Triple

T21984627
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sir Robert Thompson E542924 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object No Exit From Vietnam
"No Exit From Vietnam" is a book by British counterinsurgency expert Sir Robert Thompson analyzing the Vietnam War and arguing against the possibility of an easy or rapid disengagement.
E1511664 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: No Exit From Vietnam | Statement: [Sir Robert Thompson, notableWork, No Exit From Vietnam]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: No Exit From Vietnam
Context triple: [Sir Robert Thompson, notableWork, No Exit From Vietnam]
  • A. Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy
    "Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy" is a historical and analytical book in which former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and others reassess the decisions and misunderstandings that led to and prolonged the Vietnam War.
  • B. In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam
    *In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam* is a memoir by former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in which he reflects on and critiques American decision-making during the Vietnam War, acknowledging major errors and drawing lessons for future policy.
  • C. How We Lost the Vietnam War
    "How We Lost the Vietnam War" is a memoir by former South Vietnamese prime minister and air force general Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, offering his personal account and perspective on the political and military failures that led to South Vietnam’s defeat.
  • D. Road to Disaster: A New History of America’s Descent into Vietnam
    Road to Disaster: A New History of America’s Descent into Vietnam is a historical study that reexamines how U.S. political and military leaders’ decisions and misjudgments led to the escalation and quagmire of the Vietnam War.
  • E. Last Days in Vietnam
    Last Days in Vietnam is a 2014 documentary film that chronicles the chaotic final weeks of the Vietnam War and the dramatic evacuation of Saigon.
  • 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: No Exit From Vietnam
Triple: [Sir Robert Thompson, notableWork, No Exit From Vietnam]
Generated description
"No Exit From Vietnam" is a book by British counterinsurgency expert Sir Robert Thompson analyzing the Vietnam War and arguing against the possibility of an easy or rapid disengagement.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: No Exit From Vietnam
Target entity description: "No Exit From Vietnam" is a book by British counterinsurgency expert Sir Robert Thompson analyzing the Vietnam War and arguing against the possibility of an easy or rapid disengagement.
  • A. Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy
    "Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy" is a historical and analytical book in which former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and others reassess the decisions and misunderstandings that led to and prolonged the Vietnam War.
  • B. In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam
    *In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam* is a memoir by former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in which he reflects on and critiques American decision-making during the Vietnam War, acknowledging major errors and drawing lessons for future policy.
  • C. How We Lost the Vietnam War
    "How We Lost the Vietnam War" is a memoir by former South Vietnamese prime minister and air force general Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, offering his personal account and perspective on the political and military failures that led to South Vietnam’s defeat.
  • D. Road to Disaster: A New History of America’s Descent into Vietnam
    Road to Disaster: A New History of America’s Descent into Vietnam is a historical study that reexamines how U.S. political and military leaders’ decisions and misjudgments led to the escalation and quagmire of the Vietnam War.
  • E. Last Days in Vietnam
    Last Days in Vietnam is a 2014 documentary film that chronicles the chaotic final weeks of the Vietnam War and the dramatic evacuation of Saigon.
  • 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_69e0c48136b081908831fa907cc02e18 completed April 16, 2026, 11:14 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f12708cdcc81909511d9f81bd8f20e completed April 28, 2026, 9:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a6d7d735081909b86cafe3bc85186 completed May 18, 2026, 1:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a6e3690e88190a8cabaa29a84799e completed May 18, 2026, 1:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a6ea775988190865a406893a467cc completed May 18, 2026, 1:43 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:04 p.m.