Triple

T487094
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject George B. McClellan E9901 entity
Predicate servedIn P253 FINISHED
Object Union Army
The Union Army was the land-based military force of the United States (the North) during the American Civil War, fighting to preserve the Union and ultimately defeat the Confederacy.
E62576 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: Union Army | Statement: [George B. McClellan, servedIn, Union Army]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Union Army
Context triple: [George B. McClellan, servedIn, Union Army]
  • A. Confederate States Army
    The Confederate States Army was the land warfare force of the secessionist Southern states during the American Civil War, known for figures like Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.
  • B. Army of Northern Virginia
    The Army of Northern Virginia was the Confederacy’s principal field army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, renowned for its major campaigns and battles under General Robert E. Lee.
  • C. Texian Army
    The Texian Army was the volunteer military force that fought for Texas's independence from Mexico during the Texas Revolution in the 1830s.
  • D. United States Volunteers
    The United States Volunteers were temporary military units raised by the U.S. federal government, primarily during major wars like the Civil War and Spanish–American War, composed of citizen soldiers serving alongside the regular army.
  • E. Northwestern Army
    The Northwestern Army was an anti-Bolshevik White movement military force that operated in northwestern Russia during the Russian Civil War.
  • 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: Union Army
Triple: [George B. McClellan, servedIn, Union Army]
Generated description
The Union Army was the land-based military force of the United States (the North) during the American Civil War, fighting to preserve the Union and ultimately defeat the Confederacy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Union Army
Target entity description: The Union Army was the land-based military force of the United States (the North) during the American Civil War, fighting to preserve the Union and ultimately defeat the Confederacy.
  • A. Confederate States Army
    The Confederate States Army was the land warfare force of the secessionist Southern states during the American Civil War, known for figures like Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.
  • B. Army of Northern Virginia
    The Army of Northern Virginia was the Confederacy’s principal field army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, renowned for its major campaigns and battles under General Robert E. Lee.
  • C. Texian Army
    The Texian Army was the volunteer military force that fought for Texas's independence from Mexico during the Texas Revolution in the 1830s.
  • D. United States Volunteers
    The United States Volunteers were temporary military units raised by the U.S. federal government, primarily during major wars like the Civil War and Spanish–American War, composed of citizen soldiers serving alongside the regular army.
  • E. Northwestern Army
    The Northwestern Army was an anti-Bolshevik White movement military force that operated in northwestern Russia during the Russian Civil War.
  • 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_69a2e802e2908190ab17c9479e0b6412 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f0de66308190a18503a482881cfc completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a48540a8048190a36c6560d2d51538 completed March 1, 2026, 6:28 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a485e1ccac819088880d0587c04791 completed March 1, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a48638cbe481909dd39f8926544985 completed March 1, 2026, 6:32 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.