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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.