Triple

T12904149
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Confederate States Postmaster General E308688 entity
Predicate headOf P652 FINISHED
Object Confederate States Post Office Department
The Confederate States Post Office Department was the postal system of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, responsible for managing mail delivery and related services across the seceded Southern states.
E1008188 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: Confederate States Post Office Department | Statement: [Confederate States Postmaster General, headOf, Confederate States Post Office Department]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Confederate States Post Office Department
Context triple: [Confederate States Postmaster General, headOf, Confederate States Post Office Department]
  • A. Post Office Department
    The Post Office Department was the former cabinet-level agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for national mail delivery before its functions were transferred to the United States Postal Service in 1971.
  • B. Confederate States Treasury
    The Confederate States Treasury was the financial department of the Confederate government responsible for managing its fiscal policy, public debt, and wartime financing during the American Civil War.
  • C. The Postal Service
    The Postal Service is an American indie pop/electronic music project best known for its 2003 album "Give Up" and its collaboration between Ben Gibbard and producer Jimmy Tamborello.
  • D. Confederate States Postmaster General
    The Confederate States Postmaster General was the chief executive officer responsible for overseeing postal services and mail delivery within the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
  • E. Confederate States War Department
    The Confederate States War Department was the central administrative body responsible for overseeing the Confederate Army’s organization, logistics, and military operations 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: Confederate States Post Office Department
Triple: [Confederate States Postmaster General, headOf, Confederate States Post Office Department]
Generated description
The Confederate States Post Office Department was the postal system of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, responsible for managing mail delivery and related services across the seceded Southern states.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Confederate States Post Office Department
Target entity description: The Confederate States Post Office Department was the postal system of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, responsible for managing mail delivery and related services across the seceded Southern states.
  • A. Post Office Department
    The Post Office Department was the former cabinet-level agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for national mail delivery before its functions were transferred to the United States Postal Service in 1971.
  • B. Confederate States Treasury
    The Confederate States Treasury was the financial department of the Confederate government responsible for managing its fiscal policy, public debt, and wartime financing during the American Civil War.
  • C. The Postal Service
    The Postal Service is an American indie pop/electronic music project best known for its 2003 album "Give Up" and its collaboration between Ben Gibbard and producer Jimmy Tamborello.
  • D. Confederate States Postmaster General
    The Confederate States Postmaster General was the chief executive officer responsible for overseeing postal services and mail delivery within the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
  • E. Confederate States War Department
    The Confederate States War Department was the central administrative body responsible for overseeing the Confederate Army’s organization, logistics, and military operations 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_69d7bdf92b588190acdf2a2291ac4590 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d971831bd48190b0ecd13e7181bbc6 completed April 10, 2026, 9:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6a563a84c8190a75d830653661518 completed May 3, 2026, 1:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6a642726c8190ade35df474bab672 completed May 3, 2026, 1:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6a6cbec348190a96a0194b2d6be4b completed May 3, 2026, 1:37 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:40 p.m.