Triple

T20846669
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Waxhaws massacre controversy E513245 entity
Predicate isAboutMilitaryUnit P142072 FINISHED
Object 3rd Virginia Detachment under Abraham Buford 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: 3rd Virginia Detachment under Abraham Buford | Statement: [Waxhaws massacre controversy, isAboutMilitaryUnit, 3rd Virginia Detachment under Abraham Buford]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 3rd Virginia Detachment under Abraham Buford
Context triple: [Waxhaws massacre controversy, isAboutMilitaryUnit, 3rd Virginia Detachment under Abraham Buford]
  • A. Confederate division under Jubal A. Early
    The Confederate division under Jubal A. Early was a Civil War infantry formation in Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, noted for its aggressive fighting and key defensive actions in several major battles.
  • B. 13th Virginia Cavalry Regiment
    The 13th Virginia Cavalry Regiment was a Confederate cavalry unit from Virginia that served prominently in the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.
  • C. Hampton’s Cavalry Brigade
    Hampton’s Cavalry Brigade was a Confederate mounted unit in the American Civil War, commanded by General Wade Hampton and noted for its aggressive cavalry actions in the Eastern Theater.
  • D. 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry
    The 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry, famously known as Mosby’s Rangers, was a Confederate partisan unit in the American Civil War renowned for its swift guerrilla raids and elusive tactics in northern Virginia.
  • E. Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
    The Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia was a major Confederate infantry corps in the American Civil War, best known for its role in key Eastern Theater battles under the command of Lieutenant General A.P. Hill.
  • 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: 3rd Virginia Detachment under Abraham Buford
Target entity description: The 3rd Virginia Detachment under Abraham Buford was a Continental Army unit in the American Revolutionary War whose rout and heavy casualties at the 1780 Battle of Waxhaws became central to the “Waxhaws massacre” controversy.
  • A. Confederate division under Jubal A. Early
    The Confederate division under Jubal A. Early was a Civil War infantry formation in Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, noted for its aggressive fighting and key defensive actions in several major battles.
  • B. 13th Virginia Cavalry Regiment
    The 13th Virginia Cavalry Regiment was a Confederate cavalry unit from Virginia that served prominently in the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.
  • C. Hampton’s Cavalry Brigade
    Hampton’s Cavalry Brigade was a Confederate mounted unit in the American Civil War, commanded by General Wade Hampton and noted for its aggressive cavalry actions in the Eastern Theater.
  • D. 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry
    The 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry, famously known as Mosby’s Rangers, was a Confederate partisan unit in the American Civil War renowned for its swift guerrilla raids and elusive tactics in northern Virginia.
  • E. Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
    The Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia was a major Confederate infantry corps in the American Civil War, best known for its role in key Eastern Theater battles under the command of Lieutenant General A.P. Hill.
  • 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_69e0b4f4898081908209e58edb8f9c45 completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c34ffb588190881953a0480b29a8 completed April 21, 2026, 12:22 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:43 p.m.