Triple

T13364509

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Union Army of Northeastern Virginia	`E318903`	entity
Predicate	predecessor	`P97`	FINISHED
Object	Department of Northeastern Virginia The Department of Northeastern Virginia was an early American Civil War administrative military district of the Union Army responsible for operations in the strategically vital region around northern Virginia and Washington, D.C.	`E1036942`	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: Department of Northeastern Virginia | Statement: [Union Army of Northeastern Virginia, predecessor, Department of Northeastern Virginia]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Department of Northeastern Virginia
Context triple: [Union Army of Northeastern Virginia, predecessor, Department of Northeastern Virginia]

A. Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority
The Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority is a multi-jurisdictional agency that owns and manages a network of regional parks, natural areas, and historic sites across Northern Virginia.
B. Fairfax County Government
Fairfax County Government is the administrative body responsible for providing public services, governance, and policy implementation for Fairfax County, Virginia.
C. Northern Virginia Transportation Commission
The Northern Virginia Transportation Commission is a regional governmental body that plans, funds, and oversees public transportation services in Northern Virginia.
D. Arlington County government
Arlington County government is the local governing body responsible for administering public services, policies, and regulations for Arlington County, Virginia.
E. Fairfax County Planning Commission
The Fairfax County Planning Commission is an appointed advisory body that reviews land use and development proposals and makes recommendations on planning and zoning matters to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.
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: Department of Northeastern Virginia
Triple: [Union Army of Northeastern Virginia, predecessor, Department of Northeastern Virginia]

Generated description

The Department of Northeastern Virginia was an early American Civil War administrative military district of the Union Army responsible for operations in the strategically vital region around northern Virginia and Washington, D.C.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Department of Northeastern Virginia
Target entity description: The Department of Northeastern Virginia was an early American Civil War administrative military district of the Union Army responsible for operations in the strategically vital region around northern Virginia and Washington, D.C.

A. Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority
The Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority is a multi-jurisdictional agency that owns and manages a network of regional parks, natural areas, and historic sites across Northern Virginia.
B. Fairfax County Government
Fairfax County Government is the administrative body responsible for providing public services, governance, and policy implementation for Fairfax County, Virginia.
C. Northern Virginia Transportation Commission
The Northern Virginia Transportation Commission is a regional governmental body that plans, funds, and oversees public transportation services in Northern Virginia.
D. Arlington County government
Arlington County government is the local governing body responsible for administering public services, policies, and regulations for Arlington County, Virginia.
E. Fairfax County Planning Commission
The Fairfax County Planning Commission is an appointed advisory body that reviews land use and development proposals and makes recommendations on planning and zoning matters to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.
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_69d806b7bbac8190b85278c87fa7aff3`	completed	April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69da628c71ac81908cfa36342077766e`	completed	April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69f7267e9d608190b36f58a92d4a9964`	completed	May 3, 2026, 10:42 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69f72807bae081909f7e66657c03b841`	completed	May 3, 2026, 10:48 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69f728afff888190a82e3d4f4fad717b`	completed	May 3, 2026, 10:51 a.m.

Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:32 p.m.