Triple
T8125476
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Second Battle of Petersburg |
E189715
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entity |
| Predicate | precededBy |
P97
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FINISHED |
| Object |
First Battle of Petersburg
The First Battle of Petersburg was an early June 1864 American Civil War engagement in which Union forces unsuccessfully attempted to seize the vital railroad hub of Petersburg, Virginia, from Confederate defenders.
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E189715
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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: First Battle of Petersburg | Statement: [Second Battle of Petersburg, precededBy, First Battle of Petersburg]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: First Battle of Petersburg Context triple: [Second Battle of Petersburg, precededBy, First Battle of Petersburg]
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A.
First Battle of Winchester
The First Battle of Winchester was a major early American Civil War engagement in May 1862, in which Confederate forces under Stonewall Jackson defeated Union troops, contributing to his famed Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
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B.
Siege of Petersburg
The Siege of Petersburg was a prolonged series of trench warfare operations in 1864–1865 around Petersburg, Virginia, whose eventual Union victory cut off Confederate supply lines and led directly to the fall of Richmond and the end of the American Civil War.
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C.
Second Battle of Petersburg
The Second Battle of Petersburg was a key June 1864 American Civil War clash in Virginia in which failed Union assaults against Confederate defenses led directly to the prolonged Siege of Petersburg.
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D.
Third Battle of Petersburg
The Third Battle of Petersburg was the decisive Union assault in April 1865 that broke Confederate defenses around Petersburg, leading directly to the fall of Richmond and the endgame of the American Civil War.
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E.
Battle of Williamsburg
The Battle of Williamsburg was an early and inconclusive Civil War engagement in May 1862 in Virginia, fought as Union forces pursued the retreating Confederates during the Peninsula Campaign.
- 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: First Battle of Petersburg Triple: [Second Battle of Petersburg, precededBy, First Battle of Petersburg]
Generated description
The First Battle of Petersburg was an early June 1864 American Civil War engagement in which Union forces unsuccessfully attempted to seize the vital railroad hub of Petersburg, Virginia, from Confederate defenders.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: First Battle of Petersburg Target entity description: The First Battle of Petersburg was an early June 1864 American Civil War engagement in which Union forces unsuccessfully attempted to seize the vital railroad hub of Petersburg, Virginia, from Confederate defenders.
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A.
First Battle of Winchester
The First Battle of Winchester was a major early American Civil War engagement in May 1862, in which Confederate forces under Stonewall Jackson defeated Union troops, contributing to his famed Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
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B.
Siege of Petersburg
The Siege of Petersburg was a prolonged series of trench warfare operations in 1864–1865 around Petersburg, Virginia, whose eventual Union victory cut off Confederate supply lines and led directly to the fall of Richmond and the end of the American Civil War.
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C.
Second Battle of Petersburg
chosen
The Second Battle of Petersburg was a key June 1864 American Civil War clash in Virginia in which failed Union assaults against Confederate defenses led directly to the prolonged Siege of Petersburg.
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D.
Third Battle of Petersburg
The Third Battle of Petersburg was the decisive Union assault in April 1865 that broke Confederate defenses around Petersburg, leading directly to the fall of Richmond and the endgame of the American Civil War.
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E.
Battle of Williamsburg
The Battle of Williamsburg was an early and inconclusive Civil War engagement in May 1862 in Virginia, fought as Union forces pursued the retreating Confederates during the Peninsula Campaign.
- F. None of above.
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_69cc946b44d08190a042932ee908dc2f |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:43 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cc95c0b19881908521cce5ac0fe197 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:49 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cc96fa03d881909a1eeed6af9a3149 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:54 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:34 p.m.