Triple

T6701357
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Big Black River Bridge E152885 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object John A. McClernand
John A. McClernand was a prominent Union Army general and Illinois politician during the American Civil War, known for his leadership in the Western Theater and his close political ties to President Abraham Lincoln.
 E690164 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: John A. McClernand | Statement: [Battle of Big Black River Bridge, commander, John A. McClernand]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John A. McClernand
Context triple: [Battle of Big Black River Bridge, commander, John A. McClernand]
  • A. Thomas C. Ely
    Thomas C. Ely is an American Episcopal bishop known for his leadership within the Episcopal Church, including service as a diocesan bishop in the Upper Midwest.
  • B. Charles F. Brannan
    Charles F. Brannan was a mid-20th-century U.S. Secretary of Agriculture known for advocating progressive farm policies and New Deal–style agricultural reforms.
  • C. William C. Carruth
    William C. Carruth is a film editor best known for his work on the classic sports comedy "Caddyshack."
  • D. William G. Fargo
    William G. Fargo was a 19th-century American businessman and express pioneer best known as a co-founder of American Express and Wells Fargo.
  • E. George T. Dunlap
    George T. Dunlap was an American publisher best known as a co-founder of the prominent publishing house Grosset & Dunlap.
  • 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: John A. McClernand
Triple: [Battle of Big Black River Bridge, commander, John A. McClernand]
Generated description
John A. McClernand was a prominent Union Army general and Illinois politician during the American Civil War, known for his leadership in the Western Theater and his close political ties to President Abraham Lincoln.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John A. McClernand
Target entity description: John A. McClernand was a prominent Union Army general and Illinois politician during the American Civil War, known for his leadership in the Western Theater and his close political ties to President Abraham Lincoln.
  • A. Thomas C. Ely
    Thomas C. Ely is an American Episcopal bishop known for his leadership within the Episcopal Church, including service as a diocesan bishop in the Upper Midwest.
  • B. Charles F. Brannan
    Charles F. Brannan was a mid-20th-century U.S. Secretary of Agriculture known for advocating progressive farm policies and New Deal–style agricultural reforms.
  • C. William C. Carruth
    William C. Carruth is a film editor best known for his work on the classic sports comedy "Caddyshack."
  • D. William G. Fargo
    William G. Fargo was a 19th-century American businessman and express pioneer best known as a co-founder of American Express and Wells Fargo.
  • E. George T. Dunlap
    George T. Dunlap was an American publisher best known as a co-founder of the prominent publishing house Grosset & Dunlap.
  • 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_69c68807adbc8190b8632df42b39eda0 completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d0e4a1848190997520ddd7808cc6 completed March 27, 2026, 6:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c91f3e6cec8190ad66e8f4feb6b911 completed March 29, 2026, 12:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c9206a41388190a40a5bf39ab50e0d completed March 29, 2026, 12:51 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c920bcd7a0819096bcc4cb36e6c4f3 completed March 29, 2026, 12:53 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:05 p.m.