Triple

T11131624

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Battle of White Bird Canyon	`E263296`	entity
Predicate	followedBy	`P78`	FINISHED
Object	Battle of Cottonwood The Battle of Cottonwood was a key engagement during the 1877 Nez Perce War in which U.S. Army forces clashed with Nez Perce warriors in Idaho Territory as the tribe attempted to evade forced relocation.	`E908376`	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: Battle of Cottonwood | Statement: [Battle of White Bird Canyon, followedBy, Battle of Cottonwood]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Battle of Cottonwood
Context triple: [Battle of White Bird Canyon, followedBy, Battle of Cottonwood]

A. Battle of Canyon Creek
The Battle of Canyon Creek was an 1877 engagement in Montana during the Nez Perce War, in which U.S. Army forces attempted unsuccessfully to stop the Nez Perce as they retreated toward Canada.
B. Battle of White Bird Canyon
The Battle of White Bird Canyon was the opening engagement of the Nez Perce War in 1877, in which Nez Perce warriors decisively defeated U.S. Army forces in present-day Idaho.
C. Battle of Summit Springs
The Battle of Summit Springs was an 1869 U.S. Army attack on a Cheyenne village in Colorado Territory that marked a significant engagement in the Indian Wars and involved Pawnee Scouts fighting alongside U.S. forces.
D. Battle of Slim Buttes
The Battle of Slim Buttes was an 1876 engagement in the Great Sioux War in which U.S. Army forces attacked and destroyed a Miniconjou Lakota village in present-day South Dakota, marking the first significant U.S. victory after the defeat at Little Bighorn.
E. Battle of Apache Pass
The Battle of Apache Pass was a key 1862 engagement in Arizona Territory between U.S. forces and Apache warriors that marked a turning point in the Apache Wars of the American Southwest.
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: Battle of Cottonwood
Triple: [Battle of White Bird Canyon, followedBy, Battle of Cottonwood]

Generated description

The Battle of Cottonwood was a key engagement during the 1877 Nez Perce War in which U.S. Army forces clashed with Nez Perce warriors in Idaho Territory as the tribe attempted to evade forced relocation.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Battle of Cottonwood
Target entity description: The Battle of Cottonwood was a key engagement during the 1877 Nez Perce War in which U.S. Army forces clashed with Nez Perce warriors in Idaho Territory as the tribe attempted to evade forced relocation.

A. Battle of Canyon Creek
The Battle of Canyon Creek was an 1877 engagement in Montana during the Nez Perce War, in which U.S. Army forces attempted unsuccessfully to stop the Nez Perce as they retreated toward Canada.
B. Battle of White Bird Canyon
The Battle of White Bird Canyon was the opening engagement of the Nez Perce War in 1877, in which Nez Perce warriors decisively defeated U.S. Army forces in present-day Idaho.
C. Battle of Summit Springs
The Battle of Summit Springs was an 1869 U.S. Army attack on a Cheyenne village in Colorado Territory that marked a significant engagement in the Indian Wars and involved Pawnee Scouts fighting alongside U.S. forces.
D. Battle of Slim Buttes
The Battle of Slim Buttes was an 1876 engagement in the Great Sioux War in which U.S. Army forces attacked and destroyed a Miniconjou Lakota village in present-day South Dakota, marking the first significant U.S. victory after the defeat at Little Bighorn.
E. Battle of Apache Pass
The Battle of Apache Pass was a key 1862 engagement in Arizona Territory between U.S. forces and Apache warriors that marked a turning point in the Apache Wars of the American Southwest.
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_69d6aa9c0ba08190bbd19c217489b755`	completed	April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69d7e831f4808190afabdaa0e97bbe32`	completed	April 9, 2026, 5:56 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69e46308d2f481908827d0d569802f89`	completed	April 19, 2026, 5:07 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69e46c3448348190b2c062d21771066d`	completed	April 19, 2026, 5:46 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69e46dadbc5c8190b41279a05731dc95`	completed	April 19, 2026, 5:52 a.m.

Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:28 p.m.