Triple

T11082948
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nathaniel P. Banks E262047 entity
Predicate allegiance P1201 FINISHED
Object Union
The Union was the federal government and Northern states of the United States that opposed the seceding Confederacy during the American Civil War.
 E22849 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Union | Statement: [Nathaniel P. Banks, allegiance, Union]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Union
Context triple: [Nathaniel P. Banks, allegiance, Union]
  • A. Union
    Union is the commonly used short name for the Major League Soccer club Philadelphia Union.
  • B. Union
    "Union" is a song featured on the album "Monkey Business" by the Black Eyed Peas.
  • C. Union
    Union is a 1991 progressive rock album by the combined lineups of Yes and Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, notable for uniting multiple eras of the band’s members on one record.
  • D. Union
    Union is a town in Broome County, New York, that forms part of the Binghamton metropolitan area.
  • E. Union
    Union is a major transit hub in downtown Toronto that serves as the city's primary subway and railway station complex.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Union
Target entity description: The Union was the federal government and Northern states of the United States that opposed the seceding Confederacy during the American Civil War.
  • A. Union chosen
    The Union was the federal government and Northern states of the United States that opposed the seceding Confederate states during the American Civil War.
  • B. Union
    Union is a town in Broome County, New York, that forms part of the Binghamton metropolitan area.
  • C. Union
    Union is a 1991 progressive rock album by the combined lineups of Yes and Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, notable for uniting multiple eras of the band’s members on one record.
  • D. Union
    Union is the commonly used short name for the Major League Soccer club Philadelphia Union.
  • E. Union
    Union is a township in Union County, New Jersey, that serves as the home of Kean University and a suburban community near New York City.
  • F. None of above.

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Union
Triple: [Nathaniel P. Banks, allegiance, Union]
Generated description
The Union was the federal government and Northern states of the United States that opposed the seceding Confederacy during the American Civil War.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d6aa9983c08190b0ef61603b69feac elicitation completed
NER batch_69d799bf89f48190889f08d2f5dd220a ner completed
NED1 batch_69e3e77a78288190aa76912e0fa821b5 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69e3f488819081908f9a4225279cde6b ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69e3f2cafc008190a3504999297f1e4e nedg completed
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:27 p.m.