Triple
T13909707
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Edmund Kirby Smith |
E334455
|
entity |
| Predicate | alsoKnownAs |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object | E. Kirby Smith |
E334455
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: E. Kirby Smith | Statement: [Edmund Kirby Smith, alsoKnownAs, E. Kirby Smith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: E. Kirby Smith Context triple: [Edmund Kirby Smith, alsoKnownAs, E. Kirby Smith]
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A.
Edmund Kirby Smith
chosen
Edmund Kirby Smith was a senior Confederate general during the American Civil War who commanded the Trans-Mississippi Department and was one of the last Confederate leaders to surrender.
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B.
John Coffee Hays
John Coffee Hays was a famed 19th-century Texas Ranger officer, military leader, and frontiersman known for his role in the Texas Revolution and the Mexican–American War.
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C.
Kirby Smith
Kirby Smith was a senior Confederate general during the American Civil War, best known for commanding the vast Trans-Mississippi Department.
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D.
Winfield S. Cunningham
Winfield S. Cunningham was a U.S. Navy officer best known for leading the outnumbered American defense of Wake Island against Japanese forces early in World War II.
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E.
Gideon J. Pillow
Gideon J. Pillow was a controversial American lawyer, politician, and general who served in both the Mexican–American War and the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d81c5eaa9c819083b1ff8689179565 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de2721ec6c8190888f4a9d004eb8e0 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 11:38 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f7ce7638a88190aae1b59c00ee27ce |
completed | May 3, 2026, 10:38 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:16 p.m.