Triple

T23167299
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Department of Virginia and North Carolina E578745 entity
Predicate notableCommander P1197 FINISHED
Object Major General Godfrey Weitzel
Major General Godfrey Weitzel was a Union Army engineer and corps commander during the American Civil War, known for leading the Union occupation of Richmond in 1865.
E1577967 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: Major General Godfrey Weitzel | Statement: [Department of Virginia and North Carolina, notableCommander, Major General Godfrey Weitzel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major General Godfrey Weitzel
Context triple: [Department of Virginia and North Carolina, notableCommander, Major General Godfrey Weitzel]
  • A. Major General Charles H. Gerhardt
    Major General Charles H. Gerhardt was a U.S. Army officer best known for commanding the 29th Infantry Division during the D-Day landings and subsequent World War II campaigns in Europe.
  • B. Major General William A. Kobbe
    Major General William A. Kobbe was a United States Army officer noted for his service in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly during the Spanish–American and Philippine–American Wars.
  • C. Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel
    Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel is the fictional, highly decorated but rogue U.S. Marine Corps general who leads the hostage-taking operation on Alcatraz Island in the 1996 action film "The Rock."
  • D. Major General John B. Medaris
    Major General John B. Medaris was a U.S. Army officer who played a key leadership role in America’s early ballistic missile and space programs during the Cold War.
  • E. Major General Albert H. Blanding
    Major General Albert H. Blanding was a prominent U.S. Army officer and National Guard leader from Florida who played key roles in World War I and in developing the state's military readiness.
  • 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: Major General Godfrey Weitzel
Triple: [Department of Virginia and North Carolina, notableCommander, Major General Godfrey Weitzel]
Generated description
Major General Godfrey Weitzel was a Union Army engineer and corps commander during the American Civil War, known for leading the Union occupation of Richmond in 1865.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major General Godfrey Weitzel
Target entity description: Major General Godfrey Weitzel was a Union Army engineer and corps commander during the American Civil War, known for leading the Union occupation of Richmond in 1865.
  • A. Major General Charles H. Gerhardt
    Major General Charles H. Gerhardt was a U.S. Army officer best known for commanding the 29th Infantry Division during the D-Day landings and subsequent World War II campaigns in Europe.
  • B. Major General William A. Kobbe
    Major General William A. Kobbe was a United States Army officer noted for his service in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly during the Spanish–American and Philippine–American Wars.
  • C. Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel
    Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel is the fictional, highly decorated but rogue U.S. Marine Corps general who leads the hostage-taking operation on Alcatraz Island in the 1996 action film "The Rock."
  • D. Major General John B. Medaris
    Major General John B. Medaris was a U.S. Army officer who played a key leadership role in America’s early ballistic missile and space programs during the Cold War.
  • E. Major General Albert H. Blanding
    Major General Albert H. Blanding was a prominent U.S. Army officer and National Guard leader from Florida who played key roles in World War I and in developing the state's military readiness.
  • 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_69e245fc75348190a0288401044c8af8 completed April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f18f2d51288190af0d5747090d8e5d completed April 29, 2026, 4:55 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c3f428730819093c8c29d2f5b2c2a completed May 19, 2026, 10:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c4075bc508190ae0dc8b61c24faa0 completed May 19, 2026, 10:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c411702a48190ba2964ba221394d1 completed May 19, 2026, 10:53 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 4:03 p.m.