Triple

T16308783
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Union VIII Corps E395990 entity
Predicate associatedWith P37 FINISHED
Object Middle Department of the Union Army
The Middle Department of the Union Army was a Civil War–era administrative military district responsible for organizing and overseeing Union forces and operations in parts of the Mid-Atlantic region.
E1205103 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 of the Union Army | Statement: [Union VIII Corps, associatedWith, Middle Department of the Union Army]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Middle Department of the Union Army
Context triple: [Union VIII Corps, associatedWith, Middle Department of the Union Army]
  • A. U.S. Army Department of the Columbia
    The U.S. Army Department of the Columbia was a 19th-century military administrative district of the United States Army responsible for overseeing army operations and defense in the Pacific Northwest region.
  • B. United States Artillery Corps
    The United States Artillery Corps was a branch of the U.S. Army responsible for organizing, training, and operating the nation’s artillery forces in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • C. VI Corps (Union Army)
    VI Corps (Union Army) was a major infantry corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War, noted for its pivotal role in several key campaigns and battles in the Eastern Theater.
  • D. Confederate Ordnance Department
    The Confederate Ordnance Department was the branch of the Confederate government responsible for supplying, manufacturing, and managing weapons and ammunition for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
  • E. IX Corps (Union Army)
    IX Corps (Union Army) was a major Union Army formation in the American Civil War, noted for its extensive combat service in the Eastern Theater under generals such as Ambrose Burnside and its participation in key campaigns including the Overland and Petersburg operations.
  • 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 of the Union Army
Triple: [Union VIII Corps, associatedWith, Middle Department of the Union Army]
Generated description
The Middle Department of the Union Army was a Civil War–era administrative military district responsible for organizing and overseeing Union forces and operations in parts of the Mid-Atlantic region.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Middle Department of the Union Army
Target entity description: The Middle Department of the Union Army was a Civil War–era administrative military district responsible for organizing and overseeing Union forces and operations in parts of the Mid-Atlantic region.
  • A. U.S. Army Department of the Columbia
    The U.S. Army Department of the Columbia was a 19th-century military administrative district of the United States Army responsible for overseeing army operations and defense in the Pacific Northwest region.
  • B. United States Artillery Corps
    The United States Artillery Corps was a branch of the U.S. Army responsible for organizing, training, and operating the nation’s artillery forces in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • C. VI Corps (Union Army)
    VI Corps (Union Army) was a major infantry corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War, noted for its pivotal role in several key campaigns and battles in the Eastern Theater.
  • D. Confederate Ordnance Department
    The Confederate Ordnance Department was the branch of the Confederate government responsible for supplying, manufacturing, and managing weapons and ammunition for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
  • E. IX Corps (Union Army)
    IX Corps (Union Army) was a major Union Army formation in the American Civil War, noted for its extensive combat service in the Eastern Theater under generals such as Ambrose Burnside and its participation in key campaigns including the Overland and Petersburg operations.
  • 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.