Triple
T12415088
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Confederate States Secretary of War |
E296614
|
entity |
| Predicate | seat |
P75
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
War Department building in Richmond, Virginia
The War Department building in Richmond, Virginia was the principal administrative headquarters for the Confederate States’ military leadership during the American Civil War.
|
E981203
|
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: War Department building in Richmond, Virginia | Statement: [Confederate States Secretary of War, seat, War Department building in Richmond, Virginia]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: War Department building in Richmond, Virginia Context triple: [Confederate States Secretary of War, seat, War Department building in Richmond, Virginia]
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A.
Confederate armory at Richmond, Virginia
The Confederate armory at Richmond, Virginia was a major Civil War–era weapons manufacturing facility that became one of the Confederacy’s primary centers for producing small arms and military equipment.
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B.
United States War Department building
The United States War Department building was a key federal military administration headquarters in Washington, D.C., that became historically notable as one of the government structures targeted during the Burning of Washington in the War of 1812.
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C.
City of Manassas Park, Virginia
The City of Manassas Park, Virginia is an independent, suburban city in Northern Virginia near Washington, D.C., known for its residential communities and proximity to major regional transportation corridors.
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D.
Fort Myer, Virginia
Fort Myer, Virginia is a historic U.S. Army post adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery that serves as a key ceremonial and administrative installation for the military in the Washington, D.C. area.
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E.
Virginia State Capitol Annex
The Virginia State Capitol Annex is an auxiliary government building in Richmond that supports the operations and offices associated with the historic Virginia State Capitol.
- 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: War Department building in Richmond, Virginia Triple: [Confederate States Secretary of War, seat, War Department building in Richmond, Virginia]
Generated description
The War Department building in Richmond, Virginia was the principal administrative headquarters for the Confederate States’ military leadership during the American Civil War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: War Department building in Richmond, Virginia Target entity description: The War Department building in Richmond, Virginia was the principal administrative headquarters for the Confederate States’ military leadership during the American Civil War.
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A.
Confederate armory at Richmond, Virginia
The Confederate armory at Richmond, Virginia was a major Civil War–era weapons manufacturing facility that became one of the Confederacy’s primary centers for producing small arms and military equipment.
-
B.
United States War Department building
The United States War Department building was a key federal military administration headquarters in Washington, D.C., that became historically notable as one of the government structures targeted during the Burning of Washington in the War of 1812.
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C.
City of Manassas Park, Virginia
The City of Manassas Park, Virginia is an independent, suburban city in Northern Virginia near Washington, D.C., known for its residential communities and proximity to major regional transportation corridors.
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D.
Fort Myer, Virginia
Fort Myer, Virginia is a historic U.S. Army post adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery that serves as a key ceremonial and administrative installation for the military in the Washington, D.C. area.
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E.
Virginia State Capitol Annex
The Virginia State Capitol Annex is an auxiliary government building in Richmond that supports the operations and offices associated with the historic Virginia State Capitol.
- 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_69d6ad9f464c81909db36d7e96e34b9e |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d94d6c4f6c8190bc99d3f7b64205c3 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f634915940819092665f1f35aa823d |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:29 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f635997b088190b6207fcac5594eb2 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:34 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f636d9e13881908d3d08c6cf954304 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:39 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:55 p.m.