Triple
T1192940
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Siege of Petersburg |
E25602
|
entity |
| Predicate | majorEngagement |
P1700
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Battle of Boydton Plank Road
The Battle of Boydton Plank Road was an 1864 American Civil War engagement in Virginia in which Union forces attempted to cut a key Confederate supply route during the protracted operations around Petersburg.
|
E195802
|
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: Battle of Boydton Plank Road | Statement: [Siege of Petersburg, majorEngagement, Battle of Boydton Plank Road]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Boydton Plank Road Context triple: [Siege of Petersburg, majorEngagement, Battle of Boydton Plank Road]
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A.
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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B.
Battle of Chancellorsville
The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major American Civil War engagement in 1863 in Virginia, noted for Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s audacious and tactically brilliant victory over a much larger Union force.
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C.
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.
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D.
Battle of Shepherdstown
The Battle of Shepherdstown was a minor but strategically important American Civil War engagement in September 1862, marking the Confederate rearguard action as Robert E. Lee’s army withdrew across the Potomac River after the Maryland Campaign.
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E.
Battle of Stillman’s Run
The Battle of Stillman’s Run was an 1832 skirmish in Illinois during the Black Hawk War, notable for a panicked retreat by Illinois militia forces after a clash with Sauk leader Black Hawk’s warriors.
- 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: Battle of Boydton Plank Road Triple: [Siege of Petersburg, majorEngagement, Battle of Boydton Plank Road]
Generated description
The Battle of Boydton Plank Road was an 1864 American Civil War engagement in Virginia in which Union forces attempted to cut a key Confederate supply route during the protracted operations around Petersburg.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Boydton Plank Road Target entity description: The Battle of Boydton Plank Road was an 1864 American Civil War engagement in Virginia in which Union forces attempted to cut a key Confederate supply route during the protracted operations around Petersburg.
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A.
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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B.
Battle of Chancellorsville
The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major American Civil War engagement in 1863 in Virginia, noted for Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s audacious and tactically brilliant victory over a much larger Union force.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
Battle of Shepherdstown
The Battle of Shepherdstown was a minor but strategically important American Civil War engagement in September 1862, marking the Confederate rearguard action as Robert E. Lee’s army withdrew across the Potomac River after the Maryland Campaign.
-
E.
Battle of Stillman’s Run
The Battle of Stillman’s Run was an 1832 skirmish in Illinois during the Black Hawk War, notable for a panicked retreat by Illinois militia forces after a clash with Sauk leader Black Hawk’s warriors.
- 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_69a49429f5ec8190a6a205eb0ae81e5e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bf15423481909cb3e661e58d3d94 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:35 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ada0b77f008190893627daee29c441 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:15 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ada1a0510481908ed8c36c9ae9a1a0 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:19 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ada26343988190bd067ca97186eb96 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:45 p.m.