Triple

T8400342
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Confederate artillery E198153 entity
Predicate notableCommander P1197 FINISHED
Object William N. Pendleton
William N. Pendleton was a Confederate brigadier general and chief of artillery in Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, known for organizing and commanding its artillery forces during the American Civil War.
E732434 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 N. Pendleton | Statement: [Confederate artillery, notableCommander, William N. Pendleton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William N. Pendleton
Context triple: [Confederate artillery, notableCommander, William N. Pendleton]
  • A. William H. Fuller
    William H. Fuller is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the Fuller surname, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
  • B. William E. Fuller
    William E. Fuller was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa in the late 19th century.
  • C. J. F. Lawton
    J. F. Lawton is an American screenwriter, producer, and director best known for writing the hit romantic comedy "Pretty Woman" and several successful action films.
  • D. Sir William Ridgeway
    Sir William Ridgeway was a prominent Irish classical scholar and archaeologist known for his influential work on ancient history, numismatics, and the origins of currency and civilization.
  • E. Winfield S. Cunningham
    Winfield S. Cunningham was a U.S. Navy officer best known for leading the outnumbered American defense of Wake Island against Japanese forces early in World War II.
  • 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 N. Pendleton
Triple: [Confederate artillery, notableCommander, William N. Pendleton]
Generated description
William N. Pendleton was a Confederate brigadier general and chief of artillery in Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, known for organizing and commanding its artillery forces during the American Civil War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William N. Pendleton
Target entity description: William N. Pendleton was a Confederate brigadier general and chief of artillery in Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, known for organizing and commanding its artillery forces during the American Civil War.
  • A. William H. Fuller
    William H. Fuller is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the Fuller surname, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
  • B. William E. Fuller
    William E. Fuller was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa in the late 19th century.
  • C. J. F. Lawton
    J. F. Lawton is an American screenwriter, producer, and director best known for writing the hit romantic comedy "Pretty Woman" and several successful action films.
  • D. Sir William Ridgeway
    Sir William Ridgeway was a prominent Irish classical scholar and archaeologist known for his influential work on ancient history, numismatics, and the origins of currency and civilization.
  • E. Winfield S. Cunningham
    Winfield S. Cunningham was a U.S. Navy officer best known for leading the outnumbered American defense of Wake Island against Japanese forces early in World War II.
  • 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_69ca82f816bc8190ab321c07d72208c1 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb824bfcbc8190b26bfcb5f8c4777c completed March 31, 2026, 8:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce02e129bc819081e6ea2dd43becba completed April 2, 2026, 5:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce077f25648190b9a95fb72f5b4f8c completed April 2, 2026, 6:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce08e192088190ad8170b1bedd568d completed April 2, 2026, 6:12 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:04 p.m.