Triple

T1772026
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Benjamin F. Butler E38895 entity
Predicate commanded P2333 FINISHED
Object Department of the Gulf
The Department of the Gulf was a Union Army military command during the American Civil War responsible for operations along the Gulf Coast, including the occupation of New Orleans and surrounding regions.
E200173 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: Department of the Gulf | Statement: [Benjamin F. Butler, commanded, Department of the Gulf]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of the Gulf
Context triple: [Benjamin F. Butler, commanded, Department of the Gulf]
  • A. Navy Region Southwest
    Navy Region Southwest is a U.S. Navy shore installation command responsible for overseeing and supporting multiple naval bases and operations across the southwestern United States.
  • B. Marine Forces South
    Marine Forces South is the U.S. Marine Corps component responsible for conducting operations, security cooperation, and engagement across the U.S. Southern Command’s area of responsibility in Latin America and the Caribbean.
  • C. Indian Coast Guard
    The Indian Coast Guard is India’s maritime law enforcement and search-and-rescue agency responsible for safeguarding the country’s coastal and offshore security, environmental protection, and maritime interests.
  • D. Secretariat of the Navy
    The Secretariat of the Navy is Mexico’s federal government department responsible for naval operations, maritime security, and administration of the Mexican Navy.
  • E. Department of Naval Services
    The Department of Naval Services was a former Canadian government department responsible for administering and overseeing the country’s naval forces before its functions were absorbed into the Department of National Defence.
  • 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: Department of the Gulf
Triple: [Benjamin F. Butler, commanded, Department of the Gulf]
Generated description
The Department of the Gulf was a Union Army military command during the American Civil War responsible for operations along the Gulf Coast, including the occupation of New Orleans and surrounding regions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of the Gulf
Target entity description: The Department of the Gulf was a Union Army military command during the American Civil War responsible for operations along the Gulf Coast, including the occupation of New Orleans and surrounding regions.
  • A. Navy Region Southwest
    Navy Region Southwest is a U.S. Navy shore installation command responsible for overseeing and supporting multiple naval bases and operations across the southwestern United States.
  • B. Marine Forces South
    Marine Forces South is the U.S. Marine Corps component responsible for conducting operations, security cooperation, and engagement across the U.S. Southern Command’s area of responsibility in Latin America and the Caribbean.
  • C. Indian Coast Guard
    The Indian Coast Guard is India’s maritime law enforcement and search-and-rescue agency responsible for safeguarding the country’s coastal and offshore security, environmental protection, and maritime interests.
  • D. Secretariat of the Navy
    The Secretariat of the Navy is Mexico’s federal government department responsible for naval operations, maritime security, and administration of the Mexican Navy.
  • E. Department of Naval Services
    The Department of Naval Services was a former Canadian government department responsible for administering and overseeing the country’s naval forces before its functions were absorbed into the Department of National Defence.
  • 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_69a8862e61708190af97b9838cc3f5de completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa64913ca481909bdc09f6f57b38dc completed March 6, 2026, 5:22 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ada995dab48190b7efcf1007fc9d5f completed March 8, 2026, 4:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adaab3b5008190ba5a07636fe3f2eb completed March 8, 2026, 4:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adaea83bfc8190a526d5f2bd460e4c completed March 8, 2026, 5:15 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.