Triple
T470677
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Confederate States of America |
E8547
|
entity |
| Predicate | vicePresident |
P147
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alexander H. Stephens
Alexander H. Stephens was an American politician best known as the vice president of the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
|
E60133
|
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: Alexander H. Stephens | Statement: [Confederate States of America, vicePresident, Alexander H. Stephens]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander H. Stephens Context triple: [Confederate States of America, vicePresident, Alexander H. Stephens]
-
A.
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War and a leading political figure of the Southern secessionist cause.
-
B.
John C. Calhoun
John C. Calhoun was a prominent 19th-century American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina, known for his strong advocacy of states’ rights, slavery, and nullification, and for serving as U.S. vice president and in several key federal offices.
-
C.
William L. Cabell
William L. Cabell was a Confederate general in the American Civil War who later became a prominent political figure and mayor of Dallas, Texas.
-
D.
Nathaniel Macon
Nathaniel Macon was an influential early American statesman from North Carolina who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as a U.S. Senator, known for his strict Jeffersonian principles and opposition to centralized federal power.
-
E.
Wren Alexander Stephens
Wren Alexander Stephens is the son of model and television personality Chrissy Teigen and musician John Legend.
- 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: Alexander H. Stephens Triple: [Confederate States of America, vicePresident, Alexander H. Stephens]
Generated description
Alexander H. Stephens was an American politician best known as the vice president of the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander H. Stephens Target entity description: Alexander H. Stephens was an American politician best known as the vice president of the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
-
A.
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War and a leading political figure of the Southern secessionist cause.
-
B.
John C. Calhoun
John C. Calhoun was a prominent 19th-century American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina, known for his strong advocacy of states’ rights, slavery, and nullification, and for serving as U.S. vice president and in several key federal offices.
-
C.
William L. Cabell
William L. Cabell was a Confederate general in the American Civil War who later became a prominent political figure and mayor of Dallas, Texas.
-
D.
Nathaniel Macon
Nathaniel Macon was an influential early American statesman from North Carolina who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as a U.S. Senator, known for his strict Jeffersonian principles and opposition to centralized federal power.
-
E.
Wren Alexander Stephens
Wren Alexander Stephens is the son of model and television personality Chrissy Teigen and musician John Legend.
- 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_69a2e7f3aeb48190a19453e3a043f486 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2efef8b788190857ebf66df562d59 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a46c5c08108190bd043ae4f8908fc6 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 4:42 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a46d6f5a148190b369cd399788186d |
completed | March 1, 2026, 4:46 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a46dc9fb008190a22fe81b6e7d2003 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 4:48 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.