Triple
T1340179
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Wilmington insurrection of 1898 |
E28445
|
entity |
| Predicate | participant |
P858
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alfred Moore Waddell
Alfred Moore Waddell was a North Carolina lawyer, Confederate veteran, and white supremacist politician who became notorious for leading the violent 1898 coup in Wilmington that overthrew the city’s multiracial government.
|
E490627
|
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: Alfred Moore Waddell | Statement: [Wilmington insurrection of 1898, participant, Alfred Moore Waddell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Moore Waddell Context triple: [Wilmington insurrection of 1898, participant, Alfred Moore Waddell]
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A.
Gustavus W. Smith
Gustavus W. Smith was a Confederate major general and briefly acting commander of the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.
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B.
Thomas S. Tait
Thomas S. Tait was a prominent Scottish modernist architect known for major public and commercial buildings in the early 20th century, including landmark works in Edinburgh and London.
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C.
Charles D. Norton
Charles D. Norton was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
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D.
Thomas U. Walter
Thomas U. Walter was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for designing the cast-iron dome of the United States Capitol and shaping key federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
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E.
James Ewing
James Ewing was a pioneering American pathologist and oncologist whose work helped establish cancer research and treatment as a distinct medical discipline.
- 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: Alfred Moore Waddell Triple: [Wilmington insurrection of 1898, participant, Alfred Moore Waddell]
Generated description
Alfred Moore Waddell was a North Carolina lawyer, Confederate veteran, and white supremacist politician who became notorious for leading the violent 1898 coup in Wilmington that overthrew the city’s multiracial government.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Moore Waddell Target entity description: Alfred Moore Waddell was a North Carolina lawyer, Confederate veteran, and white supremacist politician who became notorious for leading the violent 1898 coup in Wilmington that overthrew the city’s multiracial government.
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A.
Gustavus W. Smith
Gustavus W. Smith was a Confederate major general and briefly acting commander of the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.
-
B.
Thomas S. Tait
Thomas S. Tait was a prominent Scottish modernist architect known for major public and commercial buildings in the early 20th century, including landmark works in Edinburgh and London.
-
C.
Charles D. Norton
Charles D. Norton was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
-
D.
Thomas U. Walter
Thomas U. Walter was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for designing the cast-iron dome of the United States Capitol and shaping key federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
-
E.
James Ewing
James Ewing was a pioneering American pathologist and oncologist whose work helped establish cancer research and treatment as a distinct medical discipline.
- 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_69a49854eb3481908c7d56b2e449a290 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c21490488190b4281a16c87677d1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bea45464fc8190933e1347d23eb99b |
completed | March 21, 2026, 1:59 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bea6c475d48190a33de1ed3fdaf5b1 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:10 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bea718d5588190a927d45fba45c039 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:11 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:56 p.m.