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]
  • 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
  • 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.