Triple

T16977241
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject CSS Virginia E411844 entity
Predicate theater P1060 FINISHED
Object Atlantic theater of the American Civil War
The Atlantic theater of the American Civil War was the maritime and coastal zone of conflict along the Atlantic seaboard where Union and Confederate naval forces contested blockades, ports, and sea lanes.
E391302 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: Atlantic theater of the American Civil War | Statement: [CSS Virginia, theater, Atlantic theater of the American Civil War]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Atlantic theater of the American Civil War
Context triple: [CSS Virginia, theater, Atlantic theater of the American Civil War]
  • A. Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
    The Eastern Theater of the American Civil War was the primary region of conflict in the eastern United States, encompassing major campaigns and battles between Union and Confederate forces in and around Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
  • B. Western Theater of the American Civil War
    The Western Theater of the American Civil War was the major military region west of the Appalachian Mountains where Union and Confederate forces fought pivotal campaigns for control of the Mississippi River and the heartland states.
  • C. South Atlantic Blockading theater
    The South Atlantic Blockading theater was the Civil War naval operations area along the southeastern coast of the United States where Union forces sought to blockade Confederate ports and control key coastal waters.
  • D. Campaigns of the American Civil War
    Campaigns of the American Civil War were major, organized military operations and series of battles conducted by Union and Confederate forces across various theaters between 1861 and 1865.
  • E. Atlantic coastal theater
    The Atlantic coastal theater was the region along the eastern seaboard of the United States and British North America where major naval operations, coastal raids, and amphibious assaults occurred during the War of 1812.
  • 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: Atlantic theater of the American Civil War
Triple: [CSS Virginia, theater, Atlantic theater of the American Civil War]
Generated description
The Atlantic theater of the American Civil War was the maritime and coastal zone of conflict along the Atlantic seaboard where Union and Confederate naval forces contested blockades, ports, and sea lanes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Atlantic theater of the American Civil War
Target entity description: The Atlantic theater of the American Civil War was the maritime and coastal zone of conflict along the Atlantic seaboard where Union and Confederate naval forces contested blockades, ports, and sea lanes.
  • A. Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
    The Eastern Theater of the American Civil War was the primary region of conflict in the eastern United States, encompassing major campaigns and battles between Union and Confederate forces in and around Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
  • B. Western Theater of the American Civil War
    The Western Theater of the American Civil War was the major military region west of the Appalachian Mountains where Union and Confederate forces fought pivotal campaigns for control of the Mississippi River and the heartland states.
  • C. South Atlantic Blockading theater chosen
    The South Atlantic Blockading theater was the Civil War naval operations area along the southeastern coast of the United States where Union forces sought to blockade Confederate ports and control key coastal waters.
  • D. Campaigns of the American Civil War
    Campaigns of the American Civil War were major, organized military operations and series of battles conducted by Union and Confederate forces across various theaters between 1861 and 1865.
  • E. Atlantic coastal theater
    The Atlantic coastal theater was the region along the eastern seaboard of the United States and British North America where major naval operations, coastal raids, and amphibious assaults occurred during the War of 1812.
  • 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_69d886ca8f348190812768ea8d5055ce completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3d184f2cc81908ac629c8f87696f8 completed April 18, 2026, 6:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00d4755ffc8190a5c861462e33d526 completed May 10, 2026, 6:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00d687aed88190915e20e8fa517a2b completed May 10, 2026, 7:03 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00d6ecbf60819095e3f8418a84d485 completed May 10, 2026, 7:05 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:32 a.m.