Triple
T6662993
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | McCook, Nebraska |
E151521
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alexander McDowell McCook
Alexander McDowell McCook was a Union Army general during the American Civil War and a member of the prominent "Fighting McCook" family of military officers.
|
E608721
|
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: Alexander McDowell McCook | Statement: [McCook, Nebraska, namedAfter, Alexander McDowell McCook]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander McDowell McCook Context triple: [McCook, Nebraska, namedAfter, Alexander McDowell McCook]
-
A.
Reuben H. Walworth
Reuben H. Walworth was a prominent 19th-century American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as the last Chancellor of New York.
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B.
John A. Rawlins
John A. Rawlins was a Union Army general and close confidant of Ulysses S. Grant who played a key role in Civil War military administration and later served in Grant’s presidential cabinet.
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C.
Thomas Corwin
Thomas Corwin was a prominent 19th-century American politician who served as governor of Ohio, U.S. senator, and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, noted for his eloquence and opposition to the Mexican–American War.
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D.
Samuel M. Comer
Samuel M. Comer was an American film set decorator and art director known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood productions.
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E.
Levi Woodbury
Levi Woodbury was a prominent 19th-century American statesman and jurist who served as a U.S. senator, governor of New Hampshire, Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of the Treasury, and later as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
- 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: Alexander McDowell McCook Triple: [McCook, Nebraska, namedAfter, Alexander McDowell McCook]
Generated description
Alexander McDowell McCook was a Union Army general during the American Civil War and a member of the prominent "Fighting McCook" family of military officers.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander McDowell McCook Target entity description: Alexander McDowell McCook was a Union Army general during the American Civil War and a member of the prominent "Fighting McCook" family of military officers.
-
A.
Reuben H. Walworth
Reuben H. Walworth was a prominent 19th-century American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as the last Chancellor of New York.
-
B.
John A. Rawlins
John A. Rawlins was a Union Army general and close confidant of Ulysses S. Grant who played a key role in Civil War military administration and later served in Grant’s presidential cabinet.
-
C.
Thomas Corwin
Thomas Corwin was a prominent 19th-century American politician who served as governor of Ohio, U.S. senator, and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, noted for his eloquence and opposition to the Mexican–American War.
-
D.
Samuel M. Comer
Samuel M. Comer was an American film set decorator and art director known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood productions.
-
E.
Levi Woodbury
Levi Woodbury was a prominent 19th-century American statesman and jurist who served as a U.S. senator, governor of New Hampshire, Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of the Treasury, and later as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
- 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_69c687f5fac48190a09e4838d9c6b45d |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6b09a6fa88190ba8e454b9ad421a0 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 4:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c6ef0c1fc081909e37296958a04572 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:56 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c6f0bd833c8190849c918d20648325 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:03 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c6f15b7d848190815be600234461ba |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:06 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:02 p.m.