Triple
T51314
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | American Civil War |
E1006
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCommander |
P1197
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Tecumseh Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman was a prominent Union general in the American Civil War, best known for his "March to the Sea" and his strategy of total war against the Confederacy.
|
E8937
|
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: William Tecumseh Sherman | Statement: [American Civil War, hasCommander, William Tecumseh Sherman]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Tecumseh Sherman Context triple: [American Civil War, hasCommander, William Tecumseh Sherman]
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A.
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. was a U.S. Army lieutenant general in World War II who led the Tenth Army in the Pacific and was the highest-ranking American officer killed by enemy fire during the war.
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B.
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee was a prominent 19th-century American military officer best known as the leading Confederate general during the American Civil War.
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C.
James Longstreet
James Longstreet was a prominent Confederate general during the American Civil War, best known as one of Robert E. Lee’s most trusted corps commanders in the Army of Northern Virginia.
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D.
Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur was a prominent American five-star general who played a leading role in the Pacific theater during World War II and later oversaw the Allied occupation of Japan.
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E.
Lord Roberts
Lord Roberts was a prominent British field marshal who led imperial forces during key late-19th-century colonial campaigns, including in South Africa and India.
- 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: William Tecumseh Sherman Triple: [American Civil War, hasCommander, William Tecumseh Sherman]
Generated description
William Tecumseh Sherman was a prominent Union general in the American Civil War, best known for his "March to the Sea" and his strategy of total war against the Confederacy.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Tecumseh Sherman Target entity description: William Tecumseh Sherman was a prominent Union general in the American Civil War, best known for his "March to the Sea" and his strategy of total war against the Confederacy.
-
A.
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. was a U.S. Army lieutenant general in World War II who led the Tenth Army in the Pacific and was the highest-ranking American officer killed by enemy fire during the war.
-
B.
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee was a prominent 19th-century American military officer best known as the leading Confederate general during the American Civil War.
-
C.
James Longstreet
James Longstreet was a prominent Confederate general during the American Civil War, best known as one of Robert E. Lee’s most trusted corps commanders in the Army of Northern Virginia.
-
D.
Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur was a prominent American five-star general who played a leading role in the Pacific theater during World War II and later oversaw the Allied occupation of Japan.
-
E.
Lord Roberts
Lord Roberts was a prominent British field marshal who led imperial forces during key late-19th-century colonial campaigns, including in South Africa and India.
- 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_69a2480baefc81909951b14058479aa2 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:42 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a24b0382b48190a7ca80ade6d2e270 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:55 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a266e716048190a57f681fccb4fdeb |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:54 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a267b740388190a321023aa52a539a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:57 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a2685dc64c8190bd611985d1bc27a3 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 4 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:47 a.m.