Triple
T5303070
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James M. McPherson |
E120029
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War
This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War is a collection of essays by historian James M. McPherson that examines the causes, conduct, and consequences of the American Civil War from multiple interpretive angles.
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E509624
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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: This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War | Statement: [James M. McPherson, notableWork, This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War Context triple: [James M. McPherson, notableWork, This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War]
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A.
The True Story of the Civil War
The True Story of the Civil War is a short documentary film that presents an overview of the American Civil War using period photographs, documents, and narration to depict the conflict’s major events and significance.
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B.
American Civil War–era congressional debates
American Civil War–era congressional debates were intense legislative discussions in the U.S. Congress over issues such as secession, slavery, wartime powers, and Reconstruction that helped shape the nation’s political and constitutional trajectory during and after the Civil War.
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C.
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era is James M. McPherson’s acclaimed one-volume history of the American Civil War, renowned for its comprehensive narrative and scholarly insight.
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D.
The Blue and the Gray
The Blue and the Gray is a 1982 American television miniseries that dramatizes the American Civil War through the intertwined lives of two families on opposing sides of the conflict.
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E.
From Manassas to Appomattox
From Manassas to Appomattox is the memoir of Confederate General James Longstreet, recounting his experiences and perspectives on major campaigns of 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: This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War Triple: [James M. McPherson, notableWork, This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War]
Generated description
This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War is a collection of essays by historian James M. McPherson that examines the causes, conduct, and consequences of the American Civil War from multiple interpretive angles.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War Target entity description: This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War is a collection of essays by historian James M. McPherson that examines the causes, conduct, and consequences of the American Civil War from multiple interpretive angles.
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A.
The True Story of the Civil War
The True Story of the Civil War is a short documentary film that presents an overview of the American Civil War using period photographs, documents, and narration to depict the conflict’s major events and significance.
-
B.
American Civil War–era congressional debates
American Civil War–era congressional debates were intense legislative discussions in the U.S. Congress over issues such as secession, slavery, wartime powers, and Reconstruction that helped shape the nation’s political and constitutional trajectory during and after the Civil War.
-
C.
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era is James M. McPherson’s acclaimed one-volume history of the American Civil War, renowned for its comprehensive narrative and scholarly insight.
-
D.
The Blue and the Gray
The Blue and the Gray is a 1982 American television miniseries that dramatizes the American Civil War through the intertwined lives of two families on opposing sides of the conflict.
-
E.
From Manassas to Appomattox
From Manassas to Appomattox is the memoir of Confederate General James Longstreet, recounting his experiences and perspectives on major campaigns of 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_69bd44704be88190acdb2ac481b0ff55 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd851b685c8190b7ed8c762a807395 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:34 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf10f3b9ac81909cd2ca2278b11d3e |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:43 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf11635b9c819092130c46caea9306 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:45 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf11e982d08190bc74312bf6ee7127 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:53 p.m.