Triple

T2333831
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Valley Campaign of 1862 E44264 entity
Predicate battle P12 FINISHED
Object Battle of McDowell
The Battle of McDowell was an American Civil War engagement in May 1862 in western Virginia, where Confederate forces under Stonewall Jackson defeated Union troops as part of his famed Shenandoah Valley operations.
E294152 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: Battle of McDowell | Statement: [Valley Campaign of 1862, battle, Battle of McDowell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of McDowell
Context triple: [Valley Campaign of 1862, battle, Battle of McDowell]
  • A. Battle of Hatcher's Run
    The Battle of Hatcher's Run was a late–Civil War engagement in February 1865 in which Union forces extended their lines southwest of Petersburg, Virginia, helping to cut Confederate supply routes and tighten the noose around Robert E. Lee’s army.
  • B. Battle of Ezra Church
    The Battle of Ezra Church was an 1864 American Civil War engagement near Atlanta, Georgia, in which Union forces repelled Confederate attacks during General William T. Sherman’s drive to capture the city.
  • C. Battle of Boydton Plank Road
    The Battle of Boydton Plank Road was an 1864 American Civil War engagement in Virginia in which Union forces attempted to cut a key Confederate supply route during the protracted operations around Petersburg.
  • D. Battle of Savage’s Station
    The Battle of Savage’s Station was an 1862 American Civil War engagement during the Peninsula Campaign in which Union forces retreating toward the James River clashed with pursuing Confederate troops in Henrico County, Virginia.
  • E. Battle of Fair Oaks
    The Battle of Fair Oaks, also known as the Battle of Seven Pines, was a major 1862 American Civil War engagement near Richmond, Virginia, that halted the Union advance during the Peninsula Campaign and led to Robert E. Lee taking command of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
  • 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: Battle of McDowell
Triple: [Valley Campaign of 1862, battle, Battle of McDowell]
Generated description
The Battle of McDowell was an American Civil War engagement in May 1862 in western Virginia, where Confederate forces under Stonewall Jackson defeated Union troops as part of his famed Shenandoah Valley operations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of McDowell
Target entity description: The Battle of McDowell was an American Civil War engagement in May 1862 in western Virginia, where Confederate forces under Stonewall Jackson defeated Union troops as part of his famed Shenandoah Valley operations.
  • A. Battle of Hatcher's Run
    The Battle of Hatcher's Run was a late–Civil War engagement in February 1865 in which Union forces extended their lines southwest of Petersburg, Virginia, helping to cut Confederate supply routes and tighten the noose around Robert E. Lee’s army.
  • B. Battle of Ezra Church
    The Battle of Ezra Church was an 1864 American Civil War engagement near Atlanta, Georgia, in which Union forces repelled Confederate attacks during General William T. Sherman’s drive to capture the city.
  • C. Battle of Boydton Plank Road
    The Battle of Boydton Plank Road was an 1864 American Civil War engagement in Virginia in which Union forces attempted to cut a key Confederate supply route during the protracted operations around Petersburg.
  • D. Battle of Savage’s Station
    The Battle of Savage’s Station was an 1862 American Civil War engagement during the Peninsula Campaign in which Union forces retreating toward the James River clashed with pursuing Confederate troops in Henrico County, Virginia.
  • E. Battle of Fair Oaks
    The Battle of Fair Oaks, also known as the Battle of Seven Pines, was a major 1862 American Civil War engagement near Richmond, Virginia, that halted the Union advance during the Peninsula Campaign and led to Robert E. Lee taking command of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
  • 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_69a889132b488190bbb43ad4780ddd92 completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc66d7ea081908867ff494b70df1e completed March 7, 2026, 6:32 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afbbaafe788190b0bbe84f26536cf0 completed March 10, 2026, 6:35 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afbc2d10c88190a3f265843f98024b completed March 10, 2026, 6:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afbc9dc9248190abd42ad9785c8605 completed March 10, 2026, 6:39 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:51 p.m.