Triple
T11429882
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Confederate armory at Richmond, Virginia |
E270850
|
entity |
| Predicate | operatedBy |
P86
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Confederate Ordnance Department
The Confederate Ordnance Department was the branch of the Confederate government responsible for supplying, manufacturing, and managing weapons and ammunition for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
|
E924921
|
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: Confederate Ordnance Department | Statement: [Confederate armory at Richmond, Virginia, operatedBy, Confederate Ordnance Department]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Confederate Ordnance Department Context triple: [Confederate armory at Richmond, Virginia, operatedBy, Confederate Ordnance Department]
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A.
Confederate States Navy Bureau of Provisions and Clothing
The Confederate States Navy Bureau of Provisions and Clothing was the department responsible for supplying food, uniforms, and related necessities to personnel of the Confederate naval forces during the American Civil War.
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B.
Department of the South
The Department of the South was a Union Army command during the American Civil War responsible for military operations along the southeastern coast, including parts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
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C.
Confederate States Navy Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography
The Confederate States Navy Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography was the Civil War–era Confederate naval office responsible for overseeing naval weapons, munitions, and nautical charting and surveying.
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D.
Confederate States Armed Forces
The Confederate States Armed Forces were the combined military organizations of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, encompassing its army, navy, and marine corps.
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E.
U.S. Army Department of the Columbia
The U.S. Army Department of the Columbia was a 19th-century military administrative district of the United States Army responsible for overseeing army operations and defense in the Pacific Northwest region.
- 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: Confederate Ordnance Department Triple: [Confederate armory at Richmond, Virginia, operatedBy, Confederate Ordnance Department]
Generated description
The Confederate Ordnance Department was the branch of the Confederate government responsible for supplying, manufacturing, and managing weapons and ammunition for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Confederate Ordnance Department Target entity description: The Confederate Ordnance Department was the branch of the Confederate government responsible for supplying, manufacturing, and managing weapons and ammunition for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
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A.
Confederate States Navy Bureau of Provisions and Clothing
The Confederate States Navy Bureau of Provisions and Clothing was the department responsible for supplying food, uniforms, and related necessities to personnel of the Confederate naval forces during the American Civil War.
-
B.
Department of the South
The Department of the South was a Union Army command during the American Civil War responsible for military operations along the southeastern coast, including parts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
-
C.
Confederate States Navy Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography
The Confederate States Navy Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography was the Civil War–era Confederate naval office responsible for overseeing naval weapons, munitions, and nautical charting and surveying.
-
D.
Confederate States Armed Forces
The Confederate States Armed Forces were the combined military organizations of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, encompassing its army, navy, and marine corps.
-
E.
U.S. Army Department of the Columbia
The U.S. Army Department of the Columbia was a 19th-century military administrative district of the United States Army responsible for overseeing army operations and defense in the Pacific Northwest region.
- 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_69d6aadeef688190874bcecd88b3dd9b |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d806c1bfb881909720c74fe0fa837f |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e5b8d923688190bb4d61d57768e10e |
completed | April 20, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e5c28e2dd481909b45a43b5825f393 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 6:07 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e5c4722c348190a4c49edb1f6df240 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 6:15 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.