Triple
T61390
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Spanish–American War |
E1219
|
entity |
| Predicate | commanderForUnitedStates |
P1197
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William R. Shafter
William R. Shafter was a U.S. Army general best known for leading American ground forces during the Cuban campaign of the Spanish–American War.
|
E12680
|
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: William R. Shafter | Statement: [Spanish–American War, commanderForUnitedStates, William R. Shafter]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William R. Shafter Context triple: [Spanish–American War, commanderForUnitedStates, William R. Shafter]
-
A.
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.
-
B.
Col. Herbert Y. Schandler
Col. Herbert Y. Schandler was a U.S. Army officer and military historian known for his influential analyses of the Vietnam War and American foreign policy.
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C.
Lord Roberts
Lord Roberts was a prominent British field marshal who led imperial forces during key late-19th-century colonial campaigns, including in South Africa and India.
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D.
Alexander Vandegrift
Alexander Vandegrift was a highly decorated U.S. Marine Corps general best known for leading the 1st Marine Division to victory in the Guadalcanal Campaign during World War II and later serving as Commandant of the Marine Corps.
-
E.
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.
- 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 R. Shafter Triple: [Spanish–American War, commanderForUnitedStates, William R. Shafter]
Generated description
William R. Shafter was a U.S. Army general best known for leading American ground forces during the Cuban campaign of the Spanish–American War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William R. Shafter Target entity description: William R. Shafter was a U.S. Army general best known for leading American ground forces during the Cuban campaign of the Spanish–American War.
-
A.
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.
-
B.
Col. Herbert Y. Schandler
Col. Herbert Y. Schandler was a U.S. Army officer and military historian known for his influential analyses of the Vietnam War and American foreign policy.
-
C.
Lord Roberts
Lord Roberts was a prominent British field marshal who led imperial forces during key late-19th-century colonial campaigns, including in South Africa and India.
-
D.
Alexander Vandegrift
Alexander Vandegrift was a highly decorated U.S. Marine Corps general best known for leading the 1st Marine Division to victory in the Guadalcanal Campaign during World War II and later serving as Commandant of the Marine Corps.
-
E.
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.
- 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_69a24ba4f760819081f6638a3c70538a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:57 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25679e0688190bc0360314af3ef46 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:44 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a29176de5c819086e1cfec0a23d9d7 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 6:55 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a291e8a54081909f9377d7decca7d0 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 6:57 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a2927e410c81909879207d8b25a895 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 7 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:02 a.m.