Triple

T20616933

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Michigan Civil War regiments	`E506590`	entity
Predicate	notableUnit	`P304`	FINISHED
Object	2nd Michigan Infantry Regiment The 2nd Michigan Infantry Regiment was a prominent Union Army volunteer unit from Michigan that saw extensive combat service in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.	`E1442062`	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: 2nd Michigan Infantry Regiment | Statement: [Michigan Civil War regiments, notableUnit, 2nd Michigan Infantry Regiment]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 2nd Michigan Infantry Regiment
Context triple: [Michigan Civil War regiments, notableUnit, 2nd Michigan Infantry Regiment]

A. 1st Michigan Infantry Regiment
The 1st Michigan Infantry Regiment was a prominent Union Army unit from Michigan that saw early and significant service in the American Civil War.
B. 24th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 24th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a distinguished Union Army unit from Michigan that fought with the Iron Brigade and suffered heavy casualties during the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War.
C. 16th Michigan Infantry
The 16th Michigan Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War noted for its crucial role in the defense of Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg.
D. 1st Michigan Colored Infantry Regiment
The 1st Michigan Colored Infantry Regiment was an African American Union Army unit from Michigan that fought in the American Civil War, later redesignated as the 102nd United States Colored Troops.
E. 1st Michigan Sharpshooters Regiment
The 1st Michigan Sharpshooters Regiment was a distinguished Union Civil War unit renowned for its expert marksmen and significant combat service in major Eastern Theater campaigns.
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: 2nd Michigan Infantry Regiment
Triple: [Michigan Civil War regiments, notableUnit, 2nd Michigan Infantry Regiment]

Generated description

The 2nd Michigan Infantry Regiment was a prominent Union Army volunteer unit from Michigan that saw extensive combat service in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 2nd Michigan Infantry Regiment
Target entity description: The 2nd Michigan Infantry Regiment was a prominent Union Army volunteer unit from Michigan that saw extensive combat service in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.

A. 1st Michigan Infantry Regiment
The 1st Michigan Infantry Regiment was a prominent Union Army unit from Michigan that saw early and significant service in the American Civil War.
B. 24th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 24th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a distinguished Union Army unit from Michigan that fought with the Iron Brigade and suffered heavy casualties during the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War.
C. 16th Michigan Infantry
The 16th Michigan Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War noted for its crucial role in the defense of Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg.
D. 1st Michigan Colored Infantry Regiment
The 1st Michigan Colored Infantry Regiment was an African American Union Army unit from Michigan that fought in the American Civil War, later redesignated as the 102nd United States Colored Troops.
E. 1st Michigan Sharpshooters Regiment
The 1st Michigan Sharpshooters Regiment was a distinguished Union Civil War unit renowned for its expert marksmen and significant combat service in major Eastern Theater campaigns.
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_69e0b4bc90988190ac360aaf645efc1d`	completed	April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e6aadd30b88190af3a05527ad5ac64`	completed	April 20, 2026, 10:38 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_6a08c58218b88190b8d2cc4cf6b7cb97`	completed	May 16, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_6a08c6351a24819081124e177beb9f8b`	completed	May 16, 2026, 7:32 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_6a08c6d846608190a1412b521b487ae7`	completed	May 16, 2026, 7:34 p.m.

Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:41 a.m.