Triple

T487120
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject George B. McClellan E9901 entity
Predicate successor (general-in-chief) P78 FINISHED
Object Henry W. Halleck
Henry W. Halleck was a prominent Union Army general and military administrator during the American Civil War, known for his role as general-in-chief and later chief of staff to Ulysses S. Grant.
E64177 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Henry W. Halleck | Statement: [George B. McClellan, successor (general-in-chief), Henry W. Halleck]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry W. Halleck
Context triple: [George B. McClellan, successor (general-in-chief), Henry W. Halleck]
  • A. George McClellan
    George McClellan was a Union general during the American Civil War who organized the Army of the Potomac and later ran unsuccessfully for U.S. president against Abraham Lincoln in 1864.
  • B. Charles A. Halleck
    Charles A. Halleck was a prominent mid-20th-century Republican congressman from Indiana who served as a key party leader in the U.S. House of Representatives.
  • C. Winfield Scott Hancock
    Winfield Scott Hancock was a prominent Union Army general during the American Civil War and later a Democratic presidential nominee in the 1880 United States election.
  • D. George B. McClellan Jr.
    George B. McClellan Jr. was an American Democratic politician who served as mayor of New York City from 1904 to 1909 and later became a historian and professor at Princeton University.
  • E. Philip Sheridan
    Philip Sheridan was a prominent Union general in the American Civil War who later became Commanding General of the U.S. Army during the Indian Wars and Reconstruction era.
  • 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: Henry W. Halleck
Triple: [George B. McClellan, successor (general-in-chief), Henry W. Halleck]
Generated description
Henry W. Halleck was a prominent Union Army general and military administrator during the American Civil War, known for his role as general-in-chief and later chief of staff to Ulysses S. Grant.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry W. Halleck
Target entity description: Henry W. Halleck was a prominent Union Army general and military administrator during the American Civil War, known for his role as general-in-chief and later chief of staff to Ulysses S. Grant.
  • A. George McClellan
    George McClellan was a Union general during the American Civil War who organized the Army of the Potomac and later ran unsuccessfully for U.S. president against Abraham Lincoln in 1864.
  • B. Charles A. Halleck
    Charles A. Halleck was a prominent mid-20th-century Republican congressman from Indiana who served as a key party leader in the U.S. House of Representatives.
  • C. Winfield Scott Hancock
    Winfield Scott Hancock was a prominent Union Army general during the American Civil War and later a Democratic presidential nominee in the 1880 United States election.
  • D. George B. McClellan Jr.
    George B. McClellan Jr. was an American Democratic politician who served as mayor of New York City from 1904 to 1909 and later became a historian and professor at Princeton University.
  • E. Philip Sheridan
    Philip Sheridan was a prominent Union general in the American Civil War who later became Commanding General of the U.S. Army during the Indian Wars and Reconstruction era.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: successor (general-in-chief)
Context triple: [George B. McClellan, successor (general-in-chief), Henry W. Halleck]
  • A. successor chosen
    Indicates that one entity directly follows another in an ordered sequence or position.
  • B. chiefOfStaff
    Indicates that one entity serves as the chief of staff for another entity, typically managing operations and coordinating activities on its behalf.
  • C. successorTitle
    Indicates the title or position that directly follows and replaces a previous one in a sequence or succession.
  • D. successorOfficeTo
    Indicates that one office or position directly follows and replaces another in an official sequence or hierarchy.
  • E. successorDesignated
    Indicates that one entity has been formally chosen or named to take over the role, position, or responsibilities of another entity in the future.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a4a14aab308190b12deb3509e9715e completed March 1, 2026, 8:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4a27e8b7c8190991d3d5dc44c6913 completed March 1, 2026, 8:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4a2d68b688190a5ec28394356d76c completed March 1, 2026, 8:34 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a2edf63fbc819090ea6ca11f39116a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:30 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.