Triple
T13909743
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Edmund Kirby Smith |
E334455
|
entity |
| Predicate | hadSibling |
P112250
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ephraim Kirby Smith
Ephraim Kirby Smith was a 19th-century American military officer and the brother of Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith.
|
E1072053
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Ephraim Kirby Smith | Statement: [Edmund Kirby Smith, hadSibling, Ephraim Kirby Smith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ephraim Kirby Smith Context triple: [Edmund Kirby Smith, hadSibling, Ephraim Kirby Smith]
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A.
Lucius E. Polk
Lucius E. Polk was a 19th-century American Confederate officer, planter, and politician from Tennessee, and a member of the prominent Polk family.
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B.
Edmund Kirby Smith
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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C.
Sterling Price
Sterling Price was a prominent Confederate major general and former Missouri governor who led Southern forces in the Trans-Mississippi Theater during the American Civil War.
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D.
Leonidas Polk
Leonidas Polk was a Confederate general in the American Civil War who was also an Episcopal bishop, earning him the nickname "the Fighting Bishop."
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E.
Frederick Quitman
Frederick Quitman was the son of prominent American politician and Mexican–American War general John A. Quitman.
- 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: Ephraim Kirby Smith Triple: [Edmund Kirby Smith, hadSibling, Ephraim Kirby Smith]
Generated description
Ephraim Kirby Smith was a 19th-century American military officer and the brother of Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ephraim Kirby Smith Target entity description: Ephraim Kirby Smith was a 19th-century American military officer and the brother of Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith.
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A.
Lucius E. Polk
Lucius E. Polk was a 19th-century American Confederate officer, planter, and politician from Tennessee, and a member of the prominent Polk family.
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B.
Edmund Kirby Smith
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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C.
Sterling Price
Sterling Price was a prominent Confederate major general and former Missouri governor who led Southern forces in the Trans-Mississippi Theater during the American Civil War.
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D.
Leonidas Polk
Leonidas Polk was a Confederate general in the American Civil War who was also an Episcopal bishop, earning him the nickname "the Fighting Bishop."
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E.
Frederick Quitman
Frederick Quitman was the son of prominent American politician and Mexican–American War general John A. Quitman.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hadSibling Context triple: [Edmund Kirby Smith, hadSibling, Ephraim Kirby Smith]
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A.
hadChildren
Indicates that the subject person is a parent of one or more children.
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B.
hasTwin
Indicates that one entity is a twin of another, sharing the same birth event or time with a sibling.
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C.
hasSisters
Indicates that one entity has one or more female siblings in relation to another entity.
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D.
hasHalfSibling
Indicates that two individuals share exactly one biological parent in common, making them half-siblings.
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E.
hasSister
Indicates that one entity is the sister of another entity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (7 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_69fba1c26ba08190b19560123691fda4 |
completed | May 6, 2026, 8:17 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fba7b0b1e081909b7c1e5ffefc2cc2 |
completed | May 6, 2026, 8:42 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fba8585fb08190998d6a005dc0bd31 |
completed | May 6, 2026, 8:45 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69de059e4ba881908554f72e889719fa |
completed | April 14, 2026, 9:15 a.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69de239524688190a0f2408c239cfcaa |
completed | April 14, 2026, 11:23 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:16 p.m.