Triple

T14816706
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Edwin V. Sumner E348335 entity
Predicate nickname P55 FINISHED
Object Bull Sumner
Bull Sumner was the nickname of Edwin V. Sumner, a prominent U.S. Army officer and Union general during the American Civil War.
E1122506 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: Bull Sumner | Statement: [Edwin V. Sumner, nickname, Bull Sumner]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bull Sumner
Context triple: [Edwin V. Sumner, nickname, Bull Sumner]
  • A. Topper Headon
    Topper Headon is an English drummer best known for his powerful, versatile playing with the influential punk rock band The Clash.
  • B. Martyn Phillips
    Martyn Phillips is a British record producer best known for his work on early-1990s dance and pop hits, including Londonbeat’s chart-topping single "I've Been Thinking About You."
  • C. Mick Ward
    Mick Ward is a musician best known for his work with the band Kingfish.
  • D. Richey Edwards
    Richey Edwards was the enigmatic lyricist and rhythm guitarist of Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers, renowned for his intense intellectual themes, self-destructive persona, and mysterious disappearance in 1995.
  • E. Alan McNeil
    Alan McNeil is an editor known for his work on the publication "The Cat's-Paw."
  • 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: Bull Sumner
Triple: [Edwin V. Sumner, nickname, Bull Sumner]
Generated description
Bull Sumner was the nickname of Edwin V. Sumner, a prominent U.S. Army officer and Union general during the American Civil War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bull Sumner
Target entity description: Bull Sumner was the nickname of Edwin V. Sumner, a prominent U.S. Army officer and Union general during the American Civil War.
  • A. Topper Headon
    Topper Headon is an English drummer best known for his powerful, versatile playing with the influential punk rock band The Clash.
  • B. Martyn Phillips
    Martyn Phillips is a British record producer best known for his work on early-1990s dance and pop hits, including Londonbeat’s chart-topping single "I've Been Thinking About You."
  • C. Mick Ward
    Mick Ward is a musician best known for his work with the band Kingfish.
  • D. Richey Edwards
    Richey Edwards was the enigmatic lyricist and rhythm guitarist of Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers, renowned for his intense intellectual themes, self-destructive persona, and mysterious disappearance in 1995.
  • E. Alan McNeil
    Alan McNeil is an editor known for his work on the publication "The Cat's-Paw."
  • 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_69d822eb8f588190bf53445e730a934f completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69decfe2c1ec81908b3dff7a5d0e85d0 completed April 14, 2026, 11:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe3897691c819085ef89480e730723 completed May 8, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe5178e8b481909c88ee7db29f037c completed May 8, 2026, 9:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe5217512c8190b0cea476f4b95007 completed May 8, 2026, 9:13 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:49 a.m.