Triple
T9784248
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bascom Affair |
E237452
|
entity |
| Predicate | commandedBy |
P1407
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lieutenant George Nicholas Bascom
Lieutenant George Nicholas Bascom was a U.S. Army officer best known for his role in the 1861 Bascom Affair, a pivotal incident that helped ignite prolonged conflict with the Apache in the American Southwest.
|
E822828
|
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: Lieutenant George Nicholas Bascom | Statement: [Bascom Affair, commandedBy, Lieutenant George Nicholas Bascom]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lieutenant George Nicholas Bascom Context triple: [Bascom Affair, commandedBy, Lieutenant George Nicholas Bascom]
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A.
Lieutenant Robert Maynard
Lieutenant Robert Maynard was a British Royal Navy officer best known for leading the 1718 naval engagement that resulted in the death of the infamous pirate Blackbeard.
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B.
Lieutenant Hiram Coffey
Lieutenant Hiram Coffey is a Navy SEAL team leader and increasingly unstable antagonist in the 1989 science fiction film "The Abyss."
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C.
Lieutenant Thomas Glahn
Lieutenant Thomas Glahn is the introspective, nature-obsessed protagonist of Knut Hamsun’s novel *Pan*, whose turbulent love affairs and retreat into the Norwegian wilderness explore themes of passion, isolation, and psychological complexity.
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D.
Lt. Eugene M. Bradley
Lt. Eugene M. Bradley was a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot whose fatal training accident in 1941 led to the naming of Bradley International Airport in his honor.
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E.
Lt. Henry T. Allen
Lt. Henry T. Allen was a U.S. Army officer and explorer noted for his pioneering 19th-century expeditions in Alaska.
- 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: Lieutenant George Nicholas Bascom Triple: [Bascom Affair, commandedBy, Lieutenant George Nicholas Bascom]
Generated description
Lieutenant George Nicholas Bascom was a U.S. Army officer best known for his role in the 1861 Bascom Affair, a pivotal incident that helped ignite prolonged conflict with the Apache in the American Southwest.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lieutenant George Nicholas Bascom Target entity description: Lieutenant George Nicholas Bascom was a U.S. Army officer best known for his role in the 1861 Bascom Affair, a pivotal incident that helped ignite prolonged conflict with the Apache in the American Southwest.
-
A.
Lieutenant Robert Maynard
Lieutenant Robert Maynard was a British Royal Navy officer best known for leading the 1718 naval engagement that resulted in the death of the infamous pirate Blackbeard.
-
B.
Lieutenant Hiram Coffey
Lieutenant Hiram Coffey is a Navy SEAL team leader and increasingly unstable antagonist in the 1989 science fiction film "The Abyss."
-
C.
Lieutenant Thomas Glahn
Lieutenant Thomas Glahn is the introspective, nature-obsessed protagonist of Knut Hamsun’s novel *Pan*, whose turbulent love affairs and retreat into the Norwegian wilderness explore themes of passion, isolation, and psychological complexity.
-
D.
Lt. Eugene M. Bradley
Lt. Eugene M. Bradley was a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot whose fatal training accident in 1941 led to the naming of Bradley International Airport in his honor.
-
E.
Lt. Henry T. Allen
Lt. Henry T. Allen was a U.S. Army officer and explorer noted for his pioneering 19th-century expeditions in Alaska.
- 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_69ca84da927881909bda80caecad6010 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cda1b7740c8190bfb4997eb683d78a |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1cc4bb6008190b5111d42ceef52b7 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 2:43 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d1cd7f41448190b387109235dbc7f5 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 2:48 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d1cdefca5c8190a673caca42aaa7d0 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 2:50 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:27 p.m.