Triple

T543420
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William R. Shafter E12680 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object U.S. Army forces in Cuba during the Spanish–American War
U.S. Army forces in Cuba during the Spanish–American War were the American expeditionary troops deployed to invade and defeat Spanish forces on the island, culminating in key battles such as San Juan Hill and the siege of Santiago de Cuba.
E67848 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: U.S. Army forces in Cuba during the Spanish–American War | Statement: [William R. Shafter, partOf, U.S. Army forces in Cuba during the Spanish–American War]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Army forces in Cuba during the Spanish–American War
Context triple: [William R. Shafter, partOf, U.S. Army forces in Cuba during the Spanish–American War]
  • A. Spanish–American War
    The Spanish–American War was an 1898 conflict between the United States and Spain that marked the emergence of the U.S. as a global power and led to American control over former Spanish colonies in the Caribbean and Pacific.
  • B. U.S. Military Government in Cuba
    The U.S. Military Government in Cuba was the temporary American occupation administration that governed Cuba after Spain’s defeat in the Spanish–American War, overseeing the island’s transition toward nominal independence.
  • C. U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay
    The U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay is an American military installation in southeastern Cuba that has served as a strategic naval outpost and, more recently, as a controversial detention facility for terrorism suspects.
  • D. armed forces of Cuba
    The armed forces of Cuba are the country's military organization responsible for national defense, internal security, and supporting the ruling political system.
  • E. Cuban War of Independence
    The Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898) was the final and most significant Cuban uprising against Spanish colonial rule, ultimately leading to U.S. intervention and the end of Spain’s empire in the Americas.
  • 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: U.S. Army forces in Cuba during the Spanish–American War
Triple: [William R. Shafter, partOf, U.S. Army forces in Cuba during the Spanish–American War]
Generated description
U.S. Army forces in Cuba during the Spanish–American War were the American expeditionary troops deployed to invade and defeat Spanish forces on the island, culminating in key battles such as San Juan Hill and the siege of Santiago de Cuba.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Army forces in Cuba during the Spanish–American War
Target entity description: U.S. Army forces in Cuba during the Spanish–American War were the American expeditionary troops deployed to invade and defeat Spanish forces on the island, culminating in key battles such as San Juan Hill and the siege of Santiago de Cuba.
  • A. Spanish–American War
    The Spanish–American War was an 1898 conflict between the United States and Spain that marked the emergence of the U.S. as a global power and led to American control over former Spanish colonies in the Caribbean and Pacific.
  • B. U.S. Military Government in Cuba
    The U.S. Military Government in Cuba was the temporary American occupation administration that governed Cuba after Spain’s defeat in the Spanish–American War, overseeing the island’s transition toward nominal independence.
  • C. U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay
    The U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay is an American military installation in southeastern Cuba that has served as a strategic naval outpost and, more recently, as a controversial detention facility for terrorism suspects.
  • D. armed forces of Cuba
    The armed forces of Cuba are the country's military organization responsible for national defense, internal security, and supporting the ruling political system.
  • E. Cuban War of Independence
    The Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898) was the final and most significant Cuban uprising against Spanish colonial rule, ultimately leading to U.S. intervention and the end of Spain’s empire in the Americas.
  • 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_69a49334226c81908b0ea1689ef6aa3f completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4986250508190ac91cfdf7d57073d completed March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4cc5f6dfc8190a6c97a81aa8e82a3 completed March 1, 2026, 11:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4cdd043b881908795f61cbfa06bc8 completed March 1, 2026, 11:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4cf2e7b908190817cfcaf0490d6f7 completed March 1, 2026, 11:43 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.