Triple

T5150127
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment E116171 entity
Predicate notableMember P10 FINISHED
Object Holman S. Melcher
Holman S. Melcher was a Union Army officer from Maine, noted for his leadership and bravery during the American Civil War, particularly at the Battle of Gettysburg.
E497195 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: Holman S. Melcher | Statement: [20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment, notableMember, Holman S. Melcher]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Holman S. Melcher
Context triple: [20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment, notableMember, Holman S. Melcher]
  • A. Arthur M. Wirtz
    Arthur M. Wirtz was an American businessman and sports executive best known for building a major empire in arena management and professional hockey ownership, including the Chicago Blackhawks.
  • B. Arvin Gottlieb
    Arvin Gottlieb was a prominent Kansas City businessman and philanthropist whose contributions to the community led to several institutions, including a planetarium, being named in his honor.
  • C. Hiram Arvada Haskin
    Hiram Arvada Haskin was a 19th-century settler and early resident after whom the city of Arvada, Colorado, was named.
  • D. Harold Zellerbach
    Harold Zellerbach was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist from the influential Zellerbach family, known for his leadership in the paper industry and civic contributions in California.
  • E. George Strauss
    George Strauss was a British Labour politician who served for many years as a Member of Parliament and held senior government roles in the mid-20th century.
  • 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: Holman S. Melcher
Triple: [20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment, notableMember, Holman S. Melcher]
Generated description
Holman S. Melcher was a Union Army officer from Maine, noted for his leadership and bravery during the American Civil War, particularly at the Battle of Gettysburg.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Holman S. Melcher
Target entity description: Holman S. Melcher was a Union Army officer from Maine, noted for his leadership and bravery during the American Civil War, particularly at the Battle of Gettysburg.
  • A. Arthur M. Wirtz
    Arthur M. Wirtz was an American businessman and sports executive best known for building a major empire in arena management and professional hockey ownership, including the Chicago Blackhawks.
  • B. Arvin Gottlieb
    Arvin Gottlieb was a prominent Kansas City businessman and philanthropist whose contributions to the community led to several institutions, including a planetarium, being named in his honor.
  • C. Hiram Arvada Haskin
    Hiram Arvada Haskin was a 19th-century settler and early resident after whom the city of Arvada, Colorado, was named.
  • D. Harold Zellerbach
    Harold Zellerbach was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist from the influential Zellerbach family, known for his leadership in the paper industry and civic contributions in California.
  • E. George Strauss
    George Strauss was a British Labour politician who served for many years as a Member of Parliament and held senior government roles in the mid-20th century.
  • 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_69bd4446c0e08190a7c29dc74976bf03 completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd78d7f4d081908d59adcd86f52f1d completed March 20, 2026, 4:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bed004538c81908fac258ea99f7e63 completed March 21, 2026, 5:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bed07c9cd081908f8246e24b2f6458 completed March 21, 2026, 5:08 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bed103a1088190abca6e7d1fbd9c2b completed March 21, 2026, 5:10 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:43 p.m.