Triple

T1050999
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Confederate military leadership E22697 entity
Predicate notableNavalCommander P23601 FINISHED
Object Raphael Semmes
Raphael Semmes was a Confederate naval officer best known as the captain of the commerce raider CSS Alabama during the American Civil War.
E120845 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Raphael Semmes | Statement: [Confederate military leadership, notableNavalCommander, Raphael Semmes]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Raphael Semmes
Context triple: [Confederate military leadership, notableNavalCommander, Raphael Semmes]
  • A. Admiral David Farragut
    Admiral David Farragut was a renowned U.S. Navy officer during the American Civil War, best known for his decisive victory at the Battle of Mobile Bay and his famous command, “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!”
  • B. William T. Sampson
    William T. Sampson was a United States Navy admiral best known for leading American naval forces during the Spanish–American War, particularly in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
  • C. Thomas Macdonough
    Thomas Macdonough was a United States Navy officer best known for his decisive victory over the British at the Battle of Lake Champlain during the War of 1812.
  • D. Stephen Decatur
    Stephen Decatur was a celebrated early 19th-century United States naval officer renowned for his daring exploits and heroism in multiple conflicts, including the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812.
  • E. William Schley
    William Schley was a 19th-century American politician who served as governor of Georgia and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
  • 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: Raphael Semmes
Triple: [Confederate military leadership, notableNavalCommander, Raphael Semmes]
Generated description
Raphael Semmes was a Confederate naval officer best known as the captain of the commerce raider CSS Alabama during the American Civil War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Raphael Semmes
Target entity description: Raphael Semmes was a Confederate naval officer best known as the captain of the commerce raider CSS Alabama during the American Civil War.
  • A. Admiral David Farragut
    Admiral David Farragut was a renowned U.S. Navy officer during the American Civil War, best known for his decisive victory at the Battle of Mobile Bay and his famous command, “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!”
  • B. William T. Sampson
    William T. Sampson was a United States Navy admiral best known for leading American naval forces during the Spanish–American War, particularly in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
  • C. Thomas Macdonough
    Thomas Macdonough was a United States Navy officer best known for his decisive victory over the British at the Battle of Lake Champlain during the War of 1812.
  • D. Stephen Decatur
    Stephen Decatur was a celebrated early 19th-century United States naval officer renowned for his daring exploits and heroism in multiple conflicts, including the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812.
  • E. William Schley
    William Schley was a 19th-century American politician who served as governor of Georgia and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: notableNavalCommander
Context triple: [Confederate military leadership, notableNavalCommander, Raphael Semmes]
  • A. notableCommanderOf
    Indicates that an individual is a distinguished or historically significant commander associated with leading a particular military unit, force, or organization.
  • B. notableCommanderAllies
    Indicates that the subject commander has notable allied commanders with whom they are significantly associated or have cooperated.
  • C. notableCommanderEnd
    Indicates that a person served as a notable commander of an entity (such as a military unit or organization) at the end of a specified period or timeframe.
  • D. notableCommanderStart
    Indicates the point in time or event at which a notable commander’s leadership or command role begins in relation to the subject.
  • E. notableCommanderSide
    Indicates that a particular military or strategic side is notably commanded or led by a specified commander.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69a493da02e081908c13ff5e02a0fe7a completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b8b40d50819091cb37a2236e82ee completed March 1, 2026, 10:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac3bcd3a4481908f7d9f13e3697fa9 completed March 7, 2026, 2:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac3c43baec819086ab5fce7f5b1137 completed March 7, 2026, 2:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac3c9cc1ec819087df1f4c4efc5646 completed March 7, 2026, 2:56 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4b7309cc481908ed839b0b8d75dbf completed March 1, 2026, 10:01 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69a4b7f2d1b081908eb2df54e91c8c1d completed March 1, 2026, 10:04 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.