Triple
T15917470
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | "howling wilderness" campaign ordered by General Jacob H. Smith |
E386005
|
entity |
| Predicate | commander |
P1061
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FINISHED |
| Object | Jacob H. Smith |
E1182381
|
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: Jacob H. Smith | Statement: ["howling wilderness" campaign ordered by General Jacob H. Smith, commander, Jacob H. Smith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacob H. Smith Context triple: ["howling wilderness" campaign ordered by General Jacob H. Smith, commander, Jacob H. Smith]
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A.
Jacob H. Smith
chosen
Jacob H. Smith was a U.S. Army general infamous for his brutal conduct during the Philippine–American War, particularly for ordering a scorched-earth "howling wilderness" campaign in Samar.
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B.
Kevin Maurice Johnson
Kevin Maurice Johnson is a former NBA All-Star point guard who became the mayor of Sacramento, California.
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C.
Thomas J. Bliley Jr.
Thomas J. Bliley Jr. is an American Republican politician and former U.S. Representative from Virginia who chaired the House Commerce Committee and played a key role in major financial deregulation legislation.
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D.
Herman Shumlin
Herman Shumlin was an American theater and film director best known for his work on politically charged Broadway plays and their screen adaptations in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Phil Wallace
Phil Wallace is a British businessman best known for owning and serving as long-time chairman of Stevenage Football Club.
- 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_69d86da686e4819097cbf3b1fc2d881d |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e1567ef7f881908862eaf5bf2e98fd |
completed | April 16, 2026, 9:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ffb5a79b808190850fa9d327f7ef72 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 10:31 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:52 a.m.