Triple

T1675981
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr. E36231 entity
Predicate surrenderedTo P4666 FINISHED
Object Ulysses S. Grant at Fort Donelson
Ulysses S. Grant at Fort Donelson refers to Union General Ulysses S. Grant’s decisive 1862 Civil War victory in Tennessee, which secured a key Confederate fort and boosted his national prominence.
E147529 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: Ulysses S. Grant at Fort Donelson | Statement: [Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr., surrenderedTo, Ulysses S. Grant at Fort Donelson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ulysses S. Grant at Fort Donelson
Context triple: [Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr., surrenderedTo, Ulysses S. Grant at Fort Donelson]
  • A. Fort Donelson campaign
    The Fort Donelson campaign was a major early Union offensive in the American Civil War that secured key Confederate forts in Tennessee, opened vital rivers for Northern advances, and elevated Ulysses S. Grant to national prominence.
  • B. Burnside
    Burnside is a surname of English and Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals, including Australian barrister and human rights advocate Julian Burnside.
  • C. Battle of Port Hudson
    The Battle of Port Hudson was a major American Civil War siege in Louisiana where Union forces sought to secure control of the Mississippi River by capturing a key Confederate stronghold.
  • D. Siege of Vicksburg
    The Siege of Vicksburg was a pivotal 1863 Union campaign in the American Civil War that secured control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two.
  • E. Sherman’s March to the Sea
    Sherman’s March to the Sea was Union General William Tecumseh Sherman’s devastating 1864 campaign across Georgia that aimed to cripple the Confederacy’s war capacity through widespread destruction of military and economic resources.
  • 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: Ulysses S. Grant at Fort Donelson
Triple: [Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr., surrenderedTo, Ulysses S. Grant at Fort Donelson]
Generated description
Ulysses S. Grant at Fort Donelson refers to Union General Ulysses S. Grant’s decisive 1862 Civil War victory in Tennessee, which secured a key Confederate fort and boosted his national prominence.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ulysses S. Grant at Fort Donelson
Target entity description: Ulysses S. Grant at Fort Donelson refers to Union General Ulysses S. Grant’s decisive 1862 Civil War victory in Tennessee, which secured a key Confederate fort and boosted his national prominence.
  • A. Fort Donelson campaign chosen
    The Fort Donelson campaign was a major early Union offensive in the American Civil War that secured key Confederate forts in Tennessee, opened vital rivers for Northern advances, and elevated Ulysses S. Grant to national prominence.
  • B. Burnside
    Burnside is a surname of English and Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals, including Australian barrister and human rights advocate Julian Burnside.
  • C. Battle of Port Hudson
    The Battle of Port Hudson was a major American Civil War siege in Louisiana where Union forces sought to secure control of the Mississippi River by capturing a key Confederate stronghold.
  • D. Siege of Vicksburg
    The Siege of Vicksburg was a pivotal 1863 Union campaign in the American Civil War that secured control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two.
  • E. Sherman’s March to the Sea
    Sherman’s March to the Sea was Union General William Tecumseh Sherman’s devastating 1864 campaign across Georgia that aimed to cripple the Confederacy’s war capacity through widespread destruction of military and economic resources.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a886139ed081909af0940aa9313512 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa625cb1a08190bf7b138c5bfb90b2 completed March 6, 2026, 5:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad71b7c2608190bce1dc7469da4c45 completed March 8, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad72deafcc8190a2aef87277c5d731 completed March 8, 2026, 1 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad734440ac81909cbcf1c02fd4bc66 completed March 8, 2026, 1:01 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.