Triple
T13120727
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Kansas Territory |
E311711
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Border ruffians
Border ruffians were pro-slavery militants from Missouri who crossed into Kansas Territory in the 1850s to intimidate voters and influence whether Kansas would enter the Union as a slave state.
|
E1022831
|
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: Border ruffians | Statement: [Kansas Territory, associatedWith, Border ruffians]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Border ruffians Context triple: [Kansas Territory, associatedWith, Border ruffians]
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A.
Quitman
Quitman is a surname most notably associated with John A. Quitman, a 19th-century American politician and military figure.
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B.
Rough and Ready
Rough and Ready is a 19th-century boys’ adventure novel by Horatio Alger Jr., continuing the rags-to-respectability themes introduced in his earlier work Ragged Dick.
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C.
Gunmen of the Rio Grande
Gunmen of the Rio Grande is a 1960s Italian-American Western film starring Guy Madison as a gunfighter caught in frontier conflicts.
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D.
The Return of Jesse James
The Return of Jesse James is a 1950 American Western film that follows an outlaw gang’s attempt to exploit the legend of the deceased Jesse James by using his look-alike as a stand-in.
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E.
Three Fugitives
Three Fugitives is a 1989 American comedy film starring Nick Nolte and Martin Short about an ex-convict and an inept bank robber who become unlikely partners while on the run with a young girl.
- 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: Border ruffians Triple: [Kansas Territory, associatedWith, Border ruffians]
Generated description
Border ruffians were pro-slavery militants from Missouri who crossed into Kansas Territory in the 1850s to intimidate voters and influence whether Kansas would enter the Union as a slave state.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Border ruffians Target entity description: Border ruffians were pro-slavery militants from Missouri who crossed into Kansas Territory in the 1850s to intimidate voters and influence whether Kansas would enter the Union as a slave state.
-
A.
Quitman
Quitman is a surname most notably associated with John A. Quitman, a 19th-century American politician and military figure.
-
B.
Rough and Ready
Rough and Ready is a 19th-century boys’ adventure novel by Horatio Alger Jr., continuing the rags-to-respectability themes introduced in his earlier work Ragged Dick.
-
C.
Gunmen of the Rio Grande
Gunmen of the Rio Grande is a 1960s Italian-American Western film starring Guy Madison as a gunfighter caught in frontier conflicts.
-
D.
The Return of Jesse James
The Return of Jesse James is a 1950 American Western film that follows an outlaw gang’s attempt to exploit the legend of the deceased Jesse James by using his look-alike as a stand-in.
-
E.
Three Fugitives
Three Fugitives is a 1989 American comedy film starring Nick Nolte and Martin Short about an ex-convict and an inept bank robber who become unlikely partners while on the run with a young girl.
- 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_69d806a9fe888190b081e2d9ea665d6c |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d98196e69081909111407ee3d9f08e |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:02 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6e286de608190bf46af2eb656bb79 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 5:52 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f6e42cd5408190b687dfae73e2a720 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 5:59 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f6e5293ee481908d9a90266ac5c3e6 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 6:03 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:06 p.m.