Triple

T12904169
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Confederate States Postmaster General E308688 entity
Predicate category P87 FINISHED
Object Postal history of the Confederate States of America
The postal history of the Confederate States of America encompasses the organization, operation, and stamps of the breakaway nation's mail system during the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865.
E1008189 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: Postal history of the Confederate States of America | Statement: [Confederate States Postmaster General, category, Postal history of the Confederate States of America]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Postal history of the Confederate States of America
Context triple: [Confederate States Postmaster General, category, Postal history of the Confederate States of America]
  • A. The Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe
    *The Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe* is a historical memoir by Confederate naval agent James D. Bulloch detailing clandestine diplomatic and naval operations conducted in Europe on behalf of the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
  • B. C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
    C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America is a satirical mockumentary film that imagines an alternate history in which the Confederacy won the American Civil War and explores the resulting modern-day society.
  • C. High Water Mark of the Confederacy
    The High Water Mark of the Confederacy refers to the farthest point reached by Confederate forces during Pickett’s Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg, symbolizing the peak and turning point of Confederate military success in the American Civil War.
  • D. Children of the Confederacy
    Children of the Confederacy is a youth auxiliary organization that promotes Confederate heritage and values among children and teenagers, historically linked to the Lost Cause movement in the American South.
  • E. Confederate war bonds
    Confederate war bonds were financial securities issued by the Confederate States during the American Civil War to raise funds for its war effort, backed by promises of future repayment that became largely worthless after the Confederacy’s defeat.
  • 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: Postal history of the Confederate States of America
Triple: [Confederate States Postmaster General, category, Postal history of the Confederate States of America]
Generated description
The postal history of the Confederate States of America encompasses the organization, operation, and stamps of the breakaway nation's mail system during the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Postal history of the Confederate States of America
Target entity description: The postal history of the Confederate States of America encompasses the organization, operation, and stamps of the breakaway nation's mail system during the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865.
  • A. The Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe
    *The Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe* is a historical memoir by Confederate naval agent James D. Bulloch detailing clandestine diplomatic and naval operations conducted in Europe on behalf of the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
  • B. C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
    C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America is a satirical mockumentary film that imagines an alternate history in which the Confederacy won the American Civil War and explores the resulting modern-day society.
  • C. High Water Mark of the Confederacy
    The High Water Mark of the Confederacy refers to the farthest point reached by Confederate forces during Pickett’s Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg, symbolizing the peak and turning point of Confederate military success in the American Civil War.
  • D. Children of the Confederacy
    Children of the Confederacy is a youth auxiliary organization that promotes Confederate heritage and values among children and teenagers, historically linked to the Lost Cause movement in the American South.
  • E. Confederate war bonds
    Confederate war bonds were financial securities issued by the Confederate States during the American Civil War to raise funds for its war effort, backed by promises of future repayment that became largely worthless after the Confederacy’s defeat.
  • 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_69d7bdf92b588190acdf2a2291ac4590 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d971831bd48190b0ecd13e7181bbc6 completed April 10, 2026, 9:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6a563a84c8190a75d830653661518 completed May 3, 2026, 1:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6a642726c8190ade35df474bab672 completed May 3, 2026, 1:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6a6cbec348190a96a0194b2d6be4b completed May 3, 2026, 1:37 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:40 p.m.