Triple
T13605889
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cobb's Brigade (Confederate) |
E325059
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableCommander |
P1197
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas R. R. Cobb
Thomas R. R. Cobb was a prominent Confederate general and Georgia lawyer-politician during the American Civil War.
|
E1051888
|
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: Thomas R. R. Cobb | Statement: [Cobb's Brigade (Confederate), notableCommander, Thomas R. R. Cobb]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas R. R. Cobb Context triple: [Cobb's Brigade (Confederate), notableCommander, Thomas R. R. Cobb]
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A.
Howell Cobb
Howell Cobb was a prominent 19th-century American politician from Georgia who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, governor of Georgia, and a leading Confederate official during the Civil War.
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B.
Robert Toombs
Robert Toombs was an American politician from Georgia who became a prominent leader of the Confederacy, serving as its first Secretary of State and later as a Confederate general during the Civil War.
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C.
Wilbur James Cobb
Wilbur James Cobb, better known as Jimmy Cobb, was an American jazz drummer renowned for his work with Miles Davis, including on the landmark album "Kind of Blue."
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D.
Henry J. Toombs
Henry J. Toombs was an American architect known for designing projects associated with Franklin D. Roosevelt, including the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
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E.
Bartlett Yancey
Bartlett Yancey was a prominent early 19th-century North Carolina politician and statesman who served in the U.S. Congress and as speaker of the North Carolina Senate.
- 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: Thomas R. R. Cobb Triple: [Cobb's Brigade (Confederate), notableCommander, Thomas R. R. Cobb]
Generated description
Thomas R. R. Cobb was a prominent Confederate general and Georgia lawyer-politician during the American Civil War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas R. R. Cobb Target entity description: Thomas R. R. Cobb was a prominent Confederate general and Georgia lawyer-politician during the American Civil War.
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A.
Howell Cobb
Howell Cobb was a prominent 19th-century American politician from Georgia who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, governor of Georgia, and a leading Confederate official during the Civil War.
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B.
Robert Toombs
Robert Toombs was an American politician from Georgia who became a prominent leader of the Confederacy, serving as its first Secretary of State and later as a Confederate general during the Civil War.
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C.
Wilbur James Cobb
Wilbur James Cobb, better known as Jimmy Cobb, was an American jazz drummer renowned for his work with Miles Davis, including on the landmark album "Kind of Blue."
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D.
Henry J. Toombs
Henry J. Toombs was an American architect known for designing projects associated with Franklin D. Roosevelt, including the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
-
E.
Bartlett Yancey
Bartlett Yancey was a prominent early 19th-century North Carolina politician and statesman who served in the U.S. Congress and as speaker of the North Carolina Senate.
- 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_69d80769eaf081909d82f44e484d6113 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69dbb07e442c819086a8cbb967c03ad3 |
completed | April 12, 2026, 2:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f77f96280881908bab3af5c80f6d55 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 5:02 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f780850ffc8190b41b3ff7ca35494f |
completed | May 3, 2026, 5:06 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f7849416b88190a0ef9d3e26e7b129 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 5:23 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:50 p.m.