Triple

T16308799

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Battle of Fort Stevens	`E395991`	entity
Predicate	UnionCommander	`P16287`	FINISHED
Object	Maj. Gen. Alexander M. McCook Maj. Gen. Alexander M. McCook was a Union Army general from the prominent "Fighting McCook" family who commanded Federal forces in several key Western Theater campaigns during the American Civil War.	`E1205105`	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: Maj. Gen. Alexander M. McCook | Statement: [Battle of Fort Stevens, UnionCommander, Maj. Gen. Alexander M. McCook]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Maj. Gen. Alexander M. McCook
Context triple: [Battle of Fort Stevens, UnionCommander, Maj. Gen. Alexander M. McCook]

A. Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord
Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord was a Union Army officer and corps commander in the American Civil War, noted for his leadership in the final campaigns that led to the surrender of Confederate forces.
B. Colonel Thomas B. W. Stockton
Colonel Thomas B. W. Stockton was a Union Army officer and regimental leader from Michigan who served prominently during the American Civil War.
C. Major General Samuel R. Curtis
Major General Samuel R. Curtis was a Union Army officer and politician best known for his leadership in the Trans-Mississippi Theater during the American Civil War, including his victory at the Battle of Pea Ridge.
D. Major General Grenville M. Dodge
Major General Grenville M. Dodge was a prominent Union Army officer and civil engineer best known for his leadership in the American Civil War and his key role in constructing the First Transcontinental Railroad.
E. Colonel John W. McLane
Colonel John W. McLane was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War best known for leading the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry in key engagements such as the Battle of Gettysburg.
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: Maj. Gen. Alexander M. McCook
Triple: [Battle of Fort Stevens, UnionCommander, Maj. Gen. Alexander M. McCook]

Generated description

Maj. Gen. Alexander M. McCook was a Union Army general from the prominent "Fighting McCook" family who commanded Federal forces in several key Western Theater campaigns during the American Civil War.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Maj. Gen. Alexander M. McCook
Target entity description: Maj. Gen. Alexander M. McCook was a Union Army general from the prominent "Fighting McCook" family who commanded Federal forces in several key Western Theater campaigns during the American Civil War.

A. Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord
Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord was a Union Army officer and corps commander in the American Civil War, noted for his leadership in the final campaigns that led to the surrender of Confederate forces.
B. Colonel Thomas B. W. Stockton
Colonel Thomas B. W. Stockton was a Union Army officer and regimental leader from Michigan who served prominently during the American Civil War.
C. Major General Samuel R. Curtis
Major General Samuel R. Curtis was a Union Army officer and politician best known for his leadership in the Trans-Mississippi Theater during the American Civil War, including his victory at the Battle of Pea Ridge.
D. Major General Grenville M. Dodge
Major General Grenville M. Dodge was a prominent Union Army officer and civil engineer best known for his leadership in the American Civil War and his key role in constructing the First Transcontinental Railroad.
E. Colonel John W. McLane
Colonel John W. McLane was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War best known for leading the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry in key engagements such as the Battle of Gettysburg.
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.