Triple

T20699129
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Fairfield E508731 entity
Predicate ConfederateCommander P16287 FINISHED
Object William E. Jones
William E. Jones was a Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War, noted for his leadership in mounted operations in the Eastern Theater.
 E1529650 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: William E. Jones | Statement: [Battle of Fairfield, ConfederateCommander, William E. Jones]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William E. Jones
Context triple: [Battle of Fairfield, ConfederateCommander, William E. Jones]
  • A. William K. Jones
    William K. Jones was a United States Marine Corps general who played a key leadership role in Vietnam, notably overseeing major combat operations.
  • B. Joseph T. Jones
    Joseph T. Jones was an American entrepreneur and oilman best known for developing the Gulf Coast region and playing a key role in the early growth of Gulfport, Mississippi.
  • C. Hugh G. Jones
    Hugh G. Jones was an architect known for his role in designing Toronto’s historic Union Station.
  • D. Robert C. Jones
    Robert C. Jones was an American film editor and screenwriter known for his work on numerous notable films and for winning an Academy Award for Best Film Editing.
  • E. Francis C. Jones
    Francis C. Jones was an American art instructor and painter known for mentoring artists such as California Impressionist Maurice Braun.
  • 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: William E. Jones
Triple: [Battle of Fairfield, ConfederateCommander, William E. Jones]
Generated description
William E. Jones was a Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War, noted for his leadership in mounted operations in the Eastern Theater.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William E. Jones
Target entity description: William E. Jones was a Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War, noted for his leadership in mounted operations in the Eastern Theater.
  • A. William K. Jones
    William K. Jones was a United States Marine Corps general who played a key leadership role in Vietnam, notably overseeing major combat operations.
  • B. Joseph T. Jones
    Joseph T. Jones was an American entrepreneur and oilman best known for developing the Gulf Coast region and playing a key role in the early growth of Gulfport, Mississippi.
  • C. Hugh G. Jones
    Hugh G. Jones was an architect known for his role in designing Toronto’s historic Union Station.
  • D. Robert C. Jones
    Robert C. Jones was an American film editor and screenwriter known for his work on numerous notable films and for winning an Academy Award for Best Film Editing.
  • E. Francis C. Jones
    Francis C. Jones was an American art instructor and painter known for mentoring artists such as California Impressionist Maurice Braun.
  • 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_69e0b4c2b2a481909e31e9cb8f81ab55 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c113e4cc8190aabc11e3f2530e32 completed April 21, 2026, 12:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0acc773908819084b8d3ef0479e796 completed May 18, 2026, 8:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0ace6ec8148190b1f7ee9fb92ff258 completed May 18, 2026, 8:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0acee5344481909a5813dca11c4500 completed May 18, 2026, 8:33 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:11 p.m.