Triple
T2845648
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Union Army |
E62576
|
entity |
| Predicate | includes |
P1393
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
United States Colored Troops
The United States Colored Troops were regiments of African American (and some Native American) soldiers who fought for the Union during the American Civil War, playing a crucial role in its military and moral victory over the Confederacy.
|
E304152
|
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: United States Colored Troops | Statement: [Union Army, includes, United States Colored Troops]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Colored Troops Context triple: [Union Army, includes, United States Colored Troops]
-
A.
Buffalo Soldiers
The Buffalo Soldiers were African American regiments in the U.S. Army formed after the Civil War, renowned for their service on the Western frontier and in later American conflicts despite facing racial discrimination.
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B.
Confederate States Army
The Confederate States Army was the land warfare force of the secessionist Southern states during the American Civil War, known for figures like Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.
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C.
Grand Army of the Republic
The Grand Army of the Republic was a powerful fraternal organization of Union veterans from the American Civil War that played a major role in postwar politics, memory, and veterans’ advocacy in the United States.
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D.
United States Cavalry
The United States Cavalry was a historic mounted combat branch of the U.S. Army that played a key role in 19th- and early 20th-century American military campaigns, including the Indian Wars, the Civil War, and the Spanish–American War.
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E.
Union Army
The Union Army was the land-based military force of the United States (the North) during the American Civil War, fighting to preserve the Union and ultimately defeat the Confederacy.
- 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: United States Colored Troops Triple: [Union Army, includes, United States Colored Troops]
Generated description
The United States Colored Troops were regiments of African American (and some Native American) soldiers who fought for the Union during the American Civil War, playing a crucial role in its military and moral victory over the Confederacy.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Colored Troops Target entity description: The United States Colored Troops were regiments of African American (and some Native American) soldiers who fought for the Union during the American Civil War, playing a crucial role in its military and moral victory over the Confederacy.
-
A.
Buffalo Soldiers
The Buffalo Soldiers were African American regiments in the U.S. Army formed after the Civil War, renowned for their service on the Western frontier and in later American conflicts despite facing racial discrimination.
-
B.
Confederate States Army
The Confederate States Army was the land warfare force of the secessionist Southern states during the American Civil War, known for figures like Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.
-
C.
Grand Army of the Republic
The Grand Army of the Republic was a powerful fraternal organization of Union veterans from the American Civil War that played a major role in postwar politics, memory, and veterans’ advocacy in the United States.
-
D.
United States Cavalry
The United States Cavalry was a historic mounted combat branch of the U.S. Army that played a key role in 19th- and early 20th-century American military campaigns, including the Indian Wars, the Civil War, and the Spanish–American War.
-
E.
Union Army
The Union Army was the land-based military force of the United States (the North) during the American Civil War, fighting to preserve the Union and ultimately defeat the Confederacy.
- 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_69ab4c3d16bc81908b3a1c98fbd287fe |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abdf3d00708190966a477fdd855f23 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:18 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69afe8d850b481909850ff5e89021824 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 9:48 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69afe990ce088190b42b20037c1eef3f |
completed | March 10, 2026, 9:51 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b00d04f42081909d59e1ad1bec6c34 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 12:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:02 p.m.