Triple

T61388
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Spanish–American War E1219 entity
Predicate commanderForUnitedStates P1197 FINISHED
Object William T. Sampson
William T. Sampson was a United States Navy admiral best known for leading American naval forces during the Spanish–American War, particularly in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
E10752 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: William T. Sampson | Statement: [Spanish–American War, commanderForUnitedStates, William T. Sampson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William T. Sampson
Context triple: [Spanish–American War, commanderForUnitedStates, William T. Sampson]
  • A. Isaac G. Perry
    Isaac G. Perry was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for his extensive work on public buildings and armories throughout New York State.
  • B. Frank Jack Fletcher
    Frank Jack Fletcher was a U.S. Navy admiral in World War II who played a key leadership role in early Pacific carrier battles, including the Coral Sea and Midway campaigns.
  • C. George McClellan
    George McClellan was a Union general during the American Civil War who organized the Army of the Potomac and later ran unsuccessfully for U.S. president against Abraham Lincoln in 1864.
  • D. Alexander Cochrane
    Alexander Cochrane was a British Royal Navy admiral who led naval operations against the United States during the War of 1812, including the campaign that culminated in the Battle of Baltimore.
  • E. Albert J. Myer
    Albert J. Myer was a U.S. Army officer and surgeon best known as the founder and first chief of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, where he pioneered military signaling and weather observation systems.
  • 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: William T. Sampson
Triple: [Spanish–American War, commanderForUnitedStates, William T. Sampson]
Generated description
William T. Sampson was a United States Navy admiral best known for leading American naval forces during the Spanish–American War, particularly in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William T. Sampson
Target entity description: William T. Sampson was a United States Navy admiral best known for leading American naval forces during the Spanish–American War, particularly in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
  • A. Isaac G. Perry
    Isaac G. Perry was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for his extensive work on public buildings and armories throughout New York State.
  • B. Frank Jack Fletcher
    Frank Jack Fletcher was a U.S. Navy admiral in World War II who played a key leadership role in early Pacific carrier battles, including the Coral Sea and Midway campaigns.
  • C. George McClellan
    George McClellan was a Union general during the American Civil War who organized the Army of the Potomac and later ran unsuccessfully for U.S. president against Abraham Lincoln in 1864.
  • D. Alexander Cochrane
    Alexander Cochrane was a British Royal Navy admiral who led naval operations against the United States during the War of 1812, including the campaign that culminated in the Battle of Baltimore.
  • E. Albert J. Myer
    Albert J. Myer was a U.S. Army officer and surgeon best known as the founder and first chief of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, where he pioneered military signaling and weather observation systems.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: commanderForUnitedStates
Context triple: [Spanish–American War, commanderForUnitedStates, William T. Sampson]
  • A. commanderUnitedStates
    Indicates that one entity serves as the commander of a United States military or governmental unit, mission, or operation.
  • B. isCommanderInChiefOf
    Indicates that one entity holds the highest authority and ultimate command over the armed forces or military organization of another entity.
  • C. commander
    Indicates that one entity holds authoritative military or organizational control over another entity or group.
  • D. hasCommander chosen
    Indicates that one entity serves as the commanding officer or leader of another entity.
  • E. commanderJapan
    Indicates that an entity serves as the military commander of Japan or of Japanese forces.
  • 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_69a24ba4f760819081f6638a3c70538a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:57 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a251f74b0881909ad89127b8171277 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:24 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a275e0deec819087a968353b9fa8f8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2775996248190a1ddb4677bda2cf0 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 5:04 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a278c5f1a88190a61c3a7e1c0aa99e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a24ea242c8819086fe00bf01e6523e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:10 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:02 a.m.