Triple
T167579
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Siege of Boston |
E3049
|
entity |
| Predicate | commander |
P1061
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Howe
William Howe was a British Army general who served as commander-in-chief of British forces during the early years of the American Revolutionary War.
|
E26200
|
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: William Howe | Statement: [Siege of Boston, commander, William Howe]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Howe Context triple: [Siege of Boston, commander, William Howe]
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A.
Henry Knox
Henry Knox was an American Revolutionary War general who served as George Washington’s chief artillery officer and later became the first U.S. Secretary of War.
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B.
Thomas Gage
Thomas Gage was a British Army general and colonial governor of Massachusetts whose policies and military actions helped spark the American Revolutionary War.
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C.
Horatio Gates
Horatio Gates was a British-born American general who played a prominent and controversial leadership role for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, particularly at the Battle of Saratoga.
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D.
Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene was a major American Revolutionary War general who became George Washington’s most trusted subordinate and played a crucial role in the Southern campaign against the British.
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E.
George Armistead
George Armistead was a U.S. Army officer best known for commanding Fort McHenry during the War of 1812, where the American defense inspired the writing of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
- 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: William Howe Triple: [Siege of Boston, commander, William Howe]
Generated description
William Howe was a British Army general who served as commander-in-chief of British forces during the early years of the American Revolutionary War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Howe Target entity description: William Howe was a British Army general who served as commander-in-chief of British forces during the early years of the American Revolutionary War.
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A.
Henry Knox
Henry Knox was an American Revolutionary War general who served as George Washington’s chief artillery officer and later became the first U.S. Secretary of War.
-
B.
Thomas Gage
Thomas Gage was a British Army general and colonial governor of Massachusetts whose policies and military actions helped spark the American Revolutionary War.
-
C.
Horatio Gates
Horatio Gates was a British-born American general who played a prominent and controversial leadership role for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, particularly at the Battle of Saratoga.
-
D.
Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene was a major American Revolutionary War general who became George Washington’s most trusted subordinate and played a crucial role in the Southern campaign against the British.
-
E.
George Armistead
George Armistead was a U.S. Army officer best known for commanding Fort McHenry during the War of 1812, where the American defense inspired the writing of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
- 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_69a2524ce1e48190ab066bf72859f474 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:26 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25884c8d88190bc4cb4e3541e8116 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:52 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a32bc3efbc8190831cb527c122ac59 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 5:54 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a32d0fbc048190b01b3c2861c78ea3 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 5:59 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a32d5b05588190a67be5d0df28763f |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 6 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:34 a.m.