Triple
T12370535
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John E. Wool |
E294987
|
entity |
| Predicate | commanded |
P2333
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Department of the East
The Department of the East was a major U.S. Army administrative and geographic command responsible for overseeing military operations and installations in the eastern United States during the 19th century.
|
E979043
|
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: Department of the East | Statement: [John E. Wool, commanded, Department of the East]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of the East Context triple: [John E. Wool, commanded, Department of the East]
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A.
Northern Department
The Northern Department was a major British military command area in North America during the American Revolutionary War, encompassing operations in the northern colonies and frontier regions.
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B.
Northern Department
The Northern Department was a regional division of the American Fur Company that managed its fur-trading operations in the northern territories of North America.
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C.
Department of the Peninsula
The Department of the Peninsula was a Confederate Army administrative and operational district in Virginia that oversaw military forces and defenses on the Virginia Peninsula during the American Civil War.
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D.
Imperial General Headquarters
The Imperial General Headquarters was the highest command authority of Japan’s armed forces during the Empire of Japan, directing military strategy and operations, especially throughout World War II.
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E.
Department of the Cumberland
The Department of the Cumberland was a major Union Army administrative and operational command in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, overseeing key campaigns in Tennessee and surrounding regions.
- 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: Department of the East Triple: [John E. Wool, commanded, Department of the East]
Generated description
The Department of the East was a major U.S. Army administrative and geographic command responsible for overseeing military operations and installations in the eastern United States during the 19th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of the East Target entity description: The Department of the East was a major U.S. Army administrative and geographic command responsible for overseeing military operations and installations in the eastern United States during the 19th century.
-
A.
Northern Department
The Northern Department was a major British military command area in North America during the American Revolutionary War, encompassing operations in the northern colonies and frontier regions.
-
B.
Northern Department
The Northern Department was a regional division of the American Fur Company that managed its fur-trading operations in the northern territories of North America.
-
C.
Department of the Peninsula
The Department of the Peninsula was a Confederate Army administrative and operational district in Virginia that oversaw military forces and defenses on the Virginia Peninsula during the American Civil War.
-
D.
Imperial General Headquarters
The Imperial General Headquarters was the highest command authority of Japan’s armed forces during the Empire of Japan, directing military strategy and operations, especially throughout World War II.
-
E.
Department of the Cumberland
The Department of the Cumberland was a major Union Army administrative and operational command in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, overseeing key campaigns in Tennessee and surrounding regions.
- 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_69d6ab6d8a4081908636601e69ddf262 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d93fa65a608190a1597a49751185a8 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 6:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f62abfd9c081909803691d3fc4f149 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 4:48 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f62be4de888190aac94d441748d295 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 4:52 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f62d51ab8081909c6f534051019dca |
completed | May 2, 2026, 4:58 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:54 p.m.