Triple

T3294576
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Chaplin Beecher E69182 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Command of the 35th United States Colored Troops
"Command of the 35th United States Colored Troops" is a historical account by James Chaplin Beecher detailing his leadership of an African American regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
E343444 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: Command of the 35th United States Colored Troops | Statement: [James Chaplin Beecher, notableWork, Command of the 35th United States Colored Troops]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Command of the 35th United States Colored Troops
Context triple: [James Chaplin Beecher, notableWork, Command of the 35th United States Colored Troops]
  • A. Army of the Shenandoah
    The Army of the Shenandoah was a Union field army in the American Civil War that operated primarily in Virginia’s strategically vital Shenandoah Valley.
  • B. Knowlton’s Rangers
    Knowlton’s Rangers was an elite American Revolutionary War reconnaissance and intelligence unit led by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Knowlton, often regarded as one of the first organized U.S. military intelligence corps.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 26th New York Cavalry
    The 26th New York Cavalry was a Union mounted regiment that served in the American Civil War, performing duties such as patrols, scouting, and security operations.
  • E. 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was one of the first official African American units in the Union Army during the American Civil War, renowned for its bravery in the assault on Fort Wagner.
  • 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: Command of the 35th United States Colored Troops
Triple: [James Chaplin Beecher, notableWork, Command of the 35th United States Colored Troops]
Generated description
"Command of the 35th United States Colored Troops" is a historical account by James Chaplin Beecher detailing his leadership of an African American regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Command of the 35th United States Colored Troops
Target entity description: "Command of the 35th United States Colored Troops" is a historical account by James Chaplin Beecher detailing his leadership of an African American regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
  • A. Army of the Shenandoah
    The Army of the Shenandoah was a Union field army in the American Civil War that operated primarily in Virginia’s strategically vital Shenandoah Valley.
  • B. Knowlton’s Rangers
    Knowlton’s Rangers was an elite American Revolutionary War reconnaissance and intelligence unit led by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Knowlton, often regarded as one of the first organized U.S. military intelligence corps.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 26th New York Cavalry
    The 26th New York Cavalry was a Union mounted regiment that served in the American Civil War, performing duties such as patrols, scouting, and security operations.
  • E. 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was one of the first official African American units in the Union Army during the American Civil War, renowned for its bravery in the assault on Fort Wagner.
  • 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_69ad859d45748190b0742408c954b39f completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb07661748190bf57469e101c5283 completed March 8, 2026, 5:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b2e86b8e04819091f4a4ae6d6a87ad completed March 12, 2026, 4:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2e8f6a7c48190bc457f348c3a7179 completed March 12, 2026, 4:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b2e98804b8819097ef1fd498f13c9b completed March 12, 2026, 4:27 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:10 p.m.