Triple
T167583
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Siege of Boston |
E3049
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableCommanderOnBritishSide |
P1698
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Howe |
E26200
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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, notableCommanderOnBritishSide, William Howe]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Howe Context triple: [Siege of Boston, notableCommanderOnBritishSide, William Howe]
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A.
William Howe
chosen
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: notableCommanderOnBritishSide Context triple: [Siege of Boston, notableCommanderOnBritishSide, William Howe]
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A.
commanderOfRAF
Indicates that one entity serves as the commander or head of the Royal Air Force in relation to another entity.
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B.
historicalFigure
Indicates that an entity is recognized as a notable person from the past who played a significant role in history.
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C.
commander
Indicates that one entity holds authoritative military or organizational control over another entity or group.
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D.
opposingCommander
chosen
Indicates that one entity serves as the commanding officer of a force that is in opposition or conflict with the force commanded by another entity.
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E.
commanderOfLuftwaffe
Indicates that one entity serves as the commanding officer or leader of the Luftwaffe (the German air force).
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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_69a338e55004819096a8cc1bfec7a225 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 6:50 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a25665f5b8819096ca3e084faf976e |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:43 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:34 a.m.