Triple

T21805372
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe E538335 entity
Predicate focusesOn P31 FINISHED
Object Confederate naval procurement in Europe
Confederate naval procurement in Europe was the covert effort by the Confederate States during the American Civil War to acquire, build, and outfit warships and related naval supplies from European powers—especially Britain and France—despite Union diplomatic pressure and neutrality laws.
E1502216 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: Confederate naval procurement in Europe | Statement: [The Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe, focusesOn, Confederate naval procurement in Europe]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Confederate naval procurement in Europe
Context triple: [The Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe, focusesOn, Confederate naval procurement in Europe]
  • A. France and the Confederate Navy
    "France and the Confederate Navy" is a historical study by John Bigelow examining France’s diplomatic and naval involvement with the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
  • B. The Confederate Navy: A Pictorial History
    The Confederate Navy: A Pictorial History is a historical work by Philip Van Doren Stern that uses narrative and illustrations to depict the ships, personnel, and operations of the Confederate naval forces during the American Civil War.
  • C. Anglo-American naval warfare
    Anglo-American naval warfare refers to the series of naval conflicts and strategies between British and American forces, particularly prominent during the War of 1812 and other 18th–19th century maritime confrontations.
  • D. Sea Power in Its Relations to the War of 1812
    Sea Power in Its Relations to the War of 1812 is a two-volume historical and strategic analysis by naval historian Alfred Thayer Mahan examining how maritime strength influenced the outcome and conduct of the War of 1812.
  • E. Confederate States Navy Bureau of Steam Engineering
    The Confederate States Navy Bureau of Steam Engineering was the department responsible for overseeing the design, construction, and maintenance of steam propulsion systems and related engineering for the Confederate naval forces 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: Confederate naval procurement in Europe
Triple: [The Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe, focusesOn, Confederate naval procurement in Europe]
Generated description
Confederate naval procurement in Europe was the covert effort by the Confederate States during the American Civil War to acquire, build, and outfit warships and related naval supplies from European powers—especially Britain and France—despite Union diplomatic pressure and neutrality laws.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Confederate naval procurement in Europe
Target entity description: Confederate naval procurement in Europe was the covert effort by the Confederate States during the American Civil War to acquire, build, and outfit warships and related naval supplies from European powers—especially Britain and France—despite Union diplomatic pressure and neutrality laws.
  • A. France and the Confederate Navy
    "France and the Confederate Navy" is a historical study by John Bigelow examining France’s diplomatic and naval involvement with the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
  • B. The Confederate Navy: A Pictorial History
    The Confederate Navy: A Pictorial History is a historical work by Philip Van Doren Stern that uses narrative and illustrations to depict the ships, personnel, and operations of the Confederate naval forces during the American Civil War.
  • C. Anglo-American naval warfare
    Anglo-American naval warfare refers to the series of naval conflicts and strategies between British and American forces, particularly prominent during the War of 1812 and other 18th–19th century maritime confrontations.
  • D. Sea Power in Its Relations to the War of 1812
    Sea Power in Its Relations to the War of 1812 is a two-volume historical and strategic analysis by naval historian Alfred Thayer Mahan examining how maritime strength influenced the outcome and conduct of the War of 1812.
  • E. Confederate States Navy Bureau of Steam Engineering
    The Confederate States Navy Bureau of Steam Engineering was the department responsible for overseeing the design, construction, and maintenance of steam propulsion systems and related engineering for the Confederate naval forces 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_69e0c473f0f8819086c9d1b4a143bd67 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f07801fa8081909098d00947bf8f7f completed April 28, 2026, 9:04 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a3e84e9008190beac0f734864fc21 completed May 17, 2026, 10:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a3f4358d48190a88208a55d19a9ef completed May 17, 2026, 10:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a404206e0819080c640619cd277ab completed May 17, 2026, 10:25 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:53 p.m.