Triple

T22884330
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Baa Baa Black Sheep E567561 entity
Predicate featuresUnit P17143 FINISHED
Object VMF-214
VMF-214, famously known as the "Black Sheep Squadron," was a U.S. Marine Corps fighter squadron in World War II led by Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and celebrated for its combat success in the Pacific Theater.
E1559001 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: VMF-214 | Statement: [Baa Baa Black Sheep, featuresUnit, VMF-214]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: VMF-214
Context triple: [Baa Baa Black Sheep, featuresUnit, VMF-214]
  • A. VMF-121
    VMF-121 was a United States Marine Corps fighter squadron in World War II, renowned for its F4F Wildcat aces and distinguished combat record in the Pacific Theater.
  • B. VMF-211
    VMF-211 was a U.S. Marine Corps fighter squadron noted for its courageous but outnumbered defense of Wake Island at the outset of World War II.
  • C. Western Approaches Tactical Unit
    The Western Approaches Tactical Unit was a Royal Navy training and analysis center during World War II that developed and taught anti-submarine warfare tactics to counter German U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic.
  • D. VMF
    VMF is the Russian abbreviation for the Soviet Navy, the maritime branch of the former Soviet Union’s armed forces.
  • E. VMFA-312
    VMFA-312 is a United States Marine Corps fighter attack squadron best known for operating F/A-18 Hornet aircraft in air-to-air and air-to-ground combat roles.
  • 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: VMF-214
Triple: [Baa Baa Black Sheep, featuresUnit, VMF-214]
Generated description
VMF-214, famously known as the "Black Sheep Squadron," was a U.S. Marine Corps fighter squadron in World War II led by Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and celebrated for its combat success in the Pacific Theater.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: VMF-214
Target entity description: VMF-214, famously known as the "Black Sheep Squadron," was a U.S. Marine Corps fighter squadron in World War II led by Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and celebrated for its combat success in the Pacific Theater.
  • A. VMF-121
    VMF-121 was a United States Marine Corps fighter squadron in World War II, renowned for its F4F Wildcat aces and distinguished combat record in the Pacific Theater.
  • B. VMF-211
    VMF-211 was a U.S. Marine Corps fighter squadron noted for its courageous but outnumbered defense of Wake Island at the outset of World War II.
  • C. Western Approaches Tactical Unit
    The Western Approaches Tactical Unit was a Royal Navy training and analysis center during World War II that developed and taught anti-submarine warfare tactics to counter German U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic.
  • D. VMF
    VMF is the Russian abbreviation for the Soviet Navy, the maritime branch of the former Soviet Union’s armed forces.
  • E. VMFA-312
    VMFA-312 is a United States Marine Corps fighter attack squadron best known for operating F/A-18 Hornet aircraft in air-to-air and air-to-ground combat roles.
  • 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_69e2458a92ec81908fc1cd5f6407d2ab completed April 17, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f17fbfc5848190aa612ea51df5a9ec completed April 29, 2026, 3:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0bae9fb798819082bddcc4a886ca4e completed May 19, 2026, 12:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0baf84e1c88190abf6f9c18fa3d553 completed May 19, 2026, 12:32 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0bb07b997c819098e64124a575a020 completed May 19, 2026, 12:36 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:40 p.m.