Triple

T11897003
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ambrose E. Burnside E283059 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object George B. McClellan (as commander of the Army of the Potomac) E9901 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: George B. McClellan (as commander of the Army of the Potomac) | Statement: [Ambrose E. Burnside, predecessor, George B. McClellan (as commander of the Army of the Potomac)]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

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: George B. McClellan (as commander of the Army of the Potomac)
Context triple: [Ambrose E. Burnside, predecessor, George B. McClellan (as commander of the Army of the Potomac)]
  • A. Ulysses S. Grant (overall Union commander)
    Ulysses S. Grant was the leading Union general of the American Civil War who orchestrated the final campaigns that defeated the Confederacy and later became the 18th president of the United States.
  • B. George B. McClellan Jr.
    George B. McClellan Jr. was an American Democratic politician who served as mayor of New York City from 1904 to 1909 and later became a historian and professor at Princeton University.
  • C. Irvin McDowell
    Irvin McDowell was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, best known for leading federal forces in the war’s first major land battle and later serving in various departmental commands.
  • D. George McClellan chosen
    George McClellan was a Union general during the American Civil War who organized the Army of the Potomac and later ran unsuccessfully for U.S. president against Abraham Lincoln in 1864.
  • E. Commander of the Army of the Potomac
    The Commander of the Army of the Potomac was the senior Union general in charge of the primary Union field army in the Eastern Theater during the American Civil War.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d6ab2a90b08190a4e818821cc93e6d elicitation completed
NER batch_69d8dd1286808190949719f54ff49a01 ner completed
NED1 batch_69f418205b788190a4b1b81d89cf7fff ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:44 p.m.