Triple
T1217581
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Appomattox Campaign |
E26139
|
entity |
| Predicate | primaryConfederateCommander |
P25097
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Robert E. Lee |
E3980
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Robert E. Lee | Statement: [Appomattox Campaign, primaryConfederateCommander, Robert E. Lee]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert E. Lee Context triple: [Appomattox Campaign, primaryConfederateCommander, Robert E. Lee]
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A.
Robert E. Lee
chosen
Robert E. Lee was a prominent 19th-century American military officer best known as the leading Confederate general during the American Civil War.
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B.
Robert E. Lee Jr.
Robert E. Lee Jr. was the son of Confederate General Robert E. Lee who served as a Confederate officer during the American Civil War and later became a planter and author.
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C.
William Henry Fitzhugh Lee
William Henry Fitzhugh Lee was a Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War and the second son of General Robert E. Lee.
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D.
Stonewall Jackson
Stonewall Jackson was a renowned Confederate general celebrated for his tactical brilliance and pivotal battlefield leadership during the American Civil War.
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E.
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Jeb Stuart Magruder was a Republican political operative and Nixon administration official best known for his role in the Watergate scandal and involvement with the Committee to Re-elect the President.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: primaryConfederateCommander Context triple: [Appomattox Campaign, primaryConfederateCommander, Robert E. Lee]
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A.
positionOnConfederateLeadership
Indicates a stance or view an entity holds regarding the leadership of the Confederate side in a given conflict or historical context.
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B.
opponentInAmericanCivilWar
Indicates that two entities were on opposing sides in the American Civil War.
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C.
positionWithinConfederacy
Indicates that one entity holds a specific role, rank, or status within a confederated group or alliance of entities.
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D.
capturedCommander
Indicates that one party has taken a military commander from another party into custody or control.
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E.
joinedConfederateStatesOfAmerica
Indicates that an entity became a member of, or formally aligned itself with, the Confederate States of America.
- 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_69a4948331fc8190b531ac9bec71c491 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4be06d6308190a44c505e6b5e8d42 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad67f9b0dc8190a5b38450c227eac5 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:13 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a4bb62a7c08190a79dcb6ff72ac99b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:19 p.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69a4bc6d5b7881908091e40c8695ef53 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:23 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:46 p.m.