Triple

T5403947
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Raphael Semmes E120845 entity
Predicate commanded P2333 FINISHED
Object CSS Alabama
CSS Alabama was a Confederate commerce raider warship during the American Civil War, notorious for disrupting Union merchant shipping across the globe.
 E517783 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: CSS Alabama | Statement: [Raphael Semmes, commanded, CSS Alabama]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: CSS Alabama
Context triple: [Raphael Semmes, commanded, CSS Alabama]
  • A. Equality, Alabama
    Equality, Alabama is a small unincorporated rural community located in Coosa County in the central part of the state.
  • B. S.D.Ala.
    S.D.Ala. is the standard legal abbreviation for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, a federal trial court within the Eleventh Circuit.
  • C. Alabama 3
    Alabama 3 is a British band known for its eclectic fusion of electronic, blues, country, and acid house, most famously recognized for performing the theme song to the TV series "The Sopranos."
  • D. Yea, Alabama
    "Yea, Alabama" is the traditional fight song of the University of Alabama, closely associated with its athletic teams and school spirit.
  • E. Opp, Alabama
    Opp, Alabama is a small city in Covington County known for its rural Southern character and proximity to other regional communities like Andalusia.
  • 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: CSS Alabama
Triple: [Raphael Semmes, commanded, CSS Alabama]
Generated description
CSS Alabama was a Confederate commerce raider warship during the American Civil War, notorious for disrupting Union merchant shipping across the globe.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: CSS Alabama
Target entity description: CSS Alabama was a Confederate commerce raider warship during the American Civil War, notorious for disrupting Union merchant shipping across the globe.
  • A. Equality, Alabama
    Equality, Alabama is a small unincorporated rural community located in Coosa County in the central part of the state.
  • B. S.D.Ala.
    S.D.Ala. is the standard legal abbreviation for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, a federal trial court within the Eleventh Circuit.
  • C. Alabama 3
    Alabama 3 is a British band known for its eclectic fusion of electronic, blues, country, and acid house, most famously recognized for performing the theme song to the TV series "The Sopranos."
  • D. Yea, Alabama
    "Yea, Alabama" is the traditional fight song of the University of Alabama, closely associated with its athletic teams and school spirit.
  • E. Opp, Alabama
    Opp, Alabama is a small city in Covington County known for its rural Southern character and proximity to other regional communities like Andalusia.
  • 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_69bd46391c0c81909fa484446732b6a3 completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd8774cd8881909b3437ba02018444 completed March 20, 2026, 5:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf339037b4819084423826b7252002 completed March 22, 2026, 12:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf34fccbd88190a8e32ccaa86b72e8 completed March 22, 2026, 12:17 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf35570404819090e553b7921c4cb8 completed March 22, 2026, 12:18 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:04 p.m.