Triple

T17266230
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Josiah Gorgas E419134 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Chief of Ordnance of the Confederate States Army
The Chief of Ordnance of the Confederate States Army was the senior officer responsible for overseeing the procurement, production, and distribution of weapons and ammunition for the Confederate military during the American Civil War.
E1260014 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: Chief of Ordnance of the Confederate States Army | Statement: [Josiah Gorgas, positionHeld, Chief of Ordnance of the Confederate States Army]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chief of Ordnance of the Confederate States Army
Context triple: [Josiah Gorgas, positionHeld, Chief of Ordnance of the Confederate States Army]
  • A. Chief of Ordnance, U.S. Army
    The Chief of Ordnance, U.S. Army is the senior officer responsible for overseeing the Army’s ordnance branch, including the development, procurement, supply, and maintenance of weapons, ammunition, and related military equipment.
  • B. Confederate States Secretary of War
    The Confederate States Secretary of War was the cabinet official responsible for overseeing the Confederate Army and military affairs during the American Civil War.
  • C. Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance
    The Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance was a senior British military and administrative officer responsible for overseeing artillery, munitions, and related logistical functions within the Board of Ordnance.
  • D. Inspector General of Artillery
    The Inspector General of Artillery was a senior military post in the Russian Empire responsible for overseeing the organization, training, and effectiveness of the empire’s artillery forces.
  • E. Confederate States Secretary of the Navy
    The Confederate States Secretary of the Navy was the chief official responsible for overseeing and directing the naval forces and maritime affairs of the Confederate States of America during 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: Chief of Ordnance of the Confederate States Army
Triple: [Josiah Gorgas, positionHeld, Chief of Ordnance of the Confederate States Army]
Generated description
The Chief of Ordnance of the Confederate States Army was the senior officer responsible for overseeing the procurement, production, and distribution of weapons and ammunition for the Confederate military during the American Civil War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chief of Ordnance of the Confederate States Army
Target entity description: The Chief of Ordnance of the Confederate States Army was the senior officer responsible for overseeing the procurement, production, and distribution of weapons and ammunition for the Confederate military during the American Civil War.
  • A. Chief of Ordnance, U.S. Army
    The Chief of Ordnance, U.S. Army is the senior officer responsible for overseeing the Army’s ordnance branch, including the development, procurement, supply, and maintenance of weapons, ammunition, and related military equipment.
  • B. Confederate States Secretary of War
    The Confederate States Secretary of War was the cabinet official responsible for overseeing the Confederate Army and military affairs during the American Civil War.
  • C. Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance
    The Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance was a senior British military and administrative officer responsible for overseeing artillery, munitions, and related logistical functions within the Board of Ordnance.
  • D. Inspector General of Artillery
    The Inspector General of Artillery was a senior military post in the Russian Empire responsible for overseeing the organization, training, and effectiveness of the empire’s artillery forces.
  • E. Confederate States Secretary of the Navy
    The Confederate States Secretary of the Navy was the chief official responsible for overseeing and directing the naval forces and maritime affairs of the Confederate States of America during 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_69d886d9ab108190b70edd8d17aa1204 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e42f45bf608190bcb48783d0d6fb85 completed April 19, 2026, 1:26 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01794641648190a5db87ecb359c17a completed May 11, 2026, 6:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a017abddcc48190872f77b62ac9896e completed May 11, 2026, 6:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a017b7e72908190913215717fb04b0f completed May 11, 2026, 6:47 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:40 a.m.