Triple
T11714171
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lincoln–Douglas debates |
E278449
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
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FINISHED |
| Object |
1858 United States Senate election in Illinois
The 1858 United States Senate election in Illinois was a pivotal contest between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas that gained national prominence for its debates over slavery and helped launch Lincoln onto the national political stage.
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E662417
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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: 1858 United States Senate election in Illinois | Statement: [Lincoln–Douglas debates, partOf, 1858 United States Senate election in Illinois]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1858 United States Senate election in Illinois Context triple: [Lincoln–Douglas debates, partOf, 1858 United States Senate election in Illinois]
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A.
United States Senate election in Missouri, 1820
The United States Senate election in Missouri in 1820 was the inaugural contest to choose one of Missouri’s first U.S. senators following its admission to the Union.
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B.
Illinois gubernatorial election, 1864
The Illinois gubernatorial election of 1864 was a Civil War–era state election in which Republican candidate Richard J. Oglesby won the governorship of Illinois.
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C.
United States Senate election in Illinois
The United States Senate election in Illinois is a statewide contest held to choose one of Illinois's two representatives in the U.S. Senate, often drawing significant national attention due to the state's political importance.
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D.
1856 United States presidential election
The 1856 United States presidential election was a pivotal contest marked by the rise of the Republican Party, the sectional crisis over slavery, and the fragmentation of older parties amid growing tensions that foreshadowed the Civil War.
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E.
1880 United States presidential election
The 1880 United States presidential election was a closely contested race in which Republican James A. Garfield defeated Democrat Winfield Scott Hancock, continuing the post–Civil War era of Republican dominance.
- 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: 1858 United States Senate election in Illinois Triple: [Lincoln–Douglas debates, partOf, 1858 United States Senate election in Illinois]
Generated description
The 1858 United States Senate election in Illinois was a pivotal contest between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas that gained national prominence for its debates over slavery and helped launch Lincoln onto the national political stage.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1858 United States Senate election in Illinois Target entity description: The 1858 United States Senate election in Illinois was a pivotal contest between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas that gained national prominence for its debates over slavery and helped launch Lincoln onto the national political stage.
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A.
United States Senate election in Missouri, 1820
The United States Senate election in Missouri in 1820 was the inaugural contest to choose one of Missouri’s first U.S. senators following its admission to the Union.
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B.
Illinois gubernatorial election, 1864
The Illinois gubernatorial election of 1864 was a Civil War–era state election in which Republican candidate Richard J. Oglesby won the governorship of Illinois.
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C.
United States Senate election in Illinois
chosen
The United States Senate election in Illinois is a statewide contest held to choose one of Illinois's two representatives in the U.S. Senate, often drawing significant national attention due to the state's political importance.
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D.
1856 United States presidential election
The 1856 United States presidential election was a pivotal contest marked by the rise of the Republican Party, the sectional crisis over slavery, and the fragmentation of older parties amid growing tensions that foreshadowed the Civil War.
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E.
1880 United States presidential election
The 1880 United States presidential election was a closely contested race in which Republican James A. Garfield defeated Democrat Winfield Scott Hancock, continuing the post–Civil War era of Republican dominance.
- F. None of above.
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_69d6aaff2ce88190b4a1e4b341ad5377 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8a4bf54d88190a8e07fbbf8d9e962 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:20 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ef8397a4ac8190a71dfdd53bfa168a |
completed | April 27, 2026, 3:41 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ef96b0169081909ad5c5d40a006e64 |
completed | April 27, 2026, 5:02 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69efb4dad6a481909a54511b6233993b |
completed | April 27, 2026, 7:11 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:40 p.m.