Triple

T11385515
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Wentworth Higginson E269705 entity
Predicate commanded P2333 FINISHED
Object 1st South Carolina Volunteers (Union)
The 1st South Carolina Volunteers (Union) was one of the first officially recognized African American regiments in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
E922920 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: 1st South Carolina Volunteers (Union) | Statement: [Thomas Wentworth Higginson, commanded, 1st South Carolina Volunteers (Union)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1st South Carolina Volunteers (Union)
Context triple: [Thomas Wentworth Higginson, commanded, 1st South Carolina Volunteers (Union)]
  • A. 2nd South Carolina Regiment
    The 2nd South Carolina Regiment was a Continental Army infantry unit from South Carolina that fought in key engagements of the American Revolutionary War, including the defense of Charleston.
  • B. North Carolina Brigade
    The North Carolina Brigade was a Continental Army infantry formation composed primarily of North Carolina troops that fought in key campaigns of the American Revolutionary War.
  • C. Hoke's Brigade
    Hoke's Brigade was a Confederate infantry brigade in the American Civil War, noted for its service in the Army of Northern Virginia under General Robert F. Hoke.
  • D. Wilmington Light Infantry
    The Wilmington Light Infantry was a North Carolina militia unit that played a key role in enforcing white supremacist control during the violent 1898 coup and racial massacre in Wilmington.
  • E. Stonewall Brigade
    The Stonewall Brigade was a famed Confederate infantry brigade in the American Civil War, originally commanded by Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson and renowned for its discipline and combat effectiveness.
  • 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: 1st South Carolina Volunteers (Union)
Triple: [Thomas Wentworth Higginson, commanded, 1st South Carolina Volunteers (Union)]
Generated description
The 1st South Carolina Volunteers (Union) was one of the first officially recognized African American regiments in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1st South Carolina Volunteers (Union)
Target entity description: The 1st South Carolina Volunteers (Union) was one of the first officially recognized African American regiments in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
  • A. 2nd South Carolina Regiment
    The 2nd South Carolina Regiment was a Continental Army infantry unit from South Carolina that fought in key engagements of the American Revolutionary War, including the defense of Charleston.
  • B. North Carolina Brigade
    The North Carolina Brigade was a Continental Army infantry formation composed primarily of North Carolina troops that fought in key campaigns of the American Revolutionary War.
  • C. Hoke's Brigade
    Hoke's Brigade was a Confederate infantry brigade in the American Civil War, noted for its service in the Army of Northern Virginia under General Robert F. Hoke.
  • D. Wilmington Light Infantry
    The Wilmington Light Infantry was a North Carolina militia unit that played a key role in enforcing white supremacist control during the violent 1898 coup and racial massacre in Wilmington.
  • E. Stonewall Brigade
    The Stonewall Brigade was a famed Confederate infantry brigade in the American Civil War, originally commanded by Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson and renowned for its discipline and combat effectiveness.
  • 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_69d6aacdbc6c8190af6dc3d5f5d22836 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7fc378d808190b587a044ede67e1e completed April 9, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e58c1d4b188190b83cfad0cc95483e completed April 20, 2026, 2:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e5932d3cb88190807acdcdc3aaa9fc completed April 20, 2026, 2:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e59a0ab7e081908cb8761c4f82c664 completed April 20, 2026, 3:14 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m.