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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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]
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A.
crewPositionOnHiroshimaMission
Indicates the specific role or duty an individual held as a crew member during the Hiroshima bombing mission.
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B.
pilotOnHiroshimaMission
Indicates that an individual served as a pilot on the Hiroshima bombing mission.
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C.
commanderJapan
Indicates that an entity serves as the military commander of Japan or of Japanese forces.
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D.
roleAtPearlHarbor
Indicates the specific role, position, or function an entity held in relation to the events at Pearl Harbor.
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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.