Triple
T12085571
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | McPherson County, South Dakota |
E287798
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object | James B. McPherson |
E243527
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: James B. McPherson | Statement: [McPherson County, South Dakota, namedAfter, James B. McPherson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James B. McPherson Context triple: [McPherson County, South Dakota, namedAfter, James B. McPherson]
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A.
James B. McPherson
chosen
James B. McPherson was a prominent Union major general during the American Civil War, known for his leadership in the Western Theater and his death at the Battle of Atlanta.
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B.
James M. McPherson
James M. McPherson is a prominent American Civil War historian and author, best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning book "Battle Cry of Freedom."
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C.
Guy Levis Grant
Guy Levis Grant was an American dentist and educator best known as one of the ten founders of the historically Black fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi.
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D.
Samuel Simpson Grant
Samuel Simpson Grant was a member of the Simpson–Grant family connected to U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant through his mother, Hannah Simpson Grant.
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E.
Jubal Anderson Early
Jubal Anderson Early was a Confederate general in the American Civil War, known for his aggressive command style and postwar role as a leading proponent of the Lost Cause narrative.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d6ab4964708190850585628b287b0c |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d91513bbb0819084a8bb877e03060c |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f5f668eff88190877ce9bb991c1258 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:48 p.m.