Triple
T16308752
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Union VIII Corps |
E395990
|
entity |
| Predicate | formedFrom |
P402
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Middle Department troops
Middle Department troops were Union Army forces stationed in the Middle Department during the American Civil War, later consolidated into the VIII Corps.
|
E1205100
|
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: Middle Department troops | Statement: [Union VIII Corps, formedFrom, Middle Department troops]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Middle Department troops Context triple: [Union VIII Corps, formedFrom, Middle Department troops]
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A.
Infantry Branch
The Infantry Branch is the United States Army’s primary ground combat arm, responsible for engaging the enemy directly through close-quarters and maneuver warfare.
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B.
Labour Corps
The Labour Corps was a British Army support formation in World War I composed largely of men unfit for front-line combat, tasked with manual and logistical work such as construction, transport, and battlefield clearance.
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C.
Int Corps
Int Corps is the commonly used abbreviation for the British Army’s Intelligence Corps, the unit responsible for military intelligence and security.
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D.
United States Army regulars
The United States Army regulars were the professional, full-time soldiers of the U.S. Army who formed the core federal military force engaged in frontier conflicts and other 19th-century campaigns.
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E.
Headquarters Regiment
Headquarters Regiment is a key command and control and logistics support unit within the U.S. Marine Corps’ 3rd Marine Logistics Group.
- 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: Middle Department troops Triple: [Union VIII Corps, formedFrom, Middle Department troops]
Generated description
Middle Department troops were Union Army forces stationed in the Middle Department during the American Civil War, later consolidated into the VIII Corps.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Middle Department troops Target entity description: Middle Department troops were Union Army forces stationed in the Middle Department during the American Civil War, later consolidated into the VIII Corps.
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A.
Infantry Branch
The Infantry Branch is the United States Army’s primary ground combat arm, responsible for engaging the enemy directly through close-quarters and maneuver warfare.
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B.
Labour Corps
The Labour Corps was a British Army support formation in World War I composed largely of men unfit for front-line combat, tasked with manual and logistical work such as construction, transport, and battlefield clearance.
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C.
Int Corps
Int Corps is the commonly used abbreviation for the British Army’s Intelligence Corps, the unit responsible for military intelligence and security.
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D.
United States Army regulars
The United States Army regulars were the professional, full-time soldiers of the U.S. Army who formed the core federal military force engaged in frontier conflicts and other 19th-century campaigns.
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E.
Headquarters Regiment
Headquarters Regiment is a key command and control and logistics support unit within the U.S. Marine Corps’ 3rd Marine Logistics Group.
- 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_69d87f23bb088190a16fbb91a1957ea5 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e288d776808190a7c9918477f07216 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a001fa517908190a29caa0156b1d1cd |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:03 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a00204bc3dc8190af075707f8989e3a |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:06 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a00215cc7a48190a5c4219d15749aa2 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:10 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:06 a.m.