Triple

T20726816

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	1st Division, XII Corps	`E509456`	entity
Predicate	commander	`P1061`	FINISHED
Object	Thomas H. Ruger	`—`	NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Thomas H. Ruger | Statement: [1st Division, XII Corps, commander, Thomas H. Ruger]

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

Target entity: Thomas H. Ruger
Context triple: [1st Division, XII Corps, commander, Thomas H. Ruger]

A. Russell Griswold Colt
Russell Griswold Colt was an American businessman and socialite from a prominent family, best known for his marriage to famed stage and film actress Ethel Barrymore.
B. Mel Wesson
Mel Wesson is a British composer and sound designer best known for his atmospheric ambient music and extensive collaborations on major Hollywood film scores, particularly with Hans Zimmer.
C. Daniel B. Wesson
Daniel B. Wesson was an American firearms designer and co-founder of the Smith & Wesson gun manufacturing company.
D. Harry Colt
Harry Colt was a pioneering English golf course architect renowned for designing and shaping many of the world’s most celebrated classic courses in the early 20th century.
E. John Browning
John Browning was a pioneering American firearms designer whose innovations, including several iconic pistols, rifles, and machine guns, profoundly shaped modern small arms.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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

Target entity: Thomas H. Ruger
Target entity description: Thomas H. Ruger was a Union Army general during the American Civil War who later served as a military administrator and superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point.

A. Russell Griswold Colt
Russell Griswold Colt was an American businessman and socialite from a prominent family, best known for his marriage to famed stage and film actress Ethel Barrymore.
B. Mel Wesson
Mel Wesson is a British composer and sound designer best known for his atmospheric ambient music and extensive collaborations on major Hollywood film scores, particularly with Hans Zimmer.
C. Daniel B. Wesson
Daniel B. Wesson was an American firearms designer and co-founder of the Smith & Wesson gun manufacturing company.
D. Harry Colt
Harry Colt was a pioneering English golf course architect renowned for designing and shaping many of the world’s most celebrated classic courses in the early 20th century.
E. John Browning
John Browning was a pioneering American firearms designer whose innovations, including several iconic pistols, rifles, and machine guns, profoundly shaped modern small arms.
F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 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_69e0b4c4cc648190b45fda6e2b20af56`	completed	April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e6c1e8b020819091d5788b90215ead`	completed	April 21, 2026, 12:16 a.m.

Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:29 p.m.