Triple

T2617890
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Confederate battle flag E58933 entity
Predicate alsoKnownAs P39 FINISHED
Object Southern Cross
The Southern Cross is a widely recognized symbol of the Confederate States of America, most commonly associated with the Confederate battle flag used during the American Civil War.
E41171 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: Southern Cross | Statement: [Confederate battle flag, alsoKnownAs, Southern Cross]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern Cross
Context triple: [Confederate battle flag, alsoKnownAs, Southern Cross]
  • A. Southern Cross
    Southern Cross is a prominent constellation in the southern sky, easily recognized by its cross-shaped pattern of stars and often used for navigation.
  • B. Northern Star
    Northern Star was a prominent 19th-century British Chartist newspaper that served as a key voice and organizing tool for the working-class political reform movement.
  • C. Great Southern Stand
    The Great Southern Stand is a major grandstand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia, known for its large seating capacity and role in hosting major cricket and Australian rules football events.
  • D. Whitecross
    Whitecross is a small locality in Northern Ireland known for its proximity to the site of the Kingsmill massacre during the Troubles.
  • E. White Bird
    White Bird was a prominent Nez Perce leader and war chief who played a key role alongside Chief Joseph in resisting U.S. forces during the Nez Perce War of 1877.
  • 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: Southern Cross
Triple: [Confederate battle flag, alsoKnownAs, Southern Cross]
Generated description
The Southern Cross is a widely recognized symbol of the Confederate States of America, most commonly associated with the Confederate battle flag used during the American Civil War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern Cross
Target entity description: The Southern Cross is a widely recognized symbol of the Confederate States of America, most commonly associated with the Confederate battle flag used during the American Civil War.
  • A. Southern Cross chosen
    Southern Cross is a prominent constellation in the southern sky, easily recognized by its cross-shaped pattern of stars and often used for navigation.
  • B. Northern Star
    Northern Star was a prominent 19th-century British Chartist newspaper that served as a key voice and organizing tool for the working-class political reform movement.
  • C. Great Southern Stand
    The Great Southern Stand is a major grandstand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia, known for its large seating capacity and role in hosting major cricket and Australian rules football events.
  • D. Whitecross
    Whitecross is a small locality in Northern Ireland known for its proximity to the site of the Kingsmill massacre during the Troubles.
  • E. White Bird
    White Bird was a prominent Nez Perce leader and war chief who played a key role alongside Chief Joseph in resisting U.S. forces during the Nez Perce War of 1877.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ab4ac444dc819099614e534dd6021f completed March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd894b29c81909c7f78c6c3cc7f89 completed March 7, 2026, 7:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af9088d23c81908927eba84556f90c completed March 10, 2026, 3:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af946baa4c819081f93662f723cf0e completed March 10, 2026, 3:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af94c8da208190b8a541e2fc739827 completed March 10, 2026, 3:49 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.