Triple

T41970
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject American Revolutionary War E829 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object Charles Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis was a British Army general and colonial administrator best known for his pivotal role in the American Revolutionary War, particularly his surrender at Yorktown in 1781.
E15133 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: Charles Cornwallis | Statement: [American Revolutionary War, commander, Charles Cornwallis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Cornwallis
Context triple: [American Revolutionary War, commander, Charles Cornwallis]
  • A. Nathanael Greene
    Nathanael Greene was a major American Revolutionary War general who became George Washington’s most trusted subordinate and played a crucial role in the Southern campaign against the British.
  • B. Thomas Gage
    Thomas Gage was a British Army general and colonial governor of Massachusetts whose policies and military actions helped spark the American Revolutionary War.
  • C. Henry Knox
    Henry Knox was an American Revolutionary War general who served as George Washington’s chief artillery officer and later became the first U.S. Secretary of War.
  • D. Captain Thomas Preston
    Captain Thomas Preston was the British Army officer who commanded the soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre, a pivotal event leading up to the American Revolution.
  • E. Benedict Arnold
    Benedict Arnold was an American Revolutionary War general best known for defecting to the British and becoming synonymous with treason in the United States.
  • 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: Charles Cornwallis
Triple: [American Revolutionary War, commander, Charles Cornwallis]
Generated description
Charles Cornwallis was a British Army general and colonial administrator best known for his pivotal role in the American Revolutionary War, particularly his surrender at Yorktown in 1781.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Cornwallis
Target entity description: Charles Cornwallis was a British Army general and colonial administrator best known for his pivotal role in the American Revolutionary War, particularly his surrender at Yorktown in 1781.
  • A. Nathanael Greene
    Nathanael Greene was a major American Revolutionary War general who became George Washington’s most trusted subordinate and played a crucial role in the Southern campaign against the British.
  • B. Thomas Gage
    Thomas Gage was a British Army general and colonial governor of Massachusetts whose policies and military actions helped spark the American Revolutionary War.
  • C. Henry Knox
    Henry Knox was an American Revolutionary War general who served as George Washington’s chief artillery officer and later became the first U.S. Secretary of War.
  • D. Captain Thomas Preston
    Captain Thomas Preston was the British Army officer who commanded the soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre, a pivotal event leading up to the American Revolution.
  • E. Benedict Arnold
    Benedict Arnold was an American Revolutionary War general best known for defecting to the British and becoming synonymous with treason in the United States.
  • 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_69a247a8f6c08190bac804906d62ed5a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24ae0b7c4819092220568e8e52ad5 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:54 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2aa40b9fc819092323d52f6ae489d completed Feb. 28, 2026, 8:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2abbfe73081909a71a9a6f9fffba8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 8:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2ac13974c8190af315bf0fab76827 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 8:49 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:46 a.m.