Triple

T20733320
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam E509625 entity
Predicate historianDescribed P130537 FINISHED
Object James M. McPherson 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: James M. McPherson | Statement: [Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam, historianDescribed, James M. McPherson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James M. McPherson
Context triple: [Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam, historianDescribed, James M. McPherson]
  • A. James M. McPherson chosen
    James M. McPherson is a prominent American Civil War historian and author, best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning book "Battle Cry of Freedom."
  • B. James B. McPherson
    James B. McPherson was a prominent Union major general during the American Civil War, known for his leadership in the Western Theater and his death at the Battle of Atlanta.
  • C. Guy Levis Grant
    Guy Levis Grant was an American dentist and educator best known as one of the ten founders of the historically Black fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi.
  • D. William Lewis Herndon
    William Lewis Herndon was a 19th-century U.S. Navy officer and explorer best known for his pioneering exploration of the Amazon River and his heroic death while commanding the mail steamer SS Central America.
  • E. Jubal Anderson Early
    Jubal Anderson Early was a Confederate general in the American Civil War, known for his aggressive command style and postwar role as a leading proponent of the Lost Cause narrative.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: historianDescribed
Context triple: [Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam, historianDescribed, James M. McPherson]
  • A. historianDescribing
    Indicates that a historian is providing an account, explanation, or interpretation of a subject, event, or entity.
  • B. historianAuthor chosen
    Indicates that one entity is the historian who authored or wrote the work represented by the other entity.
  • C. historian
    Indicates that an entity studies, interprets, or writes about past events or historical subjects in relation to another entity.
  • D. characterizationByHistorians
    Indicates how historians have described, interpreted, or evaluated a person, event, or phenomenon in their scholarly work.
  • E. historicalFigure
    Indicates that an entity is recognized as a notable person from the past who played a significant role in history.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (3 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_69e0b4c589c08190834fb5d86d0efa2b completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c1ef3040819085c8056e75571104 completed April 21, 2026, 12:16 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69e5c04b31248190b9b9d91b5cb854e3 completed April 20, 2026, 5:57 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:31 p.m.