Triple

T1595549
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Gettysburg E34273 entity
Predicate hasCommander P1197 FINISHED
Object John Buford
John Buford was a Union cavalry officer in the American Civil War, best known for his crucial defensive actions on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg that helped secure advantageous ground for the Union Army.
E203622 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 Buford | Statement: [Battle of Gettysburg, hasCommander, John Buford]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Buford
Context triple: [Battle of Gettysburg, hasCommander, John Buford]
  • A. Winfield Scott Hancock
    Winfield Scott Hancock was a prominent Union Army general during the American Civil War and later a Democratic presidential nominee in the 1880 United States election.
  • B. Joseph Wheeler
    Joseph Wheeler was a prominent American military officer who served as a Confederate cavalry general during the Civil War and later as a U.S. Army general in the Spanish–American War.
  • C. Philip Sheridan
    Philip Sheridan was a prominent Union general in the American Civil War who later became Commanding General of the U.S. Army during the Indian Wars and Reconstruction era.
  • D. George G. Meade
    George G. Meade was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, best known for leading the Army of the Potomac to victory at the Battle of Gettysburg.
  • E. John D. Schofield
    John D. Schofield is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the World War II drama "Enemy at the Gates."
  • 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 Buford
Triple: [Battle of Gettysburg, hasCommander, John Buford]
Generated description
John Buford was a Union cavalry officer in the American Civil War, best known for his crucial defensive actions on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg that helped secure advantageous ground for the Union Army.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Buford
Target entity description: John Buford was a Union cavalry officer in the American Civil War, best known for his crucial defensive actions on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg that helped secure advantageous ground for the Union Army.
  • A. Winfield Scott Hancock
    Winfield Scott Hancock was a prominent Union Army general during the American Civil War and later a Democratic presidential nominee in the 1880 United States election.
  • B. Joseph Wheeler
    Joseph Wheeler was a prominent American military officer who served as a Confederate cavalry general during the Civil War and later as a U.S. Army general in the Spanish–American War.
  • C. Philip Sheridan
    Philip Sheridan was a prominent Union general in the American Civil War who later became Commanding General of the U.S. Army during the Indian Wars and Reconstruction era.
  • D. George G. Meade
    George G. Meade was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, best known for leading the Army of the Potomac to victory at the Battle of Gettysburg.
  • E. John D. Schofield
    John D. Schofield is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the World War II drama "Enemy at the Gates."
  • 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_69a885fdcb9c819081ce6f0b8cd477dd completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a9092ccb388190b2f3ed86b3853651 completed March 5, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adbf3ffc4081909197690046d8ff22 completed March 8, 2026, 6:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adc0a3fdd88190b0ffa98db1b5cf80 completed March 8, 2026, 6:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adc12c894881909c9a82fc9e363a41 completed March 8, 2026, 6:34 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.