Triple
T3837543
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Caribbean theater of the Spanish–American War |
E91170
|
entity |
| Predicate | commandedBy |
P1407
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FINISHED |
| Object | William Rufus Shafter |
E12680
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Rufus Shafter | Statement: [Caribbean theater of the Spanish–American War, commandedBy, William Rufus Shafter]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Rufus Shafter Context triple: [Caribbean theater of the Spanish–American War, commandedBy, William Rufus Shafter]
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A.
William R. Shafter
chosen
William R. Shafter was a U.S. Army general best known for leading American ground forces during the Cuban campaign of the Spanish–American War.
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B.
Nelson A. Miles
Nelson A. Miles was a prominent 19th-century United States Army general known for his leadership in the Indian Wars and later as Commanding General of the U.S. Army.
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C.
John E. Wool
John E. Wool was a prominent 19th-century United States Army officer who served with distinction in the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, and the early stages of the Civil War.
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D.
Edward R. S. Canby
Edward R. S. Canby was a U.S. Army general best known for his service in the American Civil War and for being the only general officer killed during the Indian Wars, during peace negotiations in the Modoc War.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69aed960b538819096561c8ed448dec9 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aeeb9d11f081909fc51e84657ec7f1 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b50405264c8190b145dc3929ffc940 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 6:45 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:18 p.m.