Triple

T11897103
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject General (Confederate States Army) E283063 entity
Predicate usedBy P260 FINISHED
Object Confederate States War Department
The Confederate States War Department was the central administrative body responsible for overseeing the Confederate Army’s organization, logistics, and military operations during the American Civil War.
E952388 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 States War Department | Statement: [General (Confederate States Army), usedBy, Confederate States War Department]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Confederate States War Department
Context triple: [General (Confederate States Army), usedBy, Confederate States War Department]
  • A. Confederate Ordnance Department
    The Confederate Ordnance Department was the branch of the Confederate government responsible for supplying, manufacturing, and managing weapons and ammunition for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
  • B. Confederate States Navy Bureau of Provisions and Clothing
    The Confederate States Navy Bureau of Provisions and Clothing was the department responsible for supplying food, uniforms, and related necessities to personnel of the Confederate naval forces during the American Civil War.
  • C. Department of the South
    The Department of the South was a Union Army command during the American Civil War responsible for military operations along the southeastern coast, including parts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
  • D. Confederate States Armed Forces
    The Confederate States Armed Forces were the combined military organizations of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, encompassing its army, navy, and marine corps.
  • E. Confederate States Navy Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography
    The Confederate States Navy Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography was the Civil War–era Confederate naval office responsible for overseeing naval weapons, munitions, and nautical charting and surveying.
  • 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 States War Department
Triple: [General (Confederate States Army), usedBy, Confederate States War Department]
Generated description
The Confederate States War Department was the central administrative body responsible for overseeing the Confederate Army’s organization, logistics, and military operations during the American Civil War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Confederate States War Department
Target entity description: The Confederate States War Department was the central administrative body responsible for overseeing the Confederate Army’s organization, logistics, and military operations during the American Civil War.
  • A. Confederate Ordnance Department
    The Confederate Ordnance Department was the branch of the Confederate government responsible for supplying, manufacturing, and managing weapons and ammunition for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
  • B. Confederate States Navy Bureau of Provisions and Clothing
    The Confederate States Navy Bureau of Provisions and Clothing was the department responsible for supplying food, uniforms, and related necessities to personnel of the Confederate naval forces during the American Civil War.
  • C. Department of the South
    The Department of the South was a Union Army command during the American Civil War responsible for military operations along the southeastern coast, including parts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
  • D. Confederate States Armed Forces
    The Confederate States Armed Forces were the combined military organizations of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, encompassing its army, navy, and marine corps.
  • E. Confederate States Navy Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography
    The Confederate States Navy Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography was the Civil War–era Confederate naval office responsible for overseeing naval weapons, munitions, and nautical charting and surveying.
  • 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_69d6ab2a90b08190a4e818821cc93e6d completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8dd1286808190949719f54ff49a01 completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f418205b788190a4b1b81d89cf7fff completed May 1, 2026, 3:04 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f41f1c21388190b6ecb0fd602abb7d completed May 1, 2026, 3:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f42283c4cc81909793834ef65d2514 completed May 1, 2026, 3:48 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:44 p.m.