Triple
T9850943
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Howard Kippenberger |
E239465
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasHonorificTitle |
P368
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Major General Howard Kippenberger
Major General Howard Kippenberger was a distinguished New Zealand military commander who led infantry forces in key World War II campaigns and later became a prominent military historian and editor of the official war histories.
|
E824947
|
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: Major General Howard Kippenberger | Statement: [Howard Kippenberger, hasHonorificTitle, Major General Howard Kippenberger]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major General Howard Kippenberger Context triple: [Howard Kippenberger, hasHonorificTitle, Major General Howard Kippenberger]
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A.
Major-General Bert Hoffmeister
Major-General Bert Hoffmeister was a highly regarded Canadian Army officer of the Second World War, best known for his effective leadership of armoured and infantry formations in the Italian Campaign.
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B.
Major General William A. Kobbe
Major General William A. Kobbe was a United States Army officer noted for his service in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly during the Spanish–American and Philippine–American Wars.
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C.
Major General Charles H. Gerhardt
Major General Charles H. Gerhardt was a U.S. Army officer best known for commanding the 29th Infantry Division during the D-Day landings and subsequent World War II campaigns in Europe.
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D.
Major General Paul Funk
Major General Paul Funk was a senior U.S. Army officer best known for commanding the 3rd Armored Division during the Gulf War.
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E.
Major General Leonard T. Gerow
Major General Leonard T. Gerow was a senior U.S. Army officer in World War II who played a key role in planning and leading Allied operations in the European Theater, including the Normandy invasion.
- 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: Major General Howard Kippenberger Triple: [Howard Kippenberger, hasHonorificTitle, Major General Howard Kippenberger]
Generated description
Major General Howard Kippenberger was a distinguished New Zealand military commander who led infantry forces in key World War II campaigns and later became a prominent military historian and editor of the official war histories.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major General Howard Kippenberger Target entity description: Major General Howard Kippenberger was a distinguished New Zealand military commander who led infantry forces in key World War II campaigns and later became a prominent military historian and editor of the official war histories.
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A.
Major-General Bert Hoffmeister
Major-General Bert Hoffmeister was a highly regarded Canadian Army officer of the Second World War, best known for his effective leadership of armoured and infantry formations in the Italian Campaign.
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B.
Major General William A. Kobbe
Major General William A. Kobbe was a United States Army officer noted for his service in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly during the Spanish–American and Philippine–American Wars.
-
C.
Major General Charles H. Gerhardt
Major General Charles H. Gerhardt was a U.S. Army officer best known for commanding the 29th Infantry Division during the D-Day landings and subsequent World War II campaigns in Europe.
-
D.
Major General Paul Funk
Major General Paul Funk was a senior U.S. Army officer best known for commanding the 3rd Armored Division during the Gulf War.
-
E.
Major General Leonard T. Gerow
Major General Leonard T. Gerow was a senior U.S. Army officer in World War II who played a key role in planning and leading Allied operations in the European Theater, including the Normandy invasion.
- 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_69ca84e4fdc08190a624425bcef98665 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdb3742fe48190bae6e6d828a9cc0d |
completed | April 2, 2026, 12:08 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1d5ea5eac8190af7fad00a6398c5e |
completed | April 5, 2026, 3:24 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d1d6815e28819081788393cda63bc0 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 3:26 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d1d75210f4819096ee05a8b870581e |
completed | April 5, 2026, 3:30 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:34 p.m.