Triple

T13265980
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Army of Virginia E315924 entity
Predicate predecessorUnit P62239 FINISHED
Object Mountain Department (Union Army)
The Mountain Department (Union Army) was a short-lived Union field command during the American Civil War that operated primarily in the mountainous regions of western Virginia and present-day West Virginia.
E1031221 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: Mountain Department (Union Army) | Statement: [Army of Virginia, predecessorUnit, Mountain Department (Union Army)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mountain Department (Union Army)
Context triple: [Army of Virginia, predecessorUnit, Mountain Department (Union Army)]
  • A. Department of the West (Union Army)
    The Department of the West (Union Army) was a major early Civil War administrative and military command responsible for Union operations across much of the trans-Mississippi West.
  • B. Birney's Division
    Birney's Division was a Union Army infantry division in the American Civil War, notably engaged in fierce fighting at Gettysburg and other major Eastern Theater battles.
  • C. Heintzelman’s Division
    Heintzelman’s Division was a Union Army infantry division that took part in the First Battle of Bull Run during the American Civil War.
  • D. Commanding General, III Corps
    The Commanding General, III Corps is the senior officer in charge of the U.S. Army’s III Corps, a major tactical headquarters responsible for training, readiness, and deployment of combat forces.
  • E. VI Corps (Union Army)
    VI Corps (Union Army) was a major infantry corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War, noted for its pivotal role in several key campaigns and battles in the Eastern Theater.
  • 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: Mountain Department (Union Army)
Triple: [Army of Virginia, predecessorUnit, Mountain Department (Union Army)]
Generated description
The Mountain Department (Union Army) was a short-lived Union field command during the American Civil War that operated primarily in the mountainous regions of western Virginia and present-day West Virginia.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mountain Department (Union Army)
Target entity description: The Mountain Department (Union Army) was a short-lived Union field command during the American Civil War that operated primarily in the mountainous regions of western Virginia and present-day West Virginia.
  • A. Department of the West (Union Army)
    The Department of the West (Union Army) was a major early Civil War administrative and military command responsible for Union operations across much of the trans-Mississippi West.
  • B. Birney's Division
    Birney's Division was a Union Army infantry division in the American Civil War, notably engaged in fierce fighting at Gettysburg and other major Eastern Theater battles.
  • C. Heintzelman’s Division
    Heintzelman’s Division was a Union Army infantry division that took part in the First Battle of Bull Run during the American Civil War.
  • D. Commanding General, III Corps
    The Commanding General, III Corps is the senior officer in charge of the U.S. Army’s III Corps, a major tactical headquarters responsible for training, readiness, and deployment of combat forces.
  • E. VI Corps (Union Army)
    VI Corps (Union Army) was a major infantry corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War, noted for its pivotal role in several key campaigns and battles in the Eastern Theater.
  • 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_69d806b1d9ac8190852c5571d5bd5f0f completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9901e44bc8190966f87ae219d6bf4 completed April 11, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f70a4ad79c8190b1304942dc48c0ff completed May 3, 2026, 8:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f70b37ebe081909ed2ae0f42ccad2d completed May 3, 2026, 8:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f70ca343f08190b6484f464ed40810 completed May 3, 2026, 8:51 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:25 p.m.