Triple

T10578074
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Caroline affair E249661 entity
Predicate significantEvent P259 FINISHED
Object British forces crossed into U.S. territory
"British forces crossed into U.S. territory" refers to the 1837 cross-border raid during the Caroline affair, when British troops entered New York from Canada to destroy the American steamboat Caroline amid tensions over Canadian rebellions.
E872430 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: British forces crossed into U.S. territory | Statement: [Caroline affair, significantEvent, British forces crossed into U.S. territory]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British forces crossed into U.S. territory
Context triple: [Caroline affair, significantEvent, British forces crossed into U.S. territory]
  • A. United States forces in India
    United States forces in India were the American military units stationed in India during World War II that supported operations in the China-Burma-India theater, including logistics, training, and combat support against Japanese forces.
  • B. United States military forces in the War of 1812
    The United States military forces in the War of 1812 were the land and naval forces of the young American republic that fought against the British Empire and its allies in a conflict over maritime rights, territorial expansion, and national sovereignty from 1812 to 1815.
  • C. U.S. claimed victory
    "U.S. claimed victory" refers to the American assertion of having won the Battle of Lake Okeechobee during the Second Seminole War, despite the engagement being tactically inconclusive and costly.
  • D. British occupation of New York City
    The British occupation of New York City was a prolonged period during the American Revolutionary War when British forces controlled the city, using it as a major military and political base from 1776 until their withdrawal in 1783.
  • E. U.S. Army forces in Cuba during the Spanish–American War
    U.S. Army forces in Cuba during the Spanish–American War were the American expeditionary troops deployed to invade and defeat Spanish forces on the island, culminating in key battles such as San Juan Hill and the siege of Santiago de Cuba.
  • 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: British forces crossed into U.S. territory
Triple: [Caroline affair, significantEvent, British forces crossed into U.S. territory]
Generated description
"British forces crossed into U.S. territory" refers to the 1837 cross-border raid during the Caroline affair, when British troops entered New York from Canada to destroy the American steamboat Caroline amid tensions over Canadian rebellions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British forces crossed into U.S. territory
Target entity description: "British forces crossed into U.S. territory" refers to the 1837 cross-border raid during the Caroline affair, when British troops entered New York from Canada to destroy the American steamboat Caroline amid tensions over Canadian rebellions.
  • A. United States forces in India
    United States forces in India were the American military units stationed in India during World War II that supported operations in the China-Burma-India theater, including logistics, training, and combat support against Japanese forces.
  • B. United States military forces in the War of 1812
    The United States military forces in the War of 1812 were the land and naval forces of the young American republic that fought against the British Empire and its allies in a conflict over maritime rights, territorial expansion, and national sovereignty from 1812 to 1815.
  • C. U.S. claimed victory
    "U.S. claimed victory" refers to the American assertion of having won the Battle of Lake Okeechobee during the Second Seminole War, despite the engagement being tactically inconclusive and costly.
  • D. British occupation of New York City
    The British occupation of New York City was a prolonged period during the American Revolutionary War when British forces controlled the city, using it as a major military and political base from 1776 until their withdrawal in 1783.
  • E. U.S. Army forces in Cuba during the Spanish–American War
    U.S. Army forces in Cuba during the Spanish–American War were the American expeditionary troops deployed to invade and defeat Spanish forces on the island, culminating in key battles such as San Juan Hill and the siege of Santiago de Cuba.
  • 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_69d381c8bd708190acf3d275c908251e completed April 6, 2026, 9:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d52756ff1c8190a85022748ca58ba5 completed April 7, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d94b6f43f4819092557d1c6039324a completed April 10, 2026, 7:11 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d94ca07da481908f2d546f8ddc9326 completed April 10, 2026, 7:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d94e8687bc819082b672a64bf85500 completed April 10, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:38 p.m.