Triple

T17817302
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Lynchburg E444879 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object John McCausland
John McCausland was a Confederate brigadier general in the American Civil War, noted for his cavalry leadership and controversial burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
 E1339188 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: John McCausland | Statement: [Battle of Lynchburg, commander, John McCausland]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John McCausland
Context triple: [Battle of Lynchburg, commander, John McCausland]
  • A. Paul Satterfield
    Paul Satterfield is a film professional known for his work as a sequence director on classic animated features such as Disney’s 1942 film "Bambi."
  • B. George McCorkle
    George McCorkle was an American guitarist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Southern rock group The Marshall Tucker Band.
  • C. John L. McLucas
    John L. McLucas was an American aerospace engineer and defense official who served as Secretary of the Air Force and made significant contributions to aviation and space technology.
  • D. Joseph McCasland
    Joseph McCasland is a film editor known for his work on the comedy movie "Drunk Parents."
  • E. Philip M. Landrum
    Philip M. Landrum was an American congressman from Georgia best known as a co-author of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (the Landrum–Griffin Act), which regulated labor unions and their internal affairs.
  • 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: John McCausland
Triple: [Battle of Lynchburg, commander, John McCausland]
Generated description
John McCausland was a Confederate brigadier general in the American Civil War, noted for his cavalry leadership and controversial burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John McCausland
Target entity description: John McCausland was a Confederate brigadier general in the American Civil War, noted for his cavalry leadership and controversial burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
  • A. Paul Satterfield
    Paul Satterfield is a film professional known for his work as a sequence director on classic animated features such as Disney’s 1942 film "Bambi."
  • B. George McCorkle
    George McCorkle was an American guitarist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Southern rock group The Marshall Tucker Band.
  • C. John L. McLucas
    John L. McLucas was an American aerospace engineer and defense official who served as Secretary of the Air Force and made significant contributions to aviation and space technology.
  • D. Joseph McCasland
    Joseph McCasland is a film editor known for his work on the comedy movie "Drunk Parents."
  • E. Philip M. Landrum
    Philip M. Landrum was an American congressman from Georgia best known as a co-author of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (the Landrum–Griffin Act), which regulated labor unions and their internal affairs.
  • 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_69d8b9f0de78819099395b14db75a8a6 completed April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e48880457c81908214741d6cd7a1ee completed April 19, 2026, 7:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a052b1ba79c8190b320d8071cae664d completed May 14, 2026, 1:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a052bf3949481908d2679bbe077ec0c completed May 14, 2026, 1:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a052c8a8be48190a49d054a9d39ca2a completed May 14, 2026, 1:59 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:14 a.m.