Triple

T2618256

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Lieutenant General (Confederate States Army)	`E58941`	entity
Predicate	higherRank	`P301`	FINISHED
Object	General (Confederate States Army) General (Confederate States Army) was the highest regular military rank in the Confederate Army, typically held by its most senior commanders such as Robert E. Lee.	`E283063`	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: General (Confederate States Army) | Statement: [Lieutenant General (Confederate States Army), higherRank, General (Confederate States Army)]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: General (Confederate States Army)
Context triple: [Lieutenant General (Confederate States Army), higherRank, General (Confederate States Army)]

A. Lieutenant General (Confederate States Army)
Lieutenant General (Confederate States Army) was a high-ranking commissioned officer grade in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, typically commanding corps-sized formations and serving directly under full generals.
B. Brigadier General
A Brigadier General is a one-star general officer rank in the U.S. Army, typically responsible for commanding a brigade or serving in senior staff positions.
C. General (Imperial Japanese Army)
General (Imperial Japanese Army) was a senior commissioned officer rank in the Imperial Japanese Army, typically held by high-level commanders responsible for leading large formations and overseeing major military operations.
D. Senior Officer of the United States Army
The Senior Officer of the United States Army is the highest-ranking Army leader responsible for overseeing the service’s operations, readiness, and strategic direction under civilian authority.
E. Generalleutnant
Generalleutnant is a senior German military rank, historically equivalent to a major general or lieutenant general in many other armed forces.
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: General (Confederate States Army)
Triple: [Lieutenant General (Confederate States Army), higherRank, General (Confederate States Army)]

Generated description

General (Confederate States Army) was the highest regular military rank in the Confederate Army, typically held by its most senior commanders such as Robert E. Lee.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: General (Confederate States Army)
Target entity description: General (Confederate States Army) was the highest regular military rank in the Confederate Army, typically held by its most senior commanders such as Robert E. Lee.

A. Lieutenant General (Confederate States Army)
Lieutenant General (Confederate States Army) was a high-ranking commissioned officer grade in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, typically commanding corps-sized formations and serving directly under full generals.
B. Brigadier General
A Brigadier General is a one-star general officer rank in the U.S. Army, typically responsible for commanding a brigade or serving in senior staff positions.
C. General (Imperial Japanese Army)
General (Imperial Japanese Army) was a senior commissioned officer rank in the Imperial Japanese Army, typically held by high-level commanders responsible for leading large formations and overseeing major military operations.
D. Senior Officer of the United States Army
The Senior Officer of the United States Army is the highest-ranking Army leader responsible for overseeing the service’s operations, readiness, and strategic direction under civilian authority.
E. Generalleutnant
Generalleutnant is a senior German military rank, historically equivalent to a major general or lieutenant general in many other armed forces.
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_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_69af908ba2908190b535d96c6f0e76ba`	completed	March 10, 2026, 3:31 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69af914ebc80819091524d1a4c316337`	completed	March 10, 2026, 3:34 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69af91cc03648190936adfcccb6017de`	completed	March 10, 2026, 3:36 a.m.

Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.