Triple
T426936
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Selma, Alabama |
E9628
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasEvent |
P811
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Battle of Selma (1865)
The Battle of Selma (1865) was a late–Civil War engagement in which Union forces under General James H. Wilson captured the Confederate industrial and military center of Selma, Alabama, crippling the Confederacy’s remaining war-making capacity.
|
E54286
|
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: Battle of Selma (1865) | Statement: [Selma, Alabama, hasEvent, Battle of Selma (1865)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Selma (1865) Context triple: [Selma, Alabama, hasEvent, Battle of Selma (1865)]
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A.
Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was a major early American Civil War clash in April 1862 in southwestern Tennessee, marked by heavy casualties and a hard-fought Union victory that foreshadowed the war’s bloody scale.
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B.
Valley Campaign of 1862
The Valley Campaign of 1862 was Confederate General Stonewall Jackson’s famed Civil War offensive in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, noted for its rapid maneuvers and strategic impact far beyond its small scale.
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C.
Four Days' Battle
The Four Days' Battle was a major 1666 naval engagement between the English and Dutch fleets, renowned as one of the longest and bloodiest sea battles in history.
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D.
Sherman’s March to the Sea
Sherman’s March to the Sea was Union General William Tecumseh Sherman’s devastating 1864 campaign across Georgia that aimed to cripple the Confederacy’s war capacity through widespread destruction of military and economic resources.
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E.
Battle of Stillman’s Run
The Battle of Stillman’s Run was an 1832 skirmish in Illinois during the Black Hawk War, notable for a panicked retreat by Illinois militia forces after a clash with Sauk leader Black Hawk’s warriors.
- 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: Battle of Selma (1865) Triple: [Selma, Alabama, hasEvent, Battle of Selma (1865)]
Generated description
The Battle of Selma (1865) was a late–Civil War engagement in which Union forces under General James H. Wilson captured the Confederate industrial and military center of Selma, Alabama, crippling the Confederacy’s remaining war-making capacity.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Selma (1865) Target entity description: The Battle of Selma (1865) was a late–Civil War engagement in which Union forces under General James H. Wilson captured the Confederate industrial and military center of Selma, Alabama, crippling the Confederacy’s remaining war-making capacity.
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A.
Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was a major early American Civil War clash in April 1862 in southwestern Tennessee, marked by heavy casualties and a hard-fought Union victory that foreshadowed the war’s bloody scale.
-
B.
Valley Campaign of 1862
The Valley Campaign of 1862 was Confederate General Stonewall Jackson’s famed Civil War offensive in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, noted for its rapid maneuvers and strategic impact far beyond its small scale.
-
C.
Four Days' Battle
The Four Days' Battle was a major 1666 naval engagement between the English and Dutch fleets, renowned as one of the longest and bloodiest sea battles in history.
-
D.
Sherman’s March to the Sea
Sherman’s March to the Sea was Union General William Tecumseh Sherman’s devastating 1864 campaign across Georgia that aimed to cripple the Confederacy’s war capacity through widespread destruction of military and economic resources.
-
E.
Battle of Stillman’s Run
The Battle of Stillman’s Run was an 1832 skirmish in Illinois during the Black Hawk War, notable for a panicked retreat by Illinois militia forces after a clash with Sauk leader Black Hawk’s warriors.
- 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_69a2e801e1d48190b505d1dd336b52ac |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2eed691c4819092b7e57306114bbc |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:34 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a42f665c2881908850bce36cdf74b8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 12:21 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a43038d2348190a348e6661d27dde4 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 12:25 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a430f6c6f88190b5aecfe3c4c8957d |
completed | March 1, 2026, 12:28 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:11 p.m.