Triple

T16871274
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gustavus W. Smith E421170 entity
Predicate authored P80 FINISHED
Object “Confederate War Papers”
“Confederate War Papers” is a historical work by former Confederate general Gustavus W. Smith, offering firsthand accounts and analysis of Confederate military operations during the American Civil War.
E1238461 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: “Confederate War Papers” | Statement: [Gustavus W. Smith, authored, “Confederate War Papers”]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Confederate War Papers”
Context triple: [Gustavus W. Smith, authored, “Confederate War Papers”]
  • A. The Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe
    *The Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe* is a historical memoir by Confederate naval agent James D. Bulloch detailing clandestine diplomatic and naval operations conducted in Europe on behalf of the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
  • B. Commentaries on the Civil War
    Commentaries on the Civil War is Julius Caesar’s firsthand historical account of the Roman civil war, detailing his campaigns and political struggle against Pompey and the senatorial faction.
  • C. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
    The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government is a two-volume historical and autobiographical account in which former Confederate president Jefferson Davis defends and explains the origins, conduct, and collapse of the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
  • D. Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States
    Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States is a historical account of the American Revolutionary War’s Southern campaigns written by Continental Army cavalry officer Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee.
  • E. Official Records of the War of the Rebellion
    The Official Records of the War of the Rebellion is the U.S. government’s massive, authoritative compilation of Union and Confederate military correspondence, reports, and orders from 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: “Confederate War Papers”
Triple: [Gustavus W. Smith, authored, “Confederate War Papers”]
Generated description
“Confederate War Papers” is a historical work by former Confederate general Gustavus W. Smith, offering firsthand accounts and analysis of Confederate military operations during the American Civil War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Confederate War Papers”
Target entity description: “Confederate War Papers” is a historical work by former Confederate general Gustavus W. Smith, offering firsthand accounts and analysis of Confederate military operations during the American Civil War.
  • A. The Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe
    *The Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe* is a historical memoir by Confederate naval agent James D. Bulloch detailing clandestine diplomatic and naval operations conducted in Europe on behalf of the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
  • B. Commentaries on the Civil War
    Commentaries on the Civil War is Julius Caesar’s firsthand historical account of the Roman civil war, detailing his campaigns and political struggle against Pompey and the senatorial faction.
  • C. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
    The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government is a two-volume historical and autobiographical account in which former Confederate president Jefferson Davis defends and explains the origins, conduct, and collapse of the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
  • D. Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States
    Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States is a historical account of the American Revolutionary War’s Southern campaigns written by Continental Army cavalry officer Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee.
  • E. Official Records of the War of the Rebellion
    The Official Records of the War of the Rebellion is the U.S. government’s massive, authoritative compilation of Union and Confederate military correspondence, reports, and orders from 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_69d889d470fc8190b4aec199636c0c56 completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3b7f1fe5881909b18438d771814e9 completed April 18, 2026, 4:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00c2aeb9908190964a9403402186fb completed May 10, 2026, 5:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00c3c25e9481908327bb6646212368 completed May 10, 2026, 5:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00c44e37b48190a62b315ddbbd4ec4 completed May 10, 2026, 5:45 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:29 a.m.