Triple
T1080859
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Army of Northern Virginia |
E23941
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableCommander |
P1197
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Gustavus W. Smith
Gustavus W. Smith was a Confederate major general and briefly acting commander of the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.
|
E421170
|
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: Gustavus W. Smith | Statement: [Army of Northern Virginia, notableCommander, Gustavus W. Smith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gustavus W. Smith Context triple: [Army of Northern Virginia, notableCommander, Gustavus W. Smith]
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A.
Oliver P. Smith
Oliver P. Smith was a highly respected U.S. Marine Corps general best known for his leadership of Marines during the Korean War, particularly at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir.
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B.
Edmund G. Ross
Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
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C.
Ludlow Ogden Smith
Ludlow Ogden Smith was an American businessman best known as the first husband of actress Katharine Hepburn.
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D.
Harwood K. Smith
Harwood K. Smith was an American architect and businessman best known as the founder of the architecture and engineering firm HKS, Inc.
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E.
Charles D. Norton
Charles D. Norton was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
- 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: Gustavus W. Smith Triple: [Army of Northern Virginia, notableCommander, Gustavus W. Smith]
Generated description
Gustavus W. Smith was a Confederate major general and briefly acting commander of the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gustavus W. Smith Target entity description: Gustavus W. Smith was a Confederate major general and briefly acting commander of the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.
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A.
Oliver P. Smith
Oliver P. Smith was a highly respected U.S. Marine Corps general best known for his leadership of Marines during the Korean War, particularly at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir.
-
B.
Edmund G. Ross
Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
-
C.
Ludlow Ogden Smith
Ludlow Ogden Smith was an American businessman best known as the first husband of actress Katharine Hepburn.
-
D.
Harwood K. Smith
Harwood K. Smith was an American architect and businessman best known as the founder of the architecture and engineering firm HKS, Inc.
-
E.
Charles D. Norton
Charles D. Norton was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
- 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_69a493f1ddf48190a99d54b00e99f8ce |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b946af788190b400644a2dec68c3 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:10 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b594a6aac881908dbde61735ca8427 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:02 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b59669d7b08190b1cbacd9b694aa81 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:10 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b59762105481908e3534600486b82d |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:14 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.