Triple

T4136136
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William C. Gorgas E85158 entity
Predicate parent P120 FINISHED
Object Josiah Gorgas
Josiah Gorgas was a Confederate general and chief of ordnance during the American Civil War, instrumental in organizing and supplying the Confederate war effort.
E419134 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: Josiah Gorgas | Statement: [William C. Gorgas, parent, Josiah Gorgas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Josiah Gorgas
Context triple: [William C. Gorgas, parent, Josiah Gorgas]
  • A. William C. Gorgas
    William C. Gorgas was a prominent American physician and U.S. Army surgeon general best known for his pioneering work in controlling mosquito-borne diseases like yellow fever and malaria, which enabled large-scale projects such as the construction of the Panama Canal.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Francis B. Loomis
    Francis B. Loomis was an American diplomat and politician who served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State and briefly as acting Secretary of State in the early 20th century.
  • D. Major Walter Reed
    Major Walter Reed was a U.S. Army physician renowned for leading the team that proved yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes, revolutionizing public health and tropical medicine.
  • E. Montgomery C. Meigs
    Montgomery C. Meigs was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and engineer who served as Quartermaster General during the Civil War and became a prominent architect and administrator in Washington, D.C.
  • 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: Josiah Gorgas
Triple: [William C. Gorgas, parent, Josiah Gorgas]
Generated description
Josiah Gorgas was a Confederate general and chief of ordnance during the American Civil War, instrumental in organizing and supplying the Confederate war effort.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Josiah Gorgas
Target entity description: Josiah Gorgas was a Confederate general and chief of ordnance during the American Civil War, instrumental in organizing and supplying the Confederate war effort.
  • A. William C. Gorgas
    William C. Gorgas was a prominent American physician and U.S. Army surgeon general best known for his pioneering work in controlling mosquito-borne diseases like yellow fever and malaria, which enabled large-scale projects such as the construction of the Panama Canal.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Francis B. Loomis
    Francis B. Loomis was an American diplomat and politician who served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State and briefly as acting Secretary of State in the early 20th century.
  • D. Major Walter Reed
    Major Walter Reed was a U.S. Army physician renowned for leading the team that proved yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes, revolutionizing public health and tropical medicine.
  • E. Montgomery C. Meigs
    Montgomery C. Meigs was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and engineer who served as Quartermaster General during the Civil War and became a prominent architect and administrator in Washington, D.C.
  • 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_69aed935ccd881909dc61f81bcdb7a78 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69af0233009881909333375d597b58b6 completed March 9, 2026, 5:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b589e13e5881909c52e04875afc542 completed March 14, 2026, 4:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b58aa95428819085048691c77e2aea completed March 14, 2026, 4:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b58b34c4e881909fd44fbe8acedda4 completed March 14, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:43 p.m.