Triple
T21807982
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Custer’s Last Stand |
E538396
|
entity |
| Predicate | killedCommander |
P4646
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas Custer
Thomas Custer was a two-time Medal of Honor–winning U.S. Army officer and younger brother of George Armstrong Custer who was killed alongside him at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
|
E1508568
|
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: Thomas Custer | Statement: [Custer’s Last Stand, killedCommander, Thomas Custer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Custer Context triple: [Custer’s Last Stand, killedCommander, Thomas Custer]
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A.
George Armstrong Custer
George Armstrong Custer was a U.S. Army officer and cavalry commander best known for his controversial leadership and death at the Battle of the Little Bighorn during the American Indian Wars.
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B.
Captain William J. Fetterman
Captain William J. Fetterman was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading the ill-fated 1866 engagement near Fort Phil Kearny during Red Cloud’s War, which resulted in one of the worst defeats of the U.S. military in the Indian Wars.
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C.
Old Custer
Old Custer is a fictional book written by the character Eli Cash in Wes Anderson’s film "The Royal Tenenbaums."
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D.
Frederick Benteen
Frederick Benteen was a U.S. Army officer best known for his controversial role as a cavalry commander during the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.
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E.
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick was a Union cavalry general in the American Civil War, known for his aggressive and often reckless leadership in numerous mounted engagements.
- 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: Thomas Custer Triple: [Custer’s Last Stand, killedCommander, Thomas Custer]
Generated description
Thomas Custer was a two-time Medal of Honor–winning U.S. Army officer and younger brother of George Armstrong Custer who was killed alongside him at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Custer Target entity description: Thomas Custer was a two-time Medal of Honor–winning U.S. Army officer and younger brother of George Armstrong Custer who was killed alongside him at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
-
A.
George Armstrong Custer
George Armstrong Custer was a U.S. Army officer and cavalry commander best known for his controversial leadership and death at the Battle of the Little Bighorn during the American Indian Wars.
-
B.
Captain William J. Fetterman
Captain William J. Fetterman was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading the ill-fated 1866 engagement near Fort Phil Kearny during Red Cloud’s War, which resulted in one of the worst defeats of the U.S. military in the Indian Wars.
-
C.
Old Custer
Old Custer is a fictional book written by the character Eli Cash in Wes Anderson’s film "The Royal Tenenbaums."
-
D.
Frederick Benteen
Frederick Benteen was a U.S. Army officer best known for his controversial role as a cavalry commander during the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.
-
E.
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick was a Union cavalry general in the American Civil War, known for his aggressive and often reckless leadership in numerous mounted engagements.
- 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_69e0c473f0f8819086c9d1b4a143bd67 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f078047ca88190a0efa4bc7f2faf80 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:04 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0a60cfbb388190b3403128edb12b4a |
completed | May 18, 2026, 12:44 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0a6131a5b08190879d0a3b24a18aef |
completed | May 18, 2026, 12:45 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0a61a609988190979940fe25c58c44 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 12:47 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:53 p.m.