Triple
T8844030
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of Appomattox Station |
E210457
|
entity |
| Predicate | alsoKnownAs |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Engagement at Appomattox Station |
E210457
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Engagement at Appomattox Station | Statement: [Battle of Appomattox Station, alsoKnownAs, Engagement at Appomattox Station]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Engagement at Appomattox Station Context triple: [Battle of Appomattox Station, alsoKnownAs, Engagement at Appomattox Station]
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A.
“The Surrender at Appomattox”
“The Surrender at Appomattox” is a poem by Herman Melville reflecting on the Confederate surrender that effectively ended the American Civil War.
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B.
Appomattox Station and Appomattox Court House operations
The Appomattox Station and Appomattox Court House operations, collectively known as the Appomattox Campaign, were the final series of Civil War battles in Virginia that led to General Robert E. Lee’s surrender and effectively ended major Confederate resistance.
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C.
“The March into Virginia”
“The March into Virginia” is a Civil War–themed poem by Herman Melville included in his collection *Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War*, reflecting on the experiences and emotions of soldiers entering the conflict.
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D.
Appomattox Station
Appomattox Station is a historic Civil War site in Appomattox County, Virginia, associated with the final days of the Confederacy and the surrender of General Robert E. Lee.
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E.
Battle of Appomattox Station
chosen
The Battle of Appomattox Station was a late–Civil War engagement in April 1865 in which Union forces captured Confederate supply trains near Appomattox, hastening General Robert E. Lee’s surrender.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca838967bc8190b46c3c80a2887ea4 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc608a73c88190875409fef79ffc8a |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:02 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cf89ad0a3c8190a2bcf9a106138835 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 9:34 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:48 p.m.