Triple
T1470166
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Henry Laurens |
E27115
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entity |
| Predicate | child |
P120
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FINISHED |
| Object |
John Laurens
John Laurens was an American Revolutionary War officer and abolitionist known for his close association with George Washington and his efforts to recruit enslaved people to fight for their freedom.
|
E174042
|
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: John Laurens | Statement: [Henry Laurens, child, John Laurens]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Laurens Context triple: [Henry Laurens, child, John Laurens]
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A.
Henry Laurens
Henry Laurens was an American merchant, slave trader, and statesman from South Carolina who became a prominent Revolutionary leader and diplomat, including serving as a U.S. envoy to the Netherlands and being imprisoned in the Tower of London.
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B.
Johann de Kalb
Johann de Kalb was a German-born French military officer who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and became a patriot hero after dying from wounds sustained at the Battle of Camden.
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C.
Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene was a major American Revolutionary War general who became George Washington’s most trusted subordinate and played a crucial role in the Southern campaign against the British.
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D.
Benjamin Lincoln
Benjamin Lincoln was an American Revolutionary War general who served in the Continental Army and later as the first United States Secretary at War.
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E.
Thomas Preston
Thomas Preston was a 17th-century Irish soldier and nobleman who became a leading general of the Confederate Catholic forces during the Irish Confederate Wars.
- 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: John Laurens Triple: [Henry Laurens, child, John Laurens]
Generated description
John Laurens was an American Revolutionary War officer and abolitionist known for his close association with George Washington and his efforts to recruit enslaved people to fight for their freedom.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Laurens Target entity description: John Laurens was an American Revolutionary War officer and abolitionist known for his close association with George Washington and his efforts to recruit enslaved people to fight for their freedom.
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A.
Henry Laurens
Henry Laurens was an American merchant, slave trader, and statesman from South Carolina who became a prominent Revolutionary leader and diplomat, including serving as a U.S. envoy to the Netherlands and being imprisoned in the Tower of London.
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B.
Johann de Kalb
Johann de Kalb was a German-born French military officer who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and became a patriot hero after dying from wounds sustained at the Battle of Camden.
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C.
Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene was a major American Revolutionary War general who became George Washington’s most trusted subordinate and played a crucial role in the Southern campaign against the British.
-
D.
Benjamin Lincoln
Benjamin Lincoln was an American Revolutionary War general who served in the Continental Army and later as the first United States Secretary at War.
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E.
Thomas Preston
Thomas Preston was a 17th-century Irish soldier and nobleman who became a leading general of the Confederate Catholic forces during the Irish Confederate Wars.
- 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_69a496d25d6881909dbd84f86d763992 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c5d9dd4c8190ba840a9255cd1293 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:03 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad2940a44c8190967a62781cca0306 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:46 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad2a1742d48190a82c1fc8c81d5c21 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:49 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad2a9e50888190bab83785f11135ea |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:51 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8:01 p.m.