Triple
T1585920
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Fort Monroe, Virginia |
E34064
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableEvent |
P259
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
“Contraband decision” offering refuge to escaped enslaved people in 1861
The “Contraband decision” was an 1861 Civil War–era policy at Fort Monroe, Virginia, that treated escaped enslaved people who reached Union lines as confiscated enemy property rather than returned fugitives, effectively granting them refuge and undermining slavery.
|
E178496
|
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: “Contraband decision” offering refuge to escaped enslaved people in 1861 | Statement: [Fort Monroe, Virginia, notableEvent, “Contraband decision” offering refuge to escaped enslaved people in 1861]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Contraband decision” offering refuge to escaped enslaved people in 1861 Context triple: [Fort Monroe, Virginia, notableEvent, “Contraband decision” offering refuge to escaped enslaved people in 1861]
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A.
A Ride for Liberty – The Fugitive Slaves
A Ride for Liberty – The Fugitive Slaves is a mid-19th-century painting by American artist Eastman Johnson that dramatically depicts an enslaved family fleeing to Union lines during the Civil War.
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B.
Fugitive Slave Clause
The Fugitive Slave Clause was a provision in the U.S. Constitution that required escaped enslaved people who fled to free states to be returned to their enslavers.
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C.
Records of Fugitives
Records of Fugitives is an important 19th-century manuscript documenting the experiences and escape routes of enslaved people who fled to freedom via the Underground Railroad.
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D.
Slave Trade Clause
The Slave Trade Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that temporarily protected the transatlantic importation of enslaved people by preventing Congress from banning it before 1808.
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E.
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was a controversial U.S. federal law that strengthened requirements for the capture and return of escaped enslaved people and penalized officials and citizens who aided their escape, intensifying sectional tensions before the 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: “Contraband decision” offering refuge to escaped enslaved people in 1861 Triple: [Fort Monroe, Virginia, notableEvent, “Contraband decision” offering refuge to escaped enslaved people in 1861]
Generated description
The “Contraband decision” was an 1861 Civil War–era policy at Fort Monroe, Virginia, that treated escaped enslaved people who reached Union lines as confiscated enemy property rather than returned fugitives, effectively granting them refuge and undermining slavery.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Contraband decision” offering refuge to escaped enslaved people in 1861 Target entity description: The “Contraband decision” was an 1861 Civil War–era policy at Fort Monroe, Virginia, that treated escaped enslaved people who reached Union lines as confiscated enemy property rather than returned fugitives, effectively granting them refuge and undermining slavery.
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A.
A Ride for Liberty – The Fugitive Slaves
A Ride for Liberty – The Fugitive Slaves is a mid-19th-century painting by American artist Eastman Johnson that dramatically depicts an enslaved family fleeing to Union lines during the Civil War.
-
B.
Fugitive Slave Clause
The Fugitive Slave Clause was a provision in the U.S. Constitution that required escaped enslaved people who fled to free states to be returned to their enslavers.
-
C.
Records of Fugitives
Records of Fugitives is an important 19th-century manuscript documenting the experiences and escape routes of enslaved people who fled to freedom via the Underground Railroad.
-
D.
Slave Trade Clause
The Slave Trade Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that temporarily protected the transatlantic importation of enslaved people by preventing Congress from banning it before 1808.
-
E.
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was a controversial U.S. federal law that strengthened requirements for the capture and return of escaped enslaved people and penalized officials and citizens who aided their escape, intensifying sectional tensions before the 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_69a885fceb2c8190b47e0f7c0aefbff0 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a908f3b5f48190bd5eff3ce81c5ffb |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:39 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad4037bbdc81909bcf9c5c7a7f5de5 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 9:24 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad40e8dc04819084607a2d49c8fca2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 9:27 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad413c17a08190bd71cc44d3a56510 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 9:28 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.