Triple

T22070828
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject U.S. Army Department of Arizona E545399 entity
Predicate hasCommander P1197 FINISHED
Object Colonel Thomas C. Devin
Colonel Thomas C. Devin was a U.S. Army officer and Civil War cavalry commander who later led the Department of Arizona during the Indian Wars.
 E1517743 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: Colonel Thomas C. Devin | Statement: [U.S. Army Department of Arizona, hasCommander, Colonel Thomas C. Devin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Colonel Thomas C. Devin
Context triple: [U.S. Army Department of Arizona, hasCommander, Colonel Thomas C. Devin]
  • A. Colonel George F. James
    Colonel George F. James was a notable figure in California history whose prominence led to the town of Jamestown being named in his honor.
  • B. Colonel Joseph J. Reynolds
    Colonel Joseph J. Reynolds was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading cavalry forces during the Indian Wars of the 19th century.
  • C. Colonel John T. Hall
    Colonel John T. Hall is a fictional, often exasperated commanding officer in the classic television sitcom "The Phil Silvers Show," overseeing the antics of Sergeant Bilko and his platoon.
  • D. Colonel Maxcy Gregg
    Colonel Maxcy Gregg was a Confederate officer and brigade commander from South Carolina who fought in several major battles of the American Civil War before being mortally wounded at Fredericksburg.
  • E. Colonel Andrew J. Esch
    Colonel Andrew J. Esch is a U.S. Army officer and conductor known for his leadership of the prestigious United States Army Band.
  • 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: Colonel Thomas C. Devin
Triple: [U.S. Army Department of Arizona, hasCommander, Colonel Thomas C. Devin]
Generated description
Colonel Thomas C. Devin was a U.S. Army officer and Civil War cavalry commander who later led the Department of Arizona during the Indian Wars.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Colonel Thomas C. Devin
Target entity description: Colonel Thomas C. Devin was a U.S. Army officer and Civil War cavalry commander who later led the Department of Arizona during the Indian Wars.
  • A. Colonel George F. James
    Colonel George F. James was a notable figure in California history whose prominence led to the town of Jamestown being named in his honor.
  • B. Colonel Joseph J. Reynolds
    Colonel Joseph J. Reynolds was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading cavalry forces during the Indian Wars of the 19th century.
  • C. Colonel John T. Hall
    Colonel John T. Hall is a fictional, often exasperated commanding officer in the classic television sitcom "The Phil Silvers Show," overseeing the antics of Sergeant Bilko and his platoon.
  • D. Colonel Maxcy Gregg
    Colonel Maxcy Gregg was a Confederate officer and brigade commander from South Carolina who fought in several major battles of the American Civil War before being mortally wounded at Fredericksburg.
  • E. Colonel Andrew J. Esch
    Colonel Andrew J. Esch is a U.S. Army officer and conductor known for his leadership of the prestigious United States Army Band.
  • 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_69e11e344dfc81909b1d88a7221329c7 completed April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f128881af481909b28cda2d343f4e3 completed April 28, 2026, 9:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a8791ad8481909bd4e555016b97b0 completed May 18, 2026, 3:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a88f6dea0819083e72d699da1c45d completed May 18, 2026, 3:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a897c185081909705cc3d6a87a957 completed May 18, 2026, 3:37 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:28 p.m.