Triple

T29785306

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	First Battle of Fort Fisher	`E756244`	entity
Predicate	confederateGarrisonCommander	`P31312`	FINISHED
Object	Major General William H. C. Whiting Major General William H. C. Whiting was a Confederate Army officer and engineer best known for commanding the defenses of Wilmington, North Carolina, including the vital stronghold of Fort Fisher, during the American Civil War.	`E1897209`	NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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 William H. C. Whiting | Statement: [First Battle of Fort Fisher, confederateGarrisonCommander, Major General William H. C. Whiting]

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 William H. C. Whiting
Triple: [First Battle of Fort Fisher, confederateGarrisonCommander, Major General William H. C. Whiting]

Generated description

Major General William H. C. Whiting was a Confederate Army officer and engineer best known for commanding the defenses of Wilmington, North Carolina, including the vital stronghold of Fort Fisher, during the American Civil War.

PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target predicate: confederateGarrisonCommander
Context triple: [First Battle of Fort Fisher, confederateGarrisonCommander, Major General William H. C. Whiting]

A. primaryConfederateCommander
Indicates that one entity serves as the main commanding officer of Confederate forces for the other entity in a specific context or engagement.
B. ConfederateSubordinateCommander
Indicates that one military commander served in a subordinate role under another within the Confederate forces.
C. commandingConfederateForces
Indicates that one entity holds the role or responsibility of directing and leading the military operations of the Confederate forces in relation to another entity.
D. garrisonCommander chosen
Indicates that one entity serves as the commanding officer in charge of the military garrison located at or associated with another entity.
E. commanderRole (Banastre Tarleton)
Indicates that Banastre Tarleton held a position of command or leadership, typically over military forces or operations.
F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69f22451fb748190bbdbab401280affb`	completed	April 29, 2026, 3:31 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69f727afd5d88190ad48735cd1b32787`	completed	May 3, 2026, 10:47 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_6a27321170948190ba6c4319f880f55f`	completed	June 8, 2026, 9:20 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_6a2734bcb1ac819097f57e24df7f092c`	completed	June 8, 2026, 9:31 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_6a27354a6e1c8190a0f01c78ef8c10c6`	completed	June 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m.
PD	Predicate disambiguation	`batch_69f72737c42c8190a3f781a5e98868ff`	completed	May 3, 2026, 10:45 a.m.

Created at: April 29, 2026, 5:08 p.m.