Triple

T6195406

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Confederate States Navy	`E138497`	entity
Predicate	hasPart	`P35`	FINISHED
Object	Confederate States Navy Bureau of Steam Engineering The Confederate States Navy Bureau of Steam Engineering was the department responsible for overseeing the design, construction, and maintenance of steam propulsion systems and related engineering for the Confederate naval forces during the American Civil War.	`E580902`	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: Confederate States Navy Bureau of Steam Engineering | Statement: [Confederate States Navy, hasPart, Confederate States Navy Bureau of Steam Engineering]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Confederate States Navy Bureau of Steam Engineering
Context triple: [Confederate States Navy, hasPart, Confederate States Navy Bureau of Steam Engineering]

A. Confederate States Navy Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography
The Confederate States Navy Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography was the Civil War–era Confederate naval office responsible for overseeing naval weapons, munitions, and nautical charting and surveying.
B. Confederate States Navy Bureau of Provisions and Clothing
The Confederate States Navy Bureau of Provisions and Clothing was the department responsible for supplying food, uniforms, and related necessities to personnel of the Confederate naval forces during the American Civil War.
C. Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation
The Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for enforcing maritime safety laws, inspecting vessels, and licensing merchant marine personnel.
D. Bureau of Navigation
The Bureau of Navigation was a former United States Navy administrative office responsible for personnel management and related naval affairs before being succeeded by the Bureau of Naval Personnel.
E. United States Navy Bureau of Ships
The United States Navy Bureau of Ships was a former U.S. Navy organization responsible for the design, construction, and maintenance of naval ships and their 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: Confederate States Navy Bureau of Steam Engineering
Triple: [Confederate States Navy, hasPart, Confederate States Navy Bureau of Steam Engineering]

Generated description

The Confederate States Navy Bureau of Steam Engineering was the department responsible for overseeing the design, construction, and maintenance of steam propulsion systems and related engineering for the Confederate naval forces during the American Civil War.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Confederate States Navy Bureau of Steam Engineering
Target entity description: The Confederate States Navy Bureau of Steam Engineering was the department responsible for overseeing the design, construction, and maintenance of steam propulsion systems and related engineering for the Confederate naval forces during the American Civil War.

A. Confederate States Navy Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography
The Confederate States Navy Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography was the Civil War–era Confederate naval office responsible for overseeing naval weapons, munitions, and nautical charting and surveying.
B. Confederate States Navy Bureau of Provisions and Clothing
The Confederate States Navy Bureau of Provisions and Clothing was the department responsible for supplying food, uniforms, and related necessities to personnel of the Confederate naval forces during the American Civil War.
C. Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation
The Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for enforcing maritime safety laws, inspecting vessels, and licensing merchant marine personnel.
D. Bureau of Navigation
The Bureau of Navigation was a former United States Navy administrative office responsible for personnel management and related naval affairs before being succeeded by the Bureau of Naval Personnel.
E. United States Navy Bureau of Ships
The United States Navy Bureau of Ships was a former U.S. Navy organization responsible for the design, construction, and maintenance of naval ships and their systems.
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_69c008ab9b3081908a11b2c744838435`	completed	March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69c0624571508190bd273b4a051fbe41`	completed	March 22, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69c243da922c819080d8d37adbb5635e`	completed	March 24, 2026, 7:57 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69c4fb66b8e8819090524d1ef12688a7`	completed	March 26, 2026, 9:24 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69c4fc3065bc81908d95fbd3d4655c76`	completed	March 26, 2026, 9:28 a.m.

Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:20 p.m.