Triple

T4717974
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Port Royal E104694 entity
Predicate opponent P437 FINISHED
Object Confederate coastal defenses
Confederate coastal defenses were a network of fortifications, artillery batteries, and supporting installations built by the Confederate States during the American Civil War to protect key ports, harbors, and shorelines from Union naval attacks.
E464138 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: Confederate coastal defenses | Statement: [Battle of Port Royal, opponent, Confederate coastal defenses]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Confederate coastal defenses
Context triple: [Battle of Port Royal, opponent, Confederate coastal defenses]
  • A. Confederate defenses of Mobile
    The Confederate defenses of Mobile were a network of coastal forts, batteries, and obstructions protecting the strategic port city of Mobile, Alabama, during the American Civil War.
  • B. United States seacoast defense systems
    United States seacoast defense systems were a series of evolving coastal fortifications and armaments designed to protect the nation’s harbors and shorelines from naval attack.
  • C. Third System of US seacoast defense
    The Third System of US seacoast defense was a 19th-century American coastal fortification program that constructed large, permanent masonry forts to protect key harbors and strategic points along the nation’s shoreline.
  • D. Fort Macon
    Fort Macon is a 19th-century coastal defense fortification in North Carolina, built as part of the United States’ Third System of seacoast defenses and now preserved as a state park and historic site.
  • E. West Point defenses
    The West Point defenses were a key fortified American stronghold on the Hudson River during the Revolutionary War, crucial for controlling the waterway and preventing British forces from dividing the colonies.
  • 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: Confederate coastal defenses
Triple: [Battle of Port Royal, opponent, Confederate coastal defenses]
Generated description
Confederate coastal defenses were a network of fortifications, artillery batteries, and supporting installations built by the Confederate States during the American Civil War to protect key ports, harbors, and shorelines from Union naval attacks.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Confederate coastal defenses
Target entity description: Confederate coastal defenses were a network of fortifications, artillery batteries, and supporting installations built by the Confederate States during the American Civil War to protect key ports, harbors, and shorelines from Union naval attacks.
  • A. Confederate defenses of Mobile
    The Confederate defenses of Mobile were a network of coastal forts, batteries, and obstructions protecting the strategic port city of Mobile, Alabama, during the American Civil War.
  • B. United States seacoast defense systems
    United States seacoast defense systems were a series of evolving coastal fortifications and armaments designed to protect the nation’s harbors and shorelines from naval attack.
  • C. Third System of US seacoast defense
    The Third System of US seacoast defense was a 19th-century American coastal fortification program that constructed large, permanent masonry forts to protect key harbors and strategic points along the nation’s shoreline.
  • D. Fort Macon
    Fort Macon is a 19th-century coastal defense fortification in North Carolina, built as part of the United States’ Third System of seacoast defenses and now preserved as a state park and historic site.
  • E. West Point defenses
    The West Point defenses were a key fortified American stronghold on the Hudson River during the Revolutionary War, crucial for controlling the waterway and preventing British forces from dividing the colonies.
  • 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_69bd43ec4a348190bc41afae43375e71 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd64261af08190b0d5d86b0e7bacc0 completed March 20, 2026, 3:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be1088103c819098296ce700697e90 completed March 21, 2026, 3:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be10fc6b1481909f6184e32cbd61a6 completed March 21, 2026, 3:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be11691c448190ab09b3d055c1a1a8 completed March 21, 2026, 3:32 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:18 p.m.