Triple

T31457
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Burning of Washington E627 entity
Predicate target P860 FINISHED
Object United States War Department building
The United States War Department building was a key federal military administration headquarters in Washington, D.C., that became historically notable as one of the government structures targeted during the Burning of Washington in the War of 1812.
E30319 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 War Department building | Statement: [Burning of Washington, target, United States War Department building]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States War Department building
Context triple: [Burning of Washington, target, United States War Department building]
  • A. Treasury Building
    The Treasury Building is a historic federal office building in Washington, D.C., that houses the leadership and core operations of the U.S. government’s financial and economic management.
  • B. Smithsonian Institution Building
    The Smithsonian Institution Building, often called "The Castle," is a distinctive red sandstone landmark on the National Mall that serves as the historic headquarters and visitor center of the Smithsonian Institution.
  • C. Pentagon
    The Pentagon is the five-sided headquarters of the United States Department of Defense and a symbol of the U.S. military.
  • D. Herbert C. Hoover Building
    The Herbert C. Hoover Building is a prominent federal office building in Washington, D.C., best known as the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
  • E. John Adams Building
    The John Adams Building is one of the main Library of Congress structures in Washington, D.C., known for its Art Deco architecture and extensive research collections.
  • 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 War Department building
Triple: [Burning of Washington, target, United States War Department building]
Generated description
The United States War Department building was a key federal military administration headquarters in Washington, D.C., that became historically notable as one of the government structures targeted during the Burning of Washington in the War of 1812.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States War Department building
Target entity description: The United States War Department building was a key federal military administration headquarters in Washington, D.C., that became historically notable as one of the government structures targeted during the Burning of Washington in the War of 1812.
  • A. Treasury Building
    The Treasury Building is a historic federal office building in Washington, D.C., that houses the leadership and core operations of the U.S. government’s financial and economic management.
  • B. Smithsonian Institution Building
    The Smithsonian Institution Building, often called "The Castle," is a distinctive red sandstone landmark on the National Mall that serves as the historic headquarters and visitor center of the Smithsonian Institution.
  • C. Pentagon
    The Pentagon is the five-sided headquarters of the United States Department of Defense and a symbol of the U.S. military.
  • D. Herbert C. Hoover Building
    The Herbert C. Hoover Building is a prominent federal office building in Washington, D.C., best known as the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
  • E. John Adams Building
    The John Adams Building is one of the main Library of Congress structures in Washington, D.C., known for its Art Deco architecture and extensive research collections.
  • 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_69a36729974c819091d999022059c4a7 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a367a0e2c88190bd1671f69a2cbf38 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a367fab3408190865f50c240379d41 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:11 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:44 a.m.