Triple
T9651499
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of Maiwand |
E233344
|
entity |
| Predicate | combatantCommanderBritishSide |
P15644
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Brigadier General George Burrows
Brigadier General George Burrows was a British Indian Army officer best known for commanding the British-Indian forces at the disastrous 1880 Battle of Maiwand during the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
|
E813461
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Brigadier General George Burrows | Statement: [Battle of Maiwand, combatantCommanderBritishSide, Brigadier General George Burrows]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brigadier General George Burrows Context triple: [Battle of Maiwand, combatantCommanderBritishSide, Brigadier General George Burrows]
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A.
Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill
Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, remembered for his leadership and for being killed in action at the Battle of Stones River.
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B.
Brigadier-General John Seely
Brigadier-General John Seely was a British soldier and politician who notably led the Canadian Cavalry Brigade during the First World War.
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C.
Brigadier General Stephen H. Weed
Brigadier General Stephen H. Weed was a U.S. Army officer and Civil War brigadier general who was killed at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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D.
Brigadier General Cortlandt Skinner
Brigadier General Cortlandt Skinner was a Loyalist military leader and former attorney general of New Jersey who commanded provincial forces in support of the British during the American Revolutionary War.
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E.
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.
- 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: Brigadier General George Burrows Triple: [Battle of Maiwand, combatantCommanderBritishSide, Brigadier General George Burrows]
Generated description
Brigadier General George Burrows was a British Indian Army officer best known for commanding the British-Indian forces at the disastrous 1880 Battle of Maiwand during the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brigadier General George Burrows Target entity description: Brigadier General George Burrows was a British Indian Army officer best known for commanding the British-Indian forces at the disastrous 1880 Battle of Maiwand during the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
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A.
Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill
Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, remembered for his leadership and for being killed in action at the Battle of Stones River.
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B.
Brigadier-General John Seely
Brigadier-General John Seely was a British soldier and politician who notably led the Canadian Cavalry Brigade during the First World War.
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C.
Brigadier General Stephen H. Weed
Brigadier General Stephen H. Weed was a U.S. Army officer and Civil War brigadier general who was killed at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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D.
Brigadier General Cortlandt Skinner
Brigadier General Cortlandt Skinner was a Loyalist military leader and former attorney general of New Jersey who commanded provincial forces in support of the British during the American Revolutionary War.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: combatantCommanderBritishSide Context triple: [Battle of Maiwand, combatantCommanderBritishSide, Brigadier General George Burrows]
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A.
commandingOfficerBritishSide
chosen
Indicates that one entity serves as the commanding officer of another entity on the British side in a military context.
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B.
combatantRoleOfUnitedKingdom
Indicates that the specified combatant role is one that was held by, or associated with, the United Kingdom in a particular conflict or military context.
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C.
BritishForcesType
Indicates that an entity is classified as a type or category within the British armed forces.
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D.
strengthBritishForces
Indicates the numerical size or combat capacity of British military forces in a given context or operation.
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E.
strength_British_side
Indicates the level or measure of military or strategic power possessed by the British side in a given context.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69ca848b31648190b57aa55da20285be |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd9bb0cce88190b7eacc8b43450d7f |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d18a03438c8190a3419cbed7af4cd4 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 10 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d18a7f4074819086316d0236f09e0b |
completed | April 4, 2026, 10:02 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d18af220808190b91eb750f2939e4e |
completed | April 4, 2026, 10:04 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69ccd5b0263081908cf6df3eb07d71b0 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 8:22 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:13 p.m.