Triple

T20507583
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Malmstrom Air Force Base E503473 entity
Predicate hostsUnit P3556 FINISHED
Object 40th Helicopter Squadron
The 40th Helicopter Squadron is a U.S. Air Force unit that provides helicopter support for missile operations, search and rescue, and security missions in the vicinity of Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana.
 E1434542 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: 40th Helicopter Squadron | Statement: [Malmstrom Air Force Base, hostsUnit, 40th Helicopter Squadron]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: 40th Helicopter Squadron
Context triple: [Malmstrom Air Force Base, hostsUnit, 40th Helicopter Squadron]
  • A. 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron
    408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron is a Royal Canadian Air Force tactical helicopter unit that provides aviation support for army operations, including transport, reconnaissance, and training.
  • B. 430 Tactical Helicopter Squadron
    430 Tactical Helicopter Squadron is a Royal Canadian Air Force unit that provides tactical helicopter support, including reconnaissance, transport, and combat support, primarily to Canadian Army formations.
  • C. 40th Squadron
    The 40th Squadron is a Belgian Air Component search and rescue helicopter unit based at Koksijde Air Base.
  • D. 123rd Aviation Battalion
    The 123rd Aviation Battalion was a U.S. Army aviation unit that gained historical significance as the unit of helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson Jr., who intervened to stop the My Lai Massacre during the Vietnam War.
  • E. 427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron
    427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron is a Canadian military aviation unit that provides specialized helicopter support to special operations forces.
  • 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: 40th Helicopter Squadron
Triple: [Malmstrom Air Force Base, hostsUnit, 40th Helicopter Squadron]
Generated description
The 40th Helicopter Squadron is a U.S. Air Force unit that provides helicopter support for missile operations, search and rescue, and security missions in the vicinity of Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: 40th Helicopter Squadron
Target entity description: The 40th Helicopter Squadron is a U.S. Air Force unit that provides helicopter support for missile operations, search and rescue, and security missions in the vicinity of Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana.
  • A. 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron
    408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron is a Royal Canadian Air Force tactical helicopter unit that provides aviation support for army operations, including transport, reconnaissance, and training.
  • B. 430 Tactical Helicopter Squadron
    430 Tactical Helicopter Squadron is a Royal Canadian Air Force unit that provides tactical helicopter support, including reconnaissance, transport, and combat support, primarily to Canadian Army formations.
  • C. 40th Squadron
    The 40th Squadron is a Belgian Air Component search and rescue helicopter unit based at Koksijde Air Base.
  • D. 123rd Aviation Battalion
    The 123rd Aviation Battalion was a U.S. Army aviation unit that gained historical significance as the unit of helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson Jr., who intervened to stop the My Lai Massacre during the Vietnam War.
  • E. 427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron
    427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron is a Canadian military aviation unit that provides specialized helicopter support to special operations forces.
  • 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_69e0b4b1e52c8190894281cf7e3283ab completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e69dc8f3c881908ed2e0257a057e73 completed April 20, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0893c3839c8190aa20c6644a089a0b completed May 16, 2026, 3:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a089557444c819080d70a64596900f5 completed May 16, 2026, 4:03 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0895de2b04819096246c63c3db5513 completed May 16, 2026, 4:05 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:36 a.m.