Triple

T12503777
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment E298893 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object Edward Needles Hallowell
Edward Needles Hallowell was a Union Army officer best known for leading the famed African American 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War.
 E987387 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: Edward Needles Hallowell | Statement: [54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, commander, Edward Needles Hallowell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Edward Needles Hallowell
Context triple: [54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, commander, Edward Needles Hallowell]
  • A. Daniel Giraud Elliot
    Daniel Giraud Elliot was a 19th-century American zoologist and ornithologist known for his influential works on birds and mammals and for helping to found the American Museum of Natural History.
  • B. Theodore B. Fernald
    Theodore B. Fernald is a linguist known for his descriptive and analytical work on the Maricopa language.
  • C. James Walker Tufts
    James Walker Tufts was an American businessman and philanthropist best known for developing the resort community of Pinehurst, North Carolina.
  • D. Edward Mills
    Edward Mills was a British architect known for designing the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Headquarters in London.
  • E. Edward Everett Horton
    Edward Everett Horton was an American character actor and comedian best known for his droll, fussy persona in classic Hollywood films and early television.
  • 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: Edward Needles Hallowell
Triple: [54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, commander, Edward Needles Hallowell]
Generated description
Edward Needles Hallowell was a Union Army officer best known for leading the famed African American 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Edward Needles Hallowell
Target entity description: Edward Needles Hallowell was a Union Army officer best known for leading the famed African American 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War.
  • A. Daniel Giraud Elliot
    Daniel Giraud Elliot was a 19th-century American zoologist and ornithologist known for his influential works on birds and mammals and for helping to found the American Museum of Natural History.
  • B. Theodore B. Fernald
    Theodore B. Fernald is a linguist known for his descriptive and analytical work on the Maricopa language.
  • C. James Walker Tufts
    James Walker Tufts was an American businessman and philanthropist best known for developing the resort community of Pinehurst, North Carolina.
  • D. Edward Mills
    Edward Mills was a British architect known for designing the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Headquarters in London.
  • E. Edward Everett Horton
    Edward Everett Horton was an American character actor and comedian best known for his droll, fussy persona in classic Hollywood films and early television.
  • 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_69d6ada4cd388190ae3bbf83ff87057a completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d94dfcea188190a929db1aabe1a286 completed April 10, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f64bb5af708190b3786da334c3bf23 completed May 2, 2026, 7:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f64ce0ca288190bbbcb5459f914c19 completed May 2, 2026, 7:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f64df6488481909dea8387e7000d15 completed May 2, 2026, 7:18 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:57 p.m.