage
    Rockwell Cage is an indoor athletic facility at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that serves as the primary venue for the MIT Engineers’ home sports events.
  • E. James H. Doolittle
    James H. Doolittle was a pioneering American aviator and U.S. Army Air Forces general renowned for leading the first U.S. air raid on Japan during World War II and for his groundbreaking contributions to aviation technology and tactics.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: crewPositionOnNagasakiMission
Context triple: [Bockscar, crewPositionOnNagasakiMission, aircraft commander Charles W. Sweeney]
  • A. crewPositionOnHiroshimaMission
    Indicates the specific role or duty an individual held as a crew member during the Hiroshima bombing mission.
  • B. pilotOnHiroshimaMission
    Indicates that an individual served as a pilot on the Hiroshima bombing mission.
  • C. commanderJapan
    Indicates that an entity serves as the military commander of Japan or of Japanese forces.
  • D. roleAtPearlHarbor
    Indicates the specific role, position, or function an entity held in relation to the events at Pearl Harbor.
  • E. turretCrew
    Indicates that an entity serves as a crew member operating or manning a turret associated with another entity.
  • 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_69a4938b04208190b82e1df6b572c548 completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4ac1e41748190a21cd1ce5ebcb8ff completed March 1, 2026, 9:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a7929e65d08190bcea03f581288cc4 completed March 4, 2026, 2:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a7937c2ce481908c04e08e2be02985 completed March 4, 2026, 2:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a79761ee34819094a0558ef195d8a0 completed March 4, 2026, 2:22 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4aa807adc8190ad808a573cf8e923 completed March 1, 2026, 9:07 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69a4abb157d08190a7d7281eb3f1b788 completed March 1, 2026, 9:12 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.