Triple

T11969253
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Confederate States militia E284871 entity
Predicate relatedTo P37 FINISHED
Object Home Guard (Confederate)
The Home Guard (Confederate) was a local defense and reserve force in the Confederate States during the American Civil War, composed largely of men exempt from regular military service who were tasked with maintaining order, guarding infrastructure, and pursuing deserters.
E284871 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: Home Guard (Confederate) | Statement: [Confederate States militia, relatedTo, Home Guard (Confederate)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Home Guard (Confederate)
Context triple: [Confederate States militia, relatedTo, Home Guard (Confederate)]
  • A. Confederate States militia
    The Confederate States militia comprised state-organized military forces that supported the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, handling local defense, conscription enforcement, and internal security.
  • B. Confederate infantry
    Confederate infantry were the foot soldiers of the Confederate States during the American Civil War, forming the bulk of its combat forces in major battles across the conflict.
  • C. Army of the Potomac (Confederate)
    The Confederate Army of the Potomac was a principal Southern field army early in the American Civil War, active in northern Virginia and instrumental in the Confederate victory at the First Battle of Bull Run.
  • 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. Confederate States Army
    The Confederate States Army was the land warfare force of the secessionist Southern states during the American Civil War, known for figures like Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.
  • 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: Home Guard (Confederate)
Triple: [Confederate States militia, relatedTo, Home Guard (Confederate)]
Generated description
The Home Guard (Confederate) was a local defense and reserve force in the Confederate States during the American Civil War, composed largely of men exempt from regular military service who were tasked with maintaining order, guarding infrastructure, and pursuing deserters.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Home Guard (Confederate)
Target entity description: The Home Guard (Confederate) was a local defense and reserve force in the Confederate States during the American Civil War, composed largely of men exempt from regular military service who were tasked with maintaining order, guarding infrastructure, and pursuing deserters.
  • A. Confederate States militia chosen
    The Confederate States militia comprised state-organized military forces that supported the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, handling local defense, conscription enforcement, and internal security.
  • B. Confederate infantry
    Confederate infantry were the foot soldiers of the Confederate States during the American Civil War, forming the bulk of its combat forces in major battles across the conflict.
  • C. Army of the Potomac (Confederate)
    The Confederate Army of the Potomac was a principal Southern field army early in the American Civil War, active in northern Virginia and instrumental in the Confederate victory at the First Battle of Bull Run.
  • 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. Confederate States Army
    The Confederate States Army was the land warfare force of the secessionist Southern states during the American Civil War, known for figures like Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.
  • 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_69d6ab2eaeb881909f7914758f859413 completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9037bee54819085242a3ef3e286f9 completed April 10, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f459691ff0819099282172933d2d81 completed May 1, 2026, 7:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f4645ef63881909b46937f73d637a3 completed May 1, 2026, 8:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f465be4db08190882898a17d077019 completed May 1, 2026, 8:35 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:46 p.m.