Triple
T1192936
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Siege of Petersburg |
E25602
|
entity |
| Predicate | majorEngagement |
P1700
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Second Battle of Petersburg
The Second Battle of Petersburg was a key June 1864 American Civil War clash in Virginia in which failed Union assaults against Confederate defenses led directly to the prolonged Siege of Petersburg.
|
E189715
|
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: Second Battle of Petersburg | Statement: [Siege of Petersburg, majorEngagement, Second Battle of Petersburg]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Second Battle of Petersburg Context triple: [Siege of Petersburg, majorEngagement, Second Battle of Petersburg]
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A.
Siege of Petersburg
The Siege of Petersburg was a prolonged series of trench warfare operations in 1864–1865 around Petersburg, Virginia, whose eventual Union victory cut off Confederate supply lines and led directly to the fall of Richmond and the end of the American Civil War.
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B.
Richmond–Petersburg Campaign
The Richmond–Petersburg Campaign was a prolonged series of American Civil War battles in 1864–1865 in which Union forces sought to cut off and capture the Confederate strongholds of Richmond and Petersburg, leading directly to the collapse of the Confederacy.
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C.
Battle of Cold Harbor
The Battle of Cold Harbor was a major and notoriously bloody 1864 Civil War engagement near Richmond, Virginia, in which Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee repelled repeated Union assaults during Ulysses S. Grant’s Overland Campaign.
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D.
Second Battle of Winchester
The Second Battle of Winchester was a major Confederate victory in June 1863 during the American Civil War that opened the Shenandoah Valley for Robert E. Lee’s army and set the stage for the Gettysburg Campaign.
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E.
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House was a major and brutal engagement of the American Civil War’s Overland Campaign in May 1864, marked by intense trench warfare and heavy casualties between Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee.
- 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: Second Battle of Petersburg Triple: [Siege of Petersburg, majorEngagement, Second Battle of Petersburg]
Generated description
The Second Battle of Petersburg was a key June 1864 American Civil War clash in Virginia in which failed Union assaults against Confederate defenses led directly to the prolonged Siege of Petersburg.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Second Battle of Petersburg Target entity description: The Second Battle of Petersburg was a key June 1864 American Civil War clash in Virginia in which failed Union assaults against Confederate defenses led directly to the prolonged Siege of Petersburg.
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A.
Siege of Petersburg
The Siege of Petersburg was a prolonged series of trench warfare operations in 1864–1865 around Petersburg, Virginia, whose eventual Union victory cut off Confederate supply lines and led directly to the fall of Richmond and the end of the American Civil War.
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B.
Richmond–Petersburg Campaign
The Richmond–Petersburg Campaign was a prolonged series of American Civil War battles in 1864–1865 in which Union forces sought to cut off and capture the Confederate strongholds of Richmond and Petersburg, leading directly to the collapse of the Confederacy.
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C.
Battle of Cold Harbor
The Battle of Cold Harbor was a major and notoriously bloody 1864 Civil War engagement near Richmond, Virginia, in which Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee repelled repeated Union assaults during Ulysses S. Grant’s Overland Campaign.
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D.
Second Battle of Winchester
The Second Battle of Winchester was a major Confederate victory in June 1863 during the American Civil War that opened the Shenandoah Valley for Robert E. Lee’s army and set the stage for the Gettysburg Campaign.
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E.
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House was a major and brutal engagement of the American Civil War’s Overland Campaign in May 1864, marked by intense trench warfare and heavy casualties between Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: majorEngagement Context triple: [Siege of Petersburg, majorEngagement, Second Battle of Petersburg]
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A.
majorUse
Indicates that something serves as the primary or most significant use or application of an entity.
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B.
placeOfMainEngagement
Indicates the primary location where an entity carries out its main activities, operations, or engagements.
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C.
notableEngagement
chosen
Indicates a significant interaction, involvement, or participation between entities that is noteworthy or distinguished in some context.
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D.
majorExpansionUnder
Indicates that one entity is undergoing or has undergone a significant enlargement, growth, or extension while being under the authority, control, or scope of another entity.
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E.
majorCampaignType
Indicates the primary category or classification of a campaign within a broader set of campaign types.
- 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_69a49429f5ec8190a6a205eb0ae81e5e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bd761ef08190b431b80f326d1ab2 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad718af9a08190b16c7df72d1ef1d3 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:54 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad73705bd081909c021e55f7c1882b |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:02 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad73d9746c8190b6d673bdb8c202d3 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a4bb5bacc481909e8dfd5215e4711a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:19 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:45 p.m.