Triple

T1686749
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Kings Mountain E36458 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object James Johnston
James Johnston was a militia officer who played a leadership role on the Patriot side during the American Revolutionary War, notably at the Battle of Kings Mountain.
E252113 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: James Johnston | Statement: [Battle of Kings Mountain, commander, James Johnston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Johnston
Context triple: [Battle of Kings Mountain, commander, James Johnston]
  • A. James Johnstone
    James Johnstone was a British newspaper proprietor best known for establishing the London daily newspaper that became the Evening Standard.
  • B. William Ferguson
    William Ferguson was an Aboriginal Australian civil rights leader and activist who played a key role in organizing early campaigns for Indigenous rights and equality in the 20th century.
  • C. James Fleming
    James Fleming is a relatively common personal name shared by various individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
  • D. William McSweeny
    William McSweeny is an author best known for co-writing the autobiography "Go Up for Glory" with basketball legend Bill Russell.
  • E. James Finlayson
    James Finlayson was a Scottish-born character actor best known for his comic roles in silent and early sound films, particularly his frequent collaborations with the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy.
  • 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: James Johnston
Triple: [Battle of Kings Mountain, commander, James Johnston]
Generated description
James Johnston was a militia officer who played a leadership role on the Patriot side during the American Revolutionary War, notably at the Battle of Kings Mountain.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Johnston
Target entity description: James Johnston was a militia officer who played a leadership role on the Patriot side during the American Revolutionary War, notably at the Battle of Kings Mountain.
  • A. James Johnstone
    James Johnstone was a British newspaper proprietor best known for establishing the London daily newspaper that became the Evening Standard.
  • B. William Ferguson
    William Ferguson was an Aboriginal Australian civil rights leader and activist who played a key role in organizing early campaigns for Indigenous rights and equality in the 20th century.
  • C. James Fleming
    James Fleming is a relatively common personal name shared by various individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
  • D. William McSweeny
    William McSweeny is an author best known for co-writing the autobiography "Go Up for Glory" with basketball legend Bill Russell.
  • E. James Finlayson
    James Finlayson was a Scottish-born character actor best known for his comic roles in silent and early sound films, particularly his frequent collaborations with the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy.
  • 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_69a886151508819084fa7f1ce6e05577 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa6293c368819094ab0f615e418647 completed March 6, 2026, 5:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae7ed8b7a08190a39f4b90fbf68cd9 completed March 9, 2026, 8:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae7f701cc48190a5ca5320ac15117d completed March 9, 2026, 8:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae7ff1fb748190961febf3790f03cf completed March 9, 2026, 8:08 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.