Triple

T6030874
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sunken Road E134298 entity
Predicate unionCommandersInvolved P42241 FINISHED
Object Major General William H. French
Major General William H. French was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War who commanded infantry corps and divisions in major Eastern Theater battles.
E563045 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Major General William H. French | Statement: [Sunken Road, unionCommandersInvolved, Major General William H. French]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major General William H. French
Context triple: [Sunken Road, unionCommandersInvolved, Major General William H. French]
  • A. Major General John P. Lucas
    Major General John P. Lucas was a U.S. Army officer in World War II best known for leading the VI Corps during the Allied landings at Anzio in the Italian Campaign.
  • B. Major General Charles H. Gerhardt
    Major General Charles H. Gerhardt was a U.S. Army officer best known for commanding the 29th Infantry Division during the D-Day landings and subsequent World War II campaigns in Europe.
  • C. Major General Robert N. Young
    Major General Robert N. Young was a senior United States Army officer who commanded American forces in key engagements during the Korean War.
  • D. Major General William H. Tunner
    Major General William H. Tunner was a U.S. Air Force officer renowned as a pioneering airlift commander, best known for orchestrating large-scale air supply operations such as the Berlin Airlift.
  • E. Major General W. D. A. Lentaigne
    Major General W. D. A. Lentaigne was a British Indian Army officer who commanded the Chindits, the long-range penetration special force operating in Burma during the Second World 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: Major General William H. French
Triple: [Sunken Road, unionCommandersInvolved, Major General William H. French]
Generated description
Major General William H. French was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War who commanded infantry corps and divisions in major Eastern Theater battles.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major General William H. French
Target entity description: Major General William H. French was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War who commanded infantry corps and divisions in major Eastern Theater battles.
  • A. Major General John P. Lucas
    Major General John P. Lucas was a U.S. Army officer in World War II best known for leading the VI Corps during the Allied landings at Anzio in the Italian Campaign.
  • B. Major General Charles H. Gerhardt
    Major General Charles H. Gerhardt was a U.S. Army officer best known for commanding the 29th Infantry Division during the D-Day landings and subsequent World War II campaigns in Europe.
  • C. Major General Robert N. Young
    Major General Robert N. Young was a senior United States Army officer who commanded American forces in key engagements during the Korean War.
  • D. Major General William H. Tunner
    Major General William H. Tunner was a U.S. Air Force officer renowned as a pioneering airlift commander, best known for orchestrating large-scale air supply operations such as the Berlin Airlift.
  • E. Major General W. D. A. Lentaigne
    Major General W. D. A. Lentaigne was a British Indian Army officer who commanded the Chindits, the long-range penetration special force operating in Burma during the Second World War.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: unionCommandersInvolved
Context triple: [Sunken Road, unionCommandersInvolved, Major General William H. French]
  • A. commandersInvolved chosen
    Indicates that specific commanders participated in, oversaw, or were directly involved in a particular event, operation, or engagement.
  • B. commandingUnionArmy
    Indicates that one entity holds the role or responsibility of leading and directing the Union Army.
  • C. overallAlliedCommander
    Indicates that one entity serves as the highest-ranking commander with ultimate authority over all allied forces associated with the other entity.
  • D. commandersSide
    Indicates that one entity is on the same side, faction, or team as the commander in a conflict or competitive context.
  • E. notableCommanderAmerican
    Indicates that the subject served as a notable military commander who is American.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69c0087515148190a97475d412563865 completed March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c056af89e881909652957f94317684 completed March 22, 2026, 8:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c11381aa0c81909487a5eb510c9b41 completed March 23, 2026, 10:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c113de5d788190affa46cf416d180d completed March 23, 2026, 10:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c1145180008190844d91782929349f completed March 23, 2026, 10:22 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69c049e9a68c81909da0cfe4779ce9b5 completed March 22, 2026, 7:58 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:08 p.m.