Triple
T185950
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Robert E. Lee |
E3980
|
entity |
| Predicate | commanded |
P2333
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Army of Northern Virginia
The Army of Northern Virginia was the Confederacy’s principal field army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, renowned for its major campaigns and battles under General Robert E. Lee.
|
E23941
|
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: Army of Northern Virginia | Statement: [Robert E. Lee, commanded, Army of Northern Virginia]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Army of Northern Virginia Context triple: [Robert E. Lee, commanded, Army of Northern Virginia]
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A.
The Confederacy
The Confederacy is a Restoration-era English comedy play by John Vanbrugh, noted for its farcical plot and sharp social satire.
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B.
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee was a prominent 19th-century American military officer best known as the leading Confederate general during the American Civil War.
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C.
James Longstreet
James Longstreet was a prominent Confederate general during the American Civil War, best known as one of Robert E. Lee’s most trusted corps commanders in the Army of Northern Virginia.
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D.
Stonewall Jackson
Stonewall Jackson was a renowned Confederate general celebrated for his tactical brilliance and pivotal battlefield leadership during the American Civil War.
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E.
Continental Army
The Continental Army was the unified colonial military force established by the Second Continental Congress during the American Revolutionary War to fight for independence from Great Britain.
- 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: Army of Northern Virginia Triple: [Robert E. Lee, commanded, Army of Northern Virginia]
Generated description
The Army of Northern Virginia was the Confederacy’s principal field army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, renowned for its major campaigns and battles under General Robert E. Lee.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Army of Northern Virginia Target entity description: The Army of Northern Virginia was the Confederacy’s principal field army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, renowned for its major campaigns and battles under General Robert E. Lee.
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A.
The Confederacy
The Confederacy is a Restoration-era English comedy play by John Vanbrugh, noted for its farcical plot and sharp social satire.
-
B.
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee was a prominent 19th-century American military officer best known as the leading Confederate general during the American Civil War.
-
C.
James Longstreet
James Longstreet was a prominent Confederate general during the American Civil War, best known as one of Robert E. Lee’s most trusted corps commanders in the Army of Northern Virginia.
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D.
Stonewall Jackson
Stonewall Jackson was a renowned Confederate general celebrated for his tactical brilliance and pivotal battlefield leadership during the American Civil War.
-
E.
Continental Army
The Continental Army was the unified colonial military force established by the Second Continental Congress during the American Revolutionary War to fight for independence from Great Britain.
- 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_69a25497e2f08190a040f8c6e1842643 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:36 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2594809288190b3d3b1283e7e0d00 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:56 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a305e511a08190a560125ed3839a0c |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:12 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a30679b0648190975dcfaf4f9846bf |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:15 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a306e6ce6c8190a77d42643914b03a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:16 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:40 a.m.