Triple

T12370536
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John E. Wool E294987 entity
Predicate commanded P2333 FINISHED
Object Department of the Pacific
The Department of the Pacific was a 19th-century U.S. Army administrative command responsible for overseeing military operations and defense across the Pacific Coast region.
 E979044 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: Department of the Pacific | Statement: [John E. Wool, commanded, Department of the Pacific]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Department of the Pacific
Context triple: [John E. Wool, commanded, Department of the Pacific]
  • A. Department of the Gulf
    The Department of the Gulf was a Union Army military command during the American Civil War responsible for operations along the Gulf Coast, including the occupation of New Orleans and surrounding regions.
  • B. Department of the Navy
    The Department of the Navy is a U.S. federal executive department responsible for organizing, training, and equipping the United States Navy and Marine Corps as key maritime components of the nation’s armed forces.
  • C. Department of Naval Services
    The Department of Naval Services was a former Canadian government department responsible for administering and overseeing the country’s naval forces before its functions were absorbed into the Department of National Defence.
  • D. Naval Civil Affairs Department
    The Naval Civil Affairs Department is a unit of the Royal Thai Navy responsible for managing civil-military relations, community outreach, and support to civilian populations.
  • E. Department of the Peninsula
    The Department of the Peninsula was a Confederate Army administrative and operational district in Virginia that oversaw military forces and defenses on the Virginia Peninsula during the American Civil War.
  • 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: Department of the Pacific
Triple: [John E. Wool, commanded, Department of the Pacific]
Generated description
The Department of the Pacific was a 19th-century U.S. Army administrative command responsible for overseeing military operations and defense across the Pacific Coast region.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Department of the Pacific
Target entity description: The Department of the Pacific was a 19th-century U.S. Army administrative command responsible for overseeing military operations and defense across the Pacific Coast region.
  • A. Department of the Gulf
    The Department of the Gulf was a Union Army military command during the American Civil War responsible for operations along the Gulf Coast, including the occupation of New Orleans and surrounding regions.
  • B. Department of the Navy
    The Department of the Navy is a U.S. federal executive department responsible for organizing, training, and equipping the United States Navy and Marine Corps as key maritime components of the nation’s armed forces.
  • C. Department of Naval Services
    The Department of Naval Services was a former Canadian government department responsible for administering and overseeing the country’s naval forces before its functions were absorbed into the Department of National Defence.
  • D. Naval Civil Affairs Department
    The Naval Civil Affairs Department is a unit of the Royal Thai Navy responsible for managing civil-military relations, community outreach, and support to civilian populations.
  • E. Department of the Peninsula
    The Department of the Peninsula was a Confederate Army administrative and operational district in Virginia that oversaw military forces and defenses on the Virginia Peninsula during the American Civil War.
  • 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_69d6ab6d8a4081908636601e69ddf262 completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d93fa65a608190a1597a49751185a8 completed April 10, 2026, 6:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f62abfd9c081909803691d3fc4f149 completed May 2, 2026, 4:48 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f62be4de888190aac94d441748d295 completed May 2, 2026, 4:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f62d51ab8081909c6f534051019dca completed May 2, 2026, 4:58 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:54 p.m.