Triple

T393871

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	William Tecumseh Sherman	`E8937`	entity
Predicate	positionHeld	`P8`	FINISHED
Object	Commanding General of the United States Army The Commanding General of the United States Army was the highest-ranking officer and professional head of the U.S. Army before the creation of the modern Chief of Staff role.	`E50555`	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: Commanding General of the United States Army | Statement: [William Tecumseh Sherman, positionHeld, Commanding General of the United States Army]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Commanding General of the United States Army
Context triple: [William Tecumseh Sherman, positionHeld, Commanding General of the United States Army]

A. Chief of Staff of the Army
The Chief of Staff of the Army is the highest-ranking officer and principal military advisor responsible for overseeing the organization, training, and readiness of the United States Army.
B. Sergeant Major of the Army
The Sergeant Major of the Army is the senior enlisted advisor to the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, representing the interests and welfare of all enlisted soldiers.
C. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the highest-ranking military officer in the United States Armed Forces and the principal military advisor to the President, Secretary of Defense, and National Security Council.
D. Secretary of the Army
The Secretary of the Army is the U.S. civilian government official responsible for overseeing and managing all affairs of the United States Army.
E. General Commander of the Branches of the Armed Forces
The General Commander of the Branches of the Armed Forces is the top-level Polish military post responsible for the operational command and oversight of all main service branches of Poland’s armed forces.
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: Commanding General of the United States Army
Triple: [William Tecumseh Sherman, positionHeld, Commanding General of the United States Army]

Generated description

The Commanding General of the United States Army was the highest-ranking officer and professional head of the U.S. Army before the creation of the modern Chief of Staff role.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Commanding General of the United States Army
Target entity description: The Commanding General of the United States Army was the highest-ranking officer and professional head of the U.S. Army before the creation of the modern Chief of Staff role.

A. Chief of Staff of the Army
The Chief of Staff of the Army is the highest-ranking officer and principal military advisor responsible for overseeing the organization, training, and readiness of the United States Army.
B. Sergeant Major of the Army
The Sergeant Major of the Army is the senior enlisted advisor to the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, representing the interests and welfare of all enlisted soldiers.
C. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the highest-ranking military officer in the United States Armed Forces and the principal military advisor to the President, Secretary of Defense, and National Security Council.
D. Secretary of the Army
The Secretary of the Army is the U.S. civilian government official responsible for overseeing and managing all affairs of the United States Army.
E. General Commander of the Branches of the Armed Forces
The General Commander of the Branches of the Armed Forces is the top-level Polish military post responsible for the operational command and oversight of all main service branches of Poland’s armed forces.
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_69a2e7f55c60819097aff65ea2ca2832`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69a2ec77a8a08190b6f96373aa8c1346`	completed	Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69a40ad5f2608190b03860bfc600ac04`	completed	March 1, 2026, 9:45 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69a40bd204808190aab5cfb362bcea79`	completed	March 1, 2026, 9:50 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69a40c35783081908c005f6f0793f427`	completed	March 1, 2026, 9:51 a.m.

Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.