Triple

T8125472
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Second Battle of Petersburg E189715 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object William F. "Baldy" Smith
William F. "Baldy" Smith was a Union Army major general and engineer in the American Civil War, noted for his leadership in key campaigns such as the Overland Campaign and operations around Petersburg.
E734340 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 F. "Baldy" Smith | Statement: [Second Battle of Petersburg, commander, William F. "Baldy" Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William F. "Baldy" Smith
Context triple: [Second Battle of Petersburg, commander, William F. "Baldy" Smith]
  • A. William R. Miles
    William R. Miles was a Confederate officer and regimental commander during the American Civil War, noted for his role in the defense of Port Hudson, Louisiana.
  • B. William A. Fraker
    William A. Fraker was an influential American cinematographer renowned for his dynamic visual style in films of the 1960s and 1970s, including major Hollywood productions.
  • C. John G. Smith
    John G. Smith is a music producer best known for his work on the project or artist known as King of Stage.
  • D. William H. Sullivan
    William H. Sullivan was an American diplomat best known for serving as U.S. Ambassador to Laos and later Iran, where he played key roles in U.S. foreign policy during the Vietnam War era and the lead-up to the Iranian Revolution.
  • E. William K. Sullivan
    William K. Sullivan was a distinguished 19th-century Irish scholar and academic, noted for his contributions to Celtic studies and his leadership role at Queen's College, Cork.
  • 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 F. "Baldy" Smith
Triple: [Second Battle of Petersburg, commander, William F. "Baldy" Smith]
Generated description
William F. "Baldy" Smith was a Union Army major general and engineer in the American Civil War, noted for his leadership in key campaigns such as the Overland Campaign and operations around Petersburg.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William F. "Baldy" Smith
Target entity description: William F. "Baldy" Smith was a Union Army major general and engineer in the American Civil War, noted for his leadership in key campaigns such as the Overland Campaign and operations around Petersburg.
  • A. William R. Miles
    William R. Miles was a Confederate officer and regimental commander during the American Civil War, noted for his role in the defense of Port Hudson, Louisiana.
  • B. William A. Fraker
    William A. Fraker was an influential American cinematographer renowned for his dynamic visual style in films of the 1960s and 1970s, including major Hollywood productions.
  • C. John G. Smith
    John G. Smith is a music producer best known for his work on the project or artist known as King of Stage.
  • D. William H. Sullivan
    William H. Sullivan was an American diplomat best known for serving as U.S. Ambassador to Laos and later Iran, where he played key roles in U.S. foreign policy during the Vietnam War era and the lead-up to the Iranian Revolution.
  • E. William K. Sullivan
    William K. Sullivan was a distinguished 19th-century Irish scholar and academic, noted for his contributions to Celtic studies and his leadership role at Queen's College, Cork.
  • 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_69ca82bb74848190afb1f18640632c10 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb438eb778819085296e6cbfa2e70d completed March 31, 2026, 3:46 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce1c99f0a881908418ddf281acdd69 completed April 2, 2026, 7:36 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce1f64337c8190a78a3d5bb2b9c56e completed April 2, 2026, 7:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce1ff71038819085f0a9d534e06356 completed April 2, 2026, 7:51 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:34 p.m.