Triple
T20999711
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Norval E. Welch |
E517252
|
entity |
| Predicate | militaryUnit |
P1063
|
FINISHED |
| Object | 16th Michigan Infantry Regiment |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: 16th Michigan Infantry Regiment | Statement: [Norval E. Welch, militaryUnit, 16th Michigan Infantry Regiment]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 16th Michigan Infantry Regiment Context triple: [Norval E. Welch, militaryUnit, 16th Michigan Infantry Regiment]
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A.
16th Michigan Infantry
chosen
The 16th Michigan Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War noted for its crucial role in the defense of Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg.
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B.
4th Michigan Infantry Regiment
The 4th Michigan Infantry Regiment was a prominent Union Army unit from Michigan that fought in major battles of the American Civil War, including the Peninsula Campaign, Antietam, and Gettysburg.
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C.
1st Michigan Infantry Regiment
The 1st Michigan Infantry Regiment was a prominent Union Army unit from Michigan that saw early and significant service in the American Civil War.
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D.
5th Michigan Infantry Regiment
The 5th Michigan Infantry Regiment was a Union Army volunteer infantry unit from Michigan that fought in numerous major battles of the American Civil War, earning distinction for its heavy combat service and casualties.
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E.
2nd Michigan Infantry Regiment
The 2nd Michigan Infantry Regiment was a prominent Union Army volunteer unit from Michigan that saw extensive combat service in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69e0b5006e2881909fc2383f841740cc |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6fc2395108190871e173354e4ef6f |
completed | April 21, 2026, 4:25 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 1:51 p.m.