Triple
T3487410
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Governor-General of the Philippines |
E73641
|
entity |
| Predicate | officeHolder |
P537
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Wesley Merritt
Wesley Merritt was a United States Army general who led American forces in the Spanish–American War and briefly served as the first American military governor of the Philippines.
|
E362023
|
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: Wesley Merritt | Statement: [Governor-General of the Philippines, officeHolder, Wesley Merritt]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wesley Merritt Context triple: [Governor-General of the Philippines, officeHolder, Wesley Merritt]
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A.
Charles Dwight Sigsbee
Charles Dwight Sigsbee was a United States Navy rear admiral best known as the captain of the USS Maine when it exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898, an event that helped trigger the Spanish–American War.
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B.
William B. Waddell
William B. Waddell was a 19th-century American businessman best known as one of the founders of the Pony Express mail service.
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C.
Alvan C. Gillem
Alvan C. Gillem was a United States Army officer and Civil War veteran who later led federal troops in campaigns against Native American groups in the West.
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D.
Joseph Wheeler
Joseph Wheeler was a prominent American military officer who served as a Confederate cavalry general during the Civil War and later as a U.S. Army general in the Spanish–American War.
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E.
Edward Otho Cresap Ord
Edward Otho Cresap Ord was a 19th-century United States Army officer and engineer best known for his service in the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War.
- 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: Wesley Merritt Triple: [Governor-General of the Philippines, officeHolder, Wesley Merritt]
Generated description
Wesley Merritt was a United States Army general who led American forces in the Spanish–American War and briefly served as the first American military governor of the Philippines.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wesley Merritt Target entity description: Wesley Merritt was a United States Army general who led American forces in the Spanish–American War and briefly served as the first American military governor of the Philippines.
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A.
Charles Dwight Sigsbee
Charles Dwight Sigsbee was a United States Navy rear admiral best known as the captain of the USS Maine when it exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898, an event that helped trigger the Spanish–American War.
-
B.
William B. Waddell
William B. Waddell was a 19th-century American businessman best known as one of the founders of the Pony Express mail service.
-
C.
Alvan C. Gillem
Alvan C. Gillem was a United States Army officer and Civil War veteran who later led federal troops in campaigns against Native American groups in the West.
-
D.
Joseph Wheeler
Joseph Wheeler was a prominent American military officer who served as a Confederate cavalry general during the Civil War and later as a U.S. Army general in the Spanish–American War.
-
E.
Edward Otho Cresap Ord
Edward Otho Cresap Ord was a 19th-century United States Army officer and engineer best known for his service in the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War.
- 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_69ad85cca8d4819088494e9f3340fab5 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adbb9193688190aa0cbf87a7b99446 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:10 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b36826ff448190880f1ee708d93215 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 1:28 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b36bedbb5881909e029c1d46782013 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 1:44 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b36fc00f30819088eda5ef85324273 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 2 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:18 p.m.