Triple

T16127245
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject South Atlantic Blockading theater E391302 entity
Predicate hasOperation P1137 FINISHED
Object Siege of Charleston Harbor
The Siege of Charleston Harbor was a prolonged series of Union naval and land operations during the American Civil War aimed at capturing the key Confederate port city of Charleston, South Carolina.
 E1195614 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Siege of Charleston Harbor | Statement: [South Atlantic Blockading theater, hasOperation, Siege of Charleston Harbor]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Siege of Charleston Harbor
Context triple: [South Atlantic Blockading theater, hasOperation, Siege of Charleston Harbor]
  • A. Siege of Charleston
    The Siege of Charleston was a major 1780 British victory in the American Revolutionary War that resulted in the capture of a key Southern port city and one of the largest American surrenders of the conflict.
  • B. Siege of Fort St. Philip
    The Siege of Fort St. Philip was a key 1756 French and Spanish assault on the British-held fortress at Mahón on Menorca, whose capture marked an early and significant victory in the Seven Years' War.
  • C. Second Battle of Fort Fisher
    The Second Battle of Fort Fisher was a major American Civil War engagement in January 1865 in which Union forces captured the Confederate stronghold guarding Wilmington, North Carolina, effectively closing the South’s last major seaport.
  • D. First Battle of Fort Fisher
    The First Battle of Fort Fisher was a failed Union naval and land assault in December 1864 against the Confederate stronghold guarding Wilmington, North Carolina, during the American Civil War.
  • E. Port Hudson campaign
    The Port Hudson campaign was a major American Civil War operation in Louisiana in 1863, in which Union forces besieged and ultimately captured the Confederate stronghold of Port Hudson to gain control of the Mississippi River.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Siege of Charleston Harbor
Target entity description: The Siege of Charleston Harbor was a prolonged series of Union naval and land operations during the American Civil War aimed at capturing the key Confederate port city of Charleston, South Carolina.
  • A. Siege of Charleston
    The Siege of Charleston was a major 1780 British victory in the American Revolutionary War that resulted in the capture of a key Southern port city and one of the largest American surrenders of the conflict.
  • B. Siege of Fort St. Philip
    The Siege of Fort St. Philip was a key 1756 French and Spanish assault on the British-held fortress at Mahón on Menorca, whose capture marked an early and significant victory in the Seven Years' War.
  • C. Second Battle of Fort Fisher
    The Second Battle of Fort Fisher was a major American Civil War engagement in January 1865 in which Union forces captured the Confederate stronghold guarding Wilmington, North Carolina, effectively closing the South’s last major seaport.
  • D. First Battle of Fort Fisher
    The First Battle of Fort Fisher was a failed Union naval and land assault in December 1864 against the Confederate stronghold guarding Wilmington, North Carolina, during the American Civil War.
  • E. Port Hudson campaign
    The Port Hudson campaign was a major American Civil War operation in Louisiana in 1863, in which Union forces besieged and ultimately captured the Confederate stronghold of Port Hudson to gain control of the Mississippi River.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Siege of Charleston Harbor
Triple: [South Atlantic Blockading theater, hasOperation, Siege of Charleston Harbor]
Generated description
The Siege of Charleston Harbor was a prolonged series of Union naval and land operations during the American Civil War aimed at capturing the key Confederate port city of Charleston, South Carolina.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d87f1bb0988190b490d273dbf3fd03 elicitation completed
NER batch_69e20205bed48190a6930439738da191 ner completed
NED1 batch_69fff2abf9b08190a375abc842a0e7d0 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69fff3f4f20c8190902df70625d3aad0 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69fff35ded288190b4d261358f1661cb nedg completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5 a.m.