Triple

T20892052
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James C. Rice E514430 entity
Predicate category P87 FINISHED
Object Union Army colonels
Union Army colonels were senior field officers who commanded regiments for the United States during the American Civil War, often playing key leadership roles in major battles and campaigns.
E1456042 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: Union Army colonels | Statement: [James C. Rice, category, Union Army colonels]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Union Army colonels
Context triple: [James C. Rice, category, Union Army colonels]
  • A. Union Army Cavalry Corps
    The Union Army Cavalry Corps was the mounted combat branch of the Union Army during the American Civil War, known for its reconnaissance, screening, and raiding operations against Confederate forces.
  • B. Union Army
    The Union Army was the land-based military force of the United States (the North) during the American Civil War, fighting to preserve the Union and ultimately defeat the Confederacy.
  • C. Army of the Mississippi
    The Army of the Mississippi was a Union field army during the American Civil War that operated primarily in the Western Theater, participating in key campaigns along the Mississippi River and in the Western states.
  • D. Union Army infantry
    Union Army infantry were the primary foot soldiers of the United States during the American Civil War, responsible for most of the ground combat against Confederate forces.
  • E. Commander of the Southern Department, U.S. Army
    The Commander of the Southern Department, U.S. Army was the senior officer responsible for overseeing U.S. Army forces and military operations across the southern region of the United States during the early 20th century.
  • 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: Union Army colonels
Triple: [James C. Rice, category, Union Army colonels]
Generated description
Union Army colonels were senior field officers who commanded regiments for the United States during the American Civil War, often playing key leadership roles in major battles and campaigns.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Union Army colonels
Target entity description: Union Army colonels were senior field officers who commanded regiments for the United States during the American Civil War, often playing key leadership roles in major battles and campaigns.
  • A. Union Army Cavalry Corps
    The Union Army Cavalry Corps was the mounted combat branch of the Union Army during the American Civil War, known for its reconnaissance, screening, and raiding operations against Confederate forces.
  • B. Union Army
    The Union Army was the land-based military force of the United States (the North) during the American Civil War, fighting to preserve the Union and ultimately defeat the Confederacy.
  • C. Army of the Mississippi
    The Army of the Mississippi was a Union field army during the American Civil War that operated primarily in the Western Theater, participating in key campaigns along the Mississippi River and in the Western states.
  • D. Union Army infantry
    Union Army infantry were the primary foot soldiers of the United States during the American Civil War, responsible for most of the ground combat against Confederate forces.
  • E. Commander of the Southern Department, U.S. Army
    The Commander of the Southern Department, U.S. Army was the senior officer responsible for overseeing U.S. Army forces and military operations across the southern region of the United States during the early 20th century.
  • 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_69e0b4f7ebe48190952a85547a0f31a1 completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6d05f0bec8190a296db546bd34114 completed April 21, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0918c956d881909f3209f6960bcb20 completed May 17, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0919d9d4008190a19a42a0d699c108 completed May 17, 2026, 1:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a091a3c7e5c81908a4510d411be5bfa completed May 17, 2026, 1:30 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:46 p.m.