Triple

T21883801
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Port Hudson campaign E540353 entity
Predicate notableUnitUnion P106163 FINISHED
Object African Brigade (Department of the Gulf)
The African Brigade (Department of the Gulf) was a Union Army formation of African American troops that served prominently in operations along the Gulf Coast during the American Civil War.
E1506461 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: African Brigade (Department of the Gulf) | Statement: [Port Hudson campaign, notableUnitUnion, African Brigade (Department of the Gulf)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: African Brigade (Department of the Gulf)
Context triple: [Port Hudson campaign, notableUnitUnion, African Brigade (Department of the Gulf)]
  • A. Army of the Gulf
    The Army of the Gulf was a Union field army in the American Civil War that operated primarily along the Gulf Coast, including in the campaigns for New Orleans and Mobile.
  • B. 111th (West African) Brigade
    The 111th (West African) Brigade was a British Army formation composed largely of West African troops that served in long-range jungle operations in Burma during the Second World War.
  • C. Equatoria Corps
    Equatoria Corps was a predominantly southern Sudanese military formation in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan whose soldiers played a key role in early mutinies and resistance that foreshadowed Sudan’s postcolonial conflicts.
  • D. South African Brigade
    The South African Brigade was a World War I infantry formation of the Union of South Africa that fought as part of the British Army, noted for its heavy losses and bravery on the Western Front.
  • E. Barksdale’s Brigade
    Barksdale’s Brigade was a Confederate infantry brigade from Mississippi, commanded by Brigadier General William Barksdale, noted for its fierce assaults during major battles such as Gettysburg in the American Civil War.
  • 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: African Brigade (Department of the Gulf)
Triple: [Port Hudson campaign, notableUnitUnion, African Brigade (Department of the Gulf)]
Generated description
The African Brigade (Department of the Gulf) was a Union Army formation of African American troops that served prominently in operations along the Gulf Coast during the American Civil War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: African Brigade (Department of the Gulf)
Target entity description: The African Brigade (Department of the Gulf) was a Union Army formation of African American troops that served prominently in operations along the Gulf Coast during the American Civil War.
  • A. Army of the Gulf
    The Army of the Gulf was a Union field army in the American Civil War that operated primarily along the Gulf Coast, including in the campaigns for New Orleans and Mobile.
  • B. 111th (West African) Brigade
    The 111th (West African) Brigade was a British Army formation composed largely of West African troops that served in long-range jungle operations in Burma during the Second World War.
  • C. Equatoria Corps
    Equatoria Corps was a predominantly southern Sudanese military formation in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan whose soldiers played a key role in early mutinies and resistance that foreshadowed Sudan’s postcolonial conflicts.
  • D. South African Brigade
    The South African Brigade was a World War I infantry formation of the Union of South Africa that fought as part of the British Army, noted for its heavy losses and bravery on the Western Front.
  • E. Barksdale’s Brigade
    Barksdale’s Brigade was a Confederate infantry brigade from Mississippi, commanded by Brigadier General William Barksdale, noted for its fierce assaults during major battles such as Gettysburg in the American Civil War.
  • 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_69e0c479a98081908ce333853fdd4348 completed April 16, 2026, 11:14 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f118e9d3508190aadcfcdac0376387 completed April 28, 2026, 8:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a52a903348190b0055043f6142f71 completed May 17, 2026, 11:43 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a53e9402c8190b85947fb71434444 completed May 17, 2026, 11:48 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a5467d2108190b8d5d12819726991 completed May 17, 2026, 11:51 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 7:05 p.m.