Triple

T2196468
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Military Division of the Mississippi E49985 entity
Predicate hasCommander P1197 FINISHED
Object George H. Thomas
George H. Thomas was a prominent Union general in the American Civil War, renowned for his steadfast leadership and key victories in the Western Theater.
E264346 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: George H. Thomas | Statement: [Military Division of the Mississippi, hasCommander, George H. Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George H. Thomas
Context triple: [Military Division of the Mississippi, hasCommander, George H. Thomas]
  • A. Don Carlos Buell
    Don Carlos Buell was a Union major general in the American Civil War, noted for his cautious leadership in the Western Theater and his controversial role in several key campaigns.
  • B. Andrew A. Humphreys
    Andrew A. Humphreys was a 19th-century United States Army officer and Civil War general who later served as Chief of Engineers, recognized for his contributions to military engineering and topographical surveys.
  • C. Gideon J. Pillow
    Gideon J. Pillow was a controversial American lawyer, politician, and general who served in both the Mexican–American War and the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
  • D. Lucius Buckner
    Lucius Buckner is a notable individual associated with the Buckner family name, recognized as a distinguished bearer of that surname.
  • E. Winfield Scott Hancock
    Winfield Scott Hancock was a prominent Union Army general during the American Civil War and later a Democratic presidential nominee in the 1880 United States election.
  • 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: George H. Thomas
Triple: [Military Division of the Mississippi, hasCommander, George H. Thomas]
Generated description
George H. Thomas was a prominent Union general in the American Civil War, renowned for his steadfast leadership and key victories in the Western Theater.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George H. Thomas
Target entity description: George H. Thomas was a prominent Union general in the American Civil War, renowned for his steadfast leadership and key victories in the Western Theater.
  • A. Don Carlos Buell
    Don Carlos Buell was a Union major general in the American Civil War, noted for his cautious leadership in the Western Theater and his controversial role in several key campaigns.
  • B. Andrew A. Humphreys
    Andrew A. Humphreys was a 19th-century United States Army officer and Civil War general who later served as Chief of Engineers, recognized for his contributions to military engineering and topographical surveys.
  • C. Gideon J. Pillow
    Gideon J. Pillow was a controversial American lawyer, politician, and general who served in both the Mexican–American War and the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
  • D. Lucius Buckner
    Lucius Buckner is a notable individual associated with the Buckner family name, recognized as a distinguished bearer of that surname.
  • E. Winfield Scott Hancock
    Winfield Scott Hancock was a prominent Union Army general during the American Civil War and later a Democratic presidential nominee in the 1880 United States election.
  • 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_69a88aaba3c48190b351cab9b26989ff completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbf77e4f08190a1f5ea601d306596 completed March 7, 2026, 6:02 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aebf17c28c81908f6b51c9ac6bc6ea completed March 9, 2026, 12:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aebfbfdd78819081dc228abe0b1aff completed March 9, 2026, 12:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aec02c2d0c81908b2d149efc342ccf completed March 9, 2026, 12:42 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:46 p.m.