Triple

T31447
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Burning of Washington E627 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object William H. Winder
William H. Winder was a U.S. Army brigadier general during the War of 1812, best known for his controversial leadership in the failed defense of Washington, D.C. against British forces.
E32010 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: William H. Winder | Statement: [Burning of Washington, commander, William H. Winder]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William H. Winder
Context triple: [Burning of Washington, commander, William H. Winder]
  • A. Robert W. Hunt
    Robert W. Hunt was an American engineer and industrialist known for his influential role in the development of the U.S. mining and metallurgical industries and leadership in professional engineering organizations.
  • B. George W. Thorn
    George W. Thorn was a prominent American physician and medical researcher known for major contributions to endocrinology and internal medicine.
  • C. William C. Redfield
    William C. Redfield was an American politician and businessman who became the inaugural U.S. Secretary of Commerce in the early 20th century.
  • D. James G. Blight
    James G. Blight is an American historian and scholar of international relations known for his work on U.S. foreign policy, the Cold War, and the prevention of catastrophic conflict.
  • E. Joseph E. Sheffield
    Joseph E. Sheffield was a 19th-century American railroad executive and philanthropist whose major donations to Yale University led to the establishment of the Sheffield Scientific School.
  • 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: William H. Winder
Triple: [Burning of Washington, commander, William H. Winder]
Generated description
William H. Winder was a U.S. Army brigadier general during the War of 1812, best known for his controversial leadership in the failed defense of Washington, D.C. against British forces.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William H. Winder
Target entity description: William H. Winder was a U.S. Army brigadier general during the War of 1812, best known for his controversial leadership in the failed defense of Washington, D.C. against British forces.
  • A. Robert W. Hunt
    Robert W. Hunt was an American engineer and industrialist known for his influential role in the development of the U.S. mining and metallurgical industries and leadership in professional engineering organizations.
  • B. George W. Thorn
    George W. Thorn was a prominent American physician and medical researcher known for major contributions to endocrinology and internal medicine.
  • C. William C. Redfield
    William C. Redfield was an American politician and businessman who became the inaugural U.S. Secretary of Commerce in the early 20th century.
  • D. James G. Blight
    James G. Blight is an American historian and scholar of international relations known for his work on U.S. foreign policy, the Cold War, and the prevention of catastrophic conflict.
  • E. Joseph E. Sheffield
    Joseph E. Sheffield was a 19th-century American railroad executive and philanthropist whose major donations to Yale University led to the establishment of the Sheffield Scientific School.
  • 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_69a2479dec388190967ba648663442c9 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2487838f881908ab8eda6c6ae53e4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:44 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a36ce8e3f0819084ecf7471389ecbc completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a36d9181d081909186f41c628cf8a7 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a372d67da081908f05d7d370929073 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:57 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:44 a.m.