Triple

T5012228
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bad Axe Massacre E112650 entity
Predicate combatant P375 FINISHED
Object Michigan Territory militia
The Michigan Territory militia was a frontier military force composed of local settlers and volunteers that defended the U.S. territorial interests in the early 19th century, particularly during conflicts with Native American groups.
E486389 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: Michigan Territory militia | Statement: [Bad Axe Massacre, combatant, Michigan Territory militia]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michigan Territory militia
Context triple: [Bad Axe Massacre, combatant, Michigan Territory militia]
  • A. Indiana territorial militia
    The Indiana territorial militia was the locally raised military force of the Indiana Territory that played a central role in frontier defense and conflicts with Native American confederacies in the early 19th century.
  • B. Illinois militia
    The Illinois militia was a state military force in the early 19th century that organized and deployed volunteer soldiers for frontier defense and conflicts such as the Black Hawk War.
  • C. Ohio Militia
    The Ohio Militia was a state-organized citizen military force that provided local defense and contributed troops from Ohio, particularly during early U.S. conflicts such as the War of 1812.
  • D. Arizona territorial militia
    The Arizona territorial militia was a locally organized military force of the Arizona Territory that conducted campaigns and frontier defense operations, particularly against Native American groups, during the 19th century.
  • E. Michigan National Guard
    The Michigan National Guard is a state-based military reserve force that provides trained units to support both federal missions and Michigan’s governor during emergencies, civil disturbances, and natural disasters.
  • 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: Michigan Territory militia
Triple: [Bad Axe Massacre, combatant, Michigan Territory militia]
Generated description
The Michigan Territory militia was a frontier military force composed of local settlers and volunteers that defended the U.S. territorial interests in the early 19th century, particularly during conflicts with Native American groups.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michigan Territory militia
Target entity description: The Michigan Territory militia was a frontier military force composed of local settlers and volunteers that defended the U.S. territorial interests in the early 19th century, particularly during conflicts with Native American groups.
  • A. Indiana territorial militia
    The Indiana territorial militia was the locally raised military force of the Indiana Territory that played a central role in frontier defense and conflicts with Native American confederacies in the early 19th century.
  • B. Illinois militia
    The Illinois militia was a state military force in the early 19th century that organized and deployed volunteer soldiers for frontier defense and conflicts such as the Black Hawk War.
  • C. Ohio Militia
    The Ohio Militia was a state-organized citizen military force that provided local defense and contributed troops from Ohio, particularly during early U.S. conflicts such as the War of 1812.
  • D. Arizona territorial militia
    The Arizona territorial militia was a locally organized military force of the Arizona Territory that conducted campaigns and frontier defense operations, particularly against Native American groups, during the 19th century.
  • E. Michigan National Guard
    The Michigan National Guard is a state-based military reserve force that provides trained units to support both federal missions and Michigan’s governor during emergencies, civil disturbances, and natural disasters.
  • 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_69bd4434acb8819086679dbeccc2fe54 completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd730f12a481908a27c15dc73987c6 completed March 20, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be926e5ef481909df3a4b9d793300a completed March 21, 2026, 12:43 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be93efbf548190b2967a41162f2e4e completed March 21, 2026, 12:49 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be945978a48190821103cdd306075d completed March 21, 2026, 12:51 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:35 p.m.