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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.