Triple
T6220609
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Army of the James |
E139102
|
entity |
| Predicate | commander |
P1061
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alfred H. Terry
Alfred H. Terry was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, best known for leading the successful assault on Fort Fisher in 1865.
|
E892300
|
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: Alfred H. Terry | Statement: [Army of the James, commander, Alfred H. Terry]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred H. Terry Context triple: [Army of the James, commander, Alfred H. Terry]
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A.
Charles W. Bingham
Charles W. Bingham was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose contributions to education and public institutions led to buildings such as Bingham Hall being named in his honor.
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B.
Samuel C. Armstrong
Samuel C. Armstrong was an American educator and Civil War officer best known for founding Hampton Institute and shaping the educational philosophy of prominent Black leaders in the post–Civil War era.
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C.
Frederick P. Hamlin
Frederick P. Hamlin is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake or distinguished bearer of the surname Hamlin.
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D.
Edward L. Hedden
Edward L. Hedden was a 19th-century American customs official best known for serving as Collector of the Port of New York and for his role in the landmark Supreme Court case Nix v. Hedden.
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E.
Henry B. Endicott
Henry B. Endicott was an American industrialist and shoe manufacturer whose influence and philanthropy led to the naming of the village of Endicott, New York in his honor.
- 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: Alfred H. Terry Triple: [Army of the James, commander, Alfred H. Terry]
Generated description
Alfred H. Terry was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, best known for leading the successful assault on Fort Fisher in 1865.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred H. Terry Target entity description: Alfred H. Terry was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, best known for leading the successful assault on Fort Fisher in 1865.
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A.
Charles W. Bingham
Charles W. Bingham was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose contributions to education and public institutions led to buildings such as Bingham Hall being named in his honor.
-
B.
Samuel C. Armstrong
Samuel C. Armstrong was an American educator and Civil War officer best known for founding Hampton Institute and shaping the educational philosophy of prominent Black leaders in the post–Civil War era.
-
C.
Frederick P. Hamlin
Frederick P. Hamlin is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake or distinguished bearer of the surname Hamlin.
-
D.
Edward L. Hedden
Edward L. Hedden was a 19th-century American customs official best known for serving as Collector of the Port of New York and for his role in the landmark Supreme Court case Nix v. Hedden.
-
E.
Henry B. Endicott
Henry B. Endicott was an American industrialist and shoe manufacturer whose influence and philanthropy led to the naming of the village of Endicott, New York in his honor.
- 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_69c008aecb0c81909984b48f733ce8ae |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c062bcc2348190806ed8c98bdfbf3e |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e15435faa881909b1a124f8027deeb |
completed | April 16, 2026, 9:27 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e17d3060888190b3801272835b939a |
completed | April 17, 2026, 12:22 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e1806bc1048190bcbff6f6d3d7da19 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 12:35 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:21 p.m.