Triple
T12520452
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Union occupation of Alexandria, Virginia |
E299299
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entity |
| Predicate | notableCommander |
P1197
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FINISHED |
| Object | Union General Irvin McDowell |
E159395
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Union General Irvin McDowell | Statement: [Union occupation of Alexandria, Virginia, notableCommander, Union General Irvin McDowell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Union General Irvin McDowell Context triple: [Union occupation of Alexandria, Virginia, notableCommander, Union General Irvin McDowell]
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A.
Irvin McDowell
chosen
Irvin McDowell was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, best known for leading federal forces in the war’s first major land battle and later serving in various departmental commands.
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B.
Irvin McDowell Garfield
Irvin McDowell Garfield was an American lawyer and public servant, best known as one of the sons of U.S. President James A. Garfield and First Lady Lucretia Rudolph Garfield.
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C.
Major General Andrew A. Humphreys
Major General Andrew A. Humphreys was a Union Army officer and distinguished Civil War corps commander noted for his leadership in the Army of the Potomac.
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D.
Henry W. Slocum
Henry W. Slocum was a prominent Union major general in the American Civil War, known for his leadership in key campaigns including Sherman’s March to the Sea.
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E.
Major General Joseph Hooker
Major General Joseph Hooker was a prominent Union Army officer during the American Civil War, best known for his leadership of the Army of the Potomac and his defeat by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d6ada5cdd48190860d9ce30aff69be |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9545b2b2481909049a490c97678f2 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f64bbf43e08190ae79f92ed5882ce2 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 7:08 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:57 p.m.