Triple
T8177313
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Shields |
E190968
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entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
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FINISHED |
| Object |
James Shields (Civil War general)
James Shields (Civil War general) was an Irish-born American military officer and politician who served as a Union general in the American Civil War and uniquely represented three different U.S. states in the Senate.
|
E716401
|
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: James Shields (Civil War general) | Statement: [Shields, hasNotableBearer, James Shields (Civil War general)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Shields (Civil War general) Context triple: [Shields, hasNotableBearer, James Shields (Civil War general)]
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A.
Robert S. Garnett
Robert S. Garnett was an American artist best known for creating the original design of the Great Seal of the State of California.
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B.
Henry Bowyer Lane
Henry Bowyer Lane was a 19th-century architect known for his influential work on prominent Canadian public buildings.
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C.
Gideon J. Pillow
Gideon J. Pillow was a controversial American lawyer, politician, and general who served in both the Mexican–American War and the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
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D.
Joseph Wheeler
Joseph Wheeler was a prominent American military officer who served as a Confederate cavalry general during the Civil War and later as a U.S. Army general in the Spanish–American War.
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E.
John Schofield
John Schofield was a Union Army general during the American Civil War who later served as U.S. Secretary of War and Commanding General of the U.S. Army.
- 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: James Shields (Civil War general) Triple: [Shields, hasNotableBearer, James Shields (Civil War general)]
Generated description
James Shields (Civil War general) was an Irish-born American military officer and politician who served as a Union general in the American Civil War and uniquely represented three different U.S. states in the Senate.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Shields (Civil War general) Target entity description: James Shields (Civil War general) was an Irish-born American military officer and politician who served as a Union general in the American Civil War and uniquely represented three different U.S. states in the Senate.
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A.
Robert S. Garnett
Robert S. Garnett was an American artist best known for creating the original design of the Great Seal of the State of California.
-
B.
Henry Bowyer Lane
Henry Bowyer Lane was a 19th-century architect known for his influential work on prominent Canadian public buildings.
-
C.
Gideon J. Pillow
Gideon J. Pillow was a controversial American lawyer, politician, and general who served in both the Mexican–American War and the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
-
D.
Joseph Wheeler
Joseph Wheeler was a prominent American military officer who served as a Confederate cavalry general during the Civil War and later as a U.S. Army general in the Spanish–American War.
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E.
John Schofield
John Schofield was a Union Army general during the American Civil War who later served as U.S. Secretary of War and Commanding General of the U.S. Army.
- 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_69ca82c1c0a08190bf8692b4d91a03ca |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb4aba0dd88190828080d0d89612eb |
completed | March 31, 2026, 4:16 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ccbf7f02d08190a6cedc37b64a0d9e |
completed | April 1, 2026, 6:47 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ccc313ba7c81909b9ee65b37ed165e |
completed | April 1, 2026, 7:02 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ccd85aa2888190bd167148b21a3f93 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 8:33 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:40 p.m.