Triple

T18370228
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Edward Porter Alexander E446162 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Military Memoirs of a Confederate
Military Memoirs of a Confederate is a classic first-person Civil War account by Confederate artillery officer Edward Porter Alexander, noted for its detailed, candid analysis of campaigns and commanders.
E1320697 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: Military Memoirs of a Confederate | Statement: [Edward Porter Alexander, notableWork, Military Memoirs of a Confederate]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Military Memoirs of a Confederate
Context triple: [Edward Porter Alexander, notableWork, Military Memoirs of a Confederate]
  • A. Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States
    Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States is a historical account of the American Revolutionary War’s Southern campaigns written by Continental Army cavalry officer Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee.
  • B. Recollections of the Civil War
    Recollections of the Civil War is a memoir by journalist and former Assistant Secretary of War Charles A. Dana, offering an insider’s account of Union leadership and military operations during the American Civil War.
  • C. Reminiscences of the Civil War
    Reminiscences of the Civil War is a memoir by Confederate General John B. Gordon recounting his experiences and perspectives during the American Civil War.
  • D. A Virginia Girl in the Civil War, 1861–1865: Being a Record of the Actual Experiences of the Wife of a Confederate Officer
    "A Virginia Girl in the Civil War, 1861–1865: Being a Record of the Actual Experiences of the Wife of a Confederate Officer" is a memoir-style account offering a personal, firsthand perspective on life in the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
  • E. Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate States Armies
    Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate States Armies is a postwar memoir by Confederate General John Bell Hood recounting his military service and defending his conduct during the American Civil War.
  • 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: Military Memoirs of a Confederate
Triple: [Edward Porter Alexander, notableWork, Military Memoirs of a Confederate]
Generated description
Military Memoirs of a Confederate is a classic first-person Civil War account by Confederate artillery officer Edward Porter Alexander, noted for its detailed, candid analysis of campaigns and commanders.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Military Memoirs of a Confederate
Target entity description: Military Memoirs of a Confederate is a classic first-person Civil War account by Confederate artillery officer Edward Porter Alexander, noted for its detailed, candid analysis of campaigns and commanders.
  • A. Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States
    Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States is a historical account of the American Revolutionary War’s Southern campaigns written by Continental Army cavalry officer Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee.
  • B. Recollections of the Civil War
    Recollections of the Civil War is a memoir by journalist and former Assistant Secretary of War Charles A. Dana, offering an insider’s account of Union leadership and military operations during the American Civil War.
  • C. Reminiscences of the Civil War
    Reminiscences of the Civil War is a memoir by Confederate General John B. Gordon recounting his experiences and perspectives during the American Civil War.
  • D. A Virginia Girl in the Civil War, 1861–1865: Being a Record of the Actual Experiences of the Wife of a Confederate Officer
    "A Virginia Girl in the Civil War, 1861–1865: Being a Record of the Actual Experiences of the Wife of a Confederate Officer" is a memoir-style account offering a personal, firsthand perspective on life in the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
  • E. Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate States Armies
    Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate States Armies is a postwar memoir by Confederate General John Bell Hood recounting his military service and defending his conduct during the American Civil War.
  • 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_69d8b9f370b88190b1e5081c2c238e7f completed April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e51751e4288190873bcc4dc140ac16 completed April 19, 2026, 5:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a03d77869e48190a7221d97c99dd2fd completed May 13, 2026, 1:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03d831538881908117b180f6cb16da completed May 13, 2026, 1:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03d8b2a8208190a3c346db913cf58c completed May 13, 2026, 1:49 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:44 a.m.