Triple
T5403968
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Raphael Semmes |
E120845
|
entity |
| Predicate | relative |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas Jenkins Semmes
Thomas Jenkins Semmes was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician from Louisiana who served as a Confederate senator during the American Civil War.
|
E517789
|
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: Thomas Jenkins Semmes | Statement: [Raphael Semmes, relative, Thomas Jenkins Semmes]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Jenkins Semmes Context triple: [Raphael Semmes, relative, Thomas Jenkins Semmes]
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A.
Raphael Semmes
Raphael Semmes was a Confederate naval officer best known as the captain of the commerce raider CSS Alabama during the American Civil War.
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B.
Archibald Bulloch
Archibald Bulloch was an American lawyer, patriot leader, and Revolutionary-era statesman who became the first chief executive of the state of Georgia.
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C.
James D. Bulloch
James D. Bulloch was a prominent Confederate naval officer and secret agent who orchestrated the construction and acquisition of warships in Britain for the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War.
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D.
James Stephens Bulloch
James Stephens Bulloch was a 19th-century Georgia planter and politician, notable as the maternal grandfather of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.
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E.
Stephen R. Mallory
Stephen R. Mallory was an American politician who served as the Confederate States' Secretary of the Navy during the American Civil War.
- 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: Thomas Jenkins Semmes Triple: [Raphael Semmes, relative, Thomas Jenkins Semmes]
Generated description
Thomas Jenkins Semmes was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician from Louisiana who served as a Confederate senator during the American Civil War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Jenkins Semmes Target entity description: Thomas Jenkins Semmes was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician from Louisiana who served as a Confederate senator during the American Civil War.
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A.
Raphael Semmes
Raphael Semmes was a Confederate naval officer best known as the captain of the commerce raider CSS Alabama during the American Civil War.
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B.
Archibald Bulloch
Archibald Bulloch was an American lawyer, patriot leader, and Revolutionary-era statesman who became the first chief executive of the state of Georgia.
-
C.
James D. Bulloch
James D. Bulloch was a prominent Confederate naval officer and secret agent who orchestrated the construction and acquisition of warships in Britain for the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War.
-
D.
James Stephens Bulloch
James Stephens Bulloch was a 19th-century Georgia planter and politician, notable as the maternal grandfather of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.
-
E.
Stephen R. Mallory
Stephen R. Mallory was an American politician who served as the Confederate States' Secretary of the Navy during the American Civil War.
- 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.