Triple
T16318979
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Potawatomi Trail of Death |
E396241
|
entity |
| Predicate | alsoKnownAs |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Potawatomi forced removal of 1838
The Potawatomi forced removal of 1838, known as the Potawatomi Trail of Death, was a brutal U.S.-ordered march in which hundreds of Potawatomi people were driven from their homelands in Indiana to present-day Kansas, resulting in many deaths from disease, exposure, and starvation.
|
E1207045
|
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: Potawatomi forced removal of 1838 | Statement: [Potawatomi Trail of Death, alsoKnownAs, Potawatomi forced removal of 1838]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Potawatomi forced removal of 1838 Context triple: [Potawatomi Trail of Death, alsoKnownAs, Potawatomi forced removal of 1838]
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A.
Bad Axe Massacre
The Bad Axe Massacre was the brutal 1832 final battle of the Black Hawk War, in which U.S. forces and militia slaughtered many retreating Sauk and Fox people along the Mississippi River in present-day Wisconsin.
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B.
Menominee Termination and Restoration
Menominee Termination and Restoration refers to the mid-20th-century U.S. federal policy that terminated the Menominee Tribe’s recognized status and later, after significant activism and legal challenges, restored their sovereignty and federal recognition.
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C.
Black Hawk War
The Black Hawk War was an 1832 conflict between the United States and a coalition of Native American tribes led by the Sauk leader Black Hawk, notable for involving future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in his early military service.
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D.
Meskwaki Wars
The Meskwaki Wars were a series of early 18th-century conflicts in the Great Lakes region between the Meskwaki (Fox) people and French colonial forces and their Native allies, driven largely by competition over trade and territory.
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E.
Pottawatomie massacre
The Pottawatomie massacre was an 1856 episode of anti-slavery violence in Kansas in which abolitionist John Brown and his followers killed five pro-slavery settlers, escalating tensions that helped lead to the American Civil War.
- 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: Potawatomi forced removal of 1838 Triple: [Potawatomi Trail of Death, alsoKnownAs, Potawatomi forced removal of 1838]
Generated description
The Potawatomi forced removal of 1838, known as the Potawatomi Trail of Death, was a brutal U.S.-ordered march in which hundreds of Potawatomi people were driven from their homelands in Indiana to present-day Kansas, resulting in many deaths from disease, exposure, and starvation.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Potawatomi forced removal of 1838 Target entity description: The Potawatomi forced removal of 1838, known as the Potawatomi Trail of Death, was a brutal U.S.-ordered march in which hundreds of Potawatomi people were driven from their homelands in Indiana to present-day Kansas, resulting in many deaths from disease, exposure, and starvation.
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A.
Bad Axe Massacre
The Bad Axe Massacre was the brutal 1832 final battle of the Black Hawk War, in which U.S. forces and militia slaughtered many retreating Sauk and Fox people along the Mississippi River in present-day Wisconsin.
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B.
Menominee Termination and Restoration
Menominee Termination and Restoration refers to the mid-20th-century U.S. federal policy that terminated the Menominee Tribe’s recognized status and later, after significant activism and legal challenges, restored their sovereignty and federal recognition.
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C.
Black Hawk War
The Black Hawk War was an 1832 conflict between the United States and a coalition of Native American tribes led by the Sauk leader Black Hawk, notable for involving future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in his early military service.
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D.
Meskwaki Wars
The Meskwaki Wars were a series of early 18th-century conflicts in the Great Lakes region between the Meskwaki (Fox) people and French colonial forces and their Native allies, driven largely by competition over trade and territory.
-
E.
Pottawatomie massacre
The Pottawatomie massacre was an 1856 episode of anti-slavery violence in Kansas in which abolitionist John Brown and his followers killed five pro-slavery settlers, escalating tensions that helped lead to the American Civil War.
- 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_69d87f255b788190a400eba031dd85d8 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e296b3e3e081908a996b3e57ca4e32 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 8:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a002606f0e0819081f50dae9e6b7a0d |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:30 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a00275e44d481909bed62779ea9a0d7 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:36 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0027f99d948190b22812f0c9a2c0ff |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:38 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:06 a.m.