Triple

T1192945
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Siege of Petersburg E25602 entity
Predicate involvedUnit P1063 FINISHED
Object Army of the James
The Army of the James was a Union field army in the American Civil War that operated primarily in Virginia, notably participating in the campaigns against Richmond and Petersburg.
E139102 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: Army of the James | Statement: [Siege of Petersburg, involvedUnit, Army of the James]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Army of the James
Context triple: [Siege of Petersburg, involvedUnit, Army of the James]
  • A. Army of the Shenandoah (Confederate)
    The Army of the Shenandoah (Confederate) was an early Confederate field army operating in the strategically vital Shenandoah Valley of Virginia during the opening phase of the American Civil War.
  • B. Army of Northern Virginia
    The Army of Northern Virginia was the Confederacy’s principal field army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, renowned for its major campaigns and battles under General Robert E. Lee.
  • C. Tarleton's Legion
    Tarleton's Legion was a British Loyalist cavalry and light infantry unit in the American Revolutionary War, notorious for its swift raids and brutal tactics in the Southern Campaigns.
  • D. Army of the North
    The Army of the North was a key Argentine revolutionary force that campaigned in the northern regions of the former Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata during the Argentine War of Independence.
  • E. Confederate Army of Mississippi
    The Confederate Army of Mississippi was a major Confederate field army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, notably commanded by generals such as Albert Sidney Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard.
  • 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: Army of the James
Triple: [Siege of Petersburg, involvedUnit, Army of the James]
Generated description
The Army of the James was a Union field army in the American Civil War that operated primarily in Virginia, notably participating in the campaigns against Richmond and Petersburg.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Army of the James
Target entity description: The Army of the James was a Union field army in the American Civil War that operated primarily in Virginia, notably participating in the campaigns against Richmond and Petersburg.
  • A. Army of the Shenandoah (Confederate)
    The Army of the Shenandoah (Confederate) was an early Confederate field army operating in the strategically vital Shenandoah Valley of Virginia during the opening phase of the American Civil War.
  • B. Army of Northern Virginia
    The Army of Northern Virginia was the Confederacy’s principal field army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, renowned for its major campaigns and battles under General Robert E. Lee.
  • C. Tarleton's Legion
    Tarleton's Legion was a British Loyalist cavalry and light infantry unit in the American Revolutionary War, notorious for its swift raids and brutal tactics in the Southern Campaigns.
  • D. Army of the North
    The Army of the North was a key Argentine revolutionary force that campaigned in the northern regions of the former Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata during the Argentine War of Independence.
  • E. Confederate Army of Mississippi
    The Confederate Army of Mississippi was a major Confederate field army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, notably commanded by generals such as Albert Sidney Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard.
  • 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_69a4bd761ef08190b431b80f326d1ab2 completed March 1, 2026, 10:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac83146f2881909e230bc9de28a76b completed March 7, 2026, 7:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac837e06cc8190b0da34646fa78c0c completed March 7, 2026, 7:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac84309acc8190aac6c3c78246b352 completed March 7, 2026, 8:01 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:45 p.m.