Triple
T21020307
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of Cherbourg |
E517786
|
entity |
| Predicate | opposingCommanderConfederate |
P25097
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Raphael Semmes |
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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: Raphael Semmes | Statement: [Battle of Cherbourg, opposingCommanderConfederate, Raphael Semmes]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Raphael Semmes Context triple: [Battle of Cherbourg, opposingCommanderConfederate, Raphael Semmes]
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A.
Raphael Semmes
chosen
Raphael Semmes was a Confederate naval officer best known as the captain of the commerce raider CSS Alabama during the American Civil War.
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B.
Thomas Jenkins Semmes
Thomas Jenkins Semmes was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician from Louisiana who served as a Confederate senator during the American Civil War.
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C.
James D. Bulloch
James D. Bulloch was a prominent Confederate naval officer and secret agent who orchestrated the construction and acquisition of warships in Britain for the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War.
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D.
Archibald Bulloch
Archibald Bulloch was an American lawyer, patriot leader, and Revolutionary-era statesman who became the first chief executive of the state of Georgia.
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E.
James Stephens Bulloch
James Stephens Bulloch was a 19th-century Georgia planter and politician, notable as the maternal grandfather of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.
- 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: opposingCommanderConfederate Context triple: [Battle of Cherbourg, opposingCommanderConfederate, Raphael Semmes]
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A.
commandingConfederateForces
Indicates that one entity holds the role or responsibility of directing and leading the military operations of the Confederate forces in relation to another entity.
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B.
primaryConfederateCommander
chosen
Indicates that one entity serves as the main commanding officer of Confederate forces for the other entity in a specific context or engagement.
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C.
combatantConfederate
Indicates that an entity participates as a combatant on the Confederate side in a conflict or war.
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D.
opponentInAmericanCivilWar
Indicates that two entities were on opposing sides in the American Civil War.
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E.
ConfederateSubordinateCommander
Indicates that one military commander served in a subordinate role under another within the Confederate forces.
- 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_69e0b50262b081909bc488937145eb73 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6fc5c905c8190ba2f9f82b6cd1648 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 4:26 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e5dbf274ac81909bbf245627dc8fdc |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:55 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 1:54 p.m.