Triple
T5006934
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bancroft Prize |
E112518
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object | James M. McPherson |
E120029
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: James M. McPherson | Statement: [Bancroft Prize, notableRecipient, James M. McPherson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James M. McPherson Context triple: [Bancroft Prize, notableRecipient, James M. McPherson]
-
A.
James M. McPherson
chosen
James M. McPherson is a prominent American Civil War historian and author, best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning book "Battle Cry of Freedom."
-
B.
James B. McPherson
James B. McPherson was a prominent Union major general during the American Civil War, known for his leadership in the Western Theater and his death at the Battle of Atlanta.
-
C.
Guy Levis Grant
Guy Levis Grant was an American dentist and educator best known as one of the ten founders of the historically Black fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi.
-
D.
William Lewis Herndon
William Lewis Herndon was a 19th-century U.S. Navy officer and explorer best known for his pioneering exploration of the Amazon River and his heroic death while commanding the mail steamer SS Central America.
-
E.
Edmund P. Gaines
Edmund P. Gaines was a prominent U.S. Army officer of the early 19th century, noted for his leadership in frontier conflicts and the War of 1812.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69bd4433d0b08190877e83959ef40d81 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd72e8a0308190a47d81943ad85bba |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be9261ef088190a012d55294b9e3c2 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:43 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:35 p.m.