Triple

T20063836

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Ellis Spear	`E499554`	entity
Predicate	notableWork	`P4`	FINISHED
Object	Civil War reminiscences "Civil War reminiscences" is a memoir by Union officer Ellis Spear recounting his experiences and observations during the American Civil War.	`E1408360`	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: Civil War reminiscences | Statement: [Ellis Spear, notableWork, Civil War reminiscences]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Civil War reminiscences
Context triple: [Ellis Spear, notableWork, Civil War reminiscences]

A. Recollections of the Civil War
Recollections of the Civil War is a memoir by journalist and former Assistant Secretary of War Charles A. Dana, offering an insider’s account of Union leadership and military operations during the American Civil War.
B. Reminiscences of the Civil War
Reminiscences of the Civil War is a memoir by Confederate General John B. Gordon recounting his experiences and perspectives during the American Civil War.
C. Military Memoirs of a Confederate
Military Memoirs of a Confederate is a classic first-person Civil War account by Confederate artillery officer Edward Porter Alexander, noted for its detailed, candid analysis of campaigns and commanders.
D. Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States
Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States is a historical account of the American Revolutionary War’s Southern campaigns written by Continental Army cavalry officer Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee.
E. The Wounds of Civil War
The Wounds of Civil War is an Elizabethan stage play dramatizing the conflict between Marius and Sulla in ancient Rome, notable for its early exploration of civil strife and political power.
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: Civil War reminiscences
Triple: [Ellis Spear, notableWork, Civil War reminiscences]

Generated description

"Civil War reminiscences" is a memoir by Union officer Ellis Spear recounting his experiences and observations during the American Civil War.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Civil War reminiscences
Target entity description: "Civil War reminiscences" is a memoir by Union officer Ellis Spear recounting his experiences and observations during the American Civil War.

A. Recollections of the Civil War
Recollections of the Civil War is a memoir by journalist and former Assistant Secretary of War Charles A. Dana, offering an insider’s account of Union leadership and military operations during the American Civil War.
B. Reminiscences of the Civil War
Reminiscences of the Civil War is a memoir by Confederate General John B. Gordon recounting his experiences and perspectives during the American Civil War.
C. Military Memoirs of a Confederate
Military Memoirs of a Confederate is a classic first-person Civil War account by Confederate artillery officer Edward Porter Alexander, noted for its detailed, candid analysis of campaigns and commanders.
D. Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States
Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States is a historical account of the American Revolutionary War’s Southern campaigns written by Continental Army cavalry officer Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee.
E. The Wounds of Civil War
The Wounds of Civil War is an Elizabethan stage play dramatizing the conflict between Marius and Sulla in ancient Rome, notable for its early exploration of civil strife and political power.
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_69da6276bcf48190aabbf279192a5fb4`	completed	April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e66377b6b48190a0a37279f285123e`	completed	April 20, 2026, 5:33 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_6a081612662c81909cb1e90910ca76ac`	completed	May 16, 2026, 7 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_6a0816d4a8e081909930e2e379a56071`	completed	May 16, 2026, 7:03 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_6a081742ed8481908a424a3d05368e46`	completed	May 16, 2026, 7:05 a.m.

Created at: April 11, 2026, 3:39 p.m.