Triple
T21968548
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of Crampton’s Gap |
E542521
|
entity |
| Predicate | ConfederateForceCommander |
P26186
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FINISHED |
| Object | Brigadier General Howell Cobb |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: Brigadier General Howell Cobb | Statement: [Battle of Crampton’s Gap, ConfederateForceCommander, Brigadier General Howell Cobb]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brigadier General Howell Cobb Context triple: [Battle of Crampton’s Gap, ConfederateForceCommander, Brigadier General Howell Cobb]
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A.
Col. Daniel Appling
Col. Daniel Appling was a distinguished early 19th-century U.S. Army officer from Georgia, noted for his service in the War of 1812.
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B.
Brigadier General Abraham Eustis
Brigadier General Abraham Eustis was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer known for his service in coastal artillery and military engineering, for whom Fort Eustis in Virginia was named.
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C.
Major General Isaac R. Trimble
Major General Isaac R. Trimble was a Confederate Civil War officer best known for his leadership in the Army of Northern Virginia and his wounding during Pickett’s Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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D.
Confederate Brigadier General Robert Toombs
Confederate Brigadier General Robert Toombs was a prominent Southern politician and military leader who served as the first Confederate Secretary of State before commanding troops in key Civil War battles.
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E.
Colonel Thomas H. Owen
Colonel Thomas H. Owen was a Confederate cavalry officer who commanded the 13th Virginia Cavalry Regiment during the American Civil War.
- 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: Brigadier General Howell Cobb Target entity description: Brigadier General Howell Cobb was a prominent Confederate officer and former U.S. politician from Georgia who played key military and political roles for the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
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A.
Col. Daniel Appling
Col. Daniel Appling was a distinguished early 19th-century U.S. Army officer from Georgia, noted for his service in the War of 1812.
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B.
Brigadier General Abraham Eustis
Brigadier General Abraham Eustis was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer known for his service in coastal artillery and military engineering, for whom Fort Eustis in Virginia was named.
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C.
Major General Isaac R. Trimble
Major General Isaac R. Trimble was a Confederate Civil War officer best known for his leadership in the Army of Northern Virginia and his wounding during Pickett’s Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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D.
Confederate Brigadier General Robert Toombs
Confederate Brigadier General Robert Toombs was a prominent Southern politician and military leader who served as the first Confederate Secretary of State before commanding troops in key Civil War battles.
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E.
Colonel Thomas H. Owen
Colonel Thomas H. Owen was a Confederate cavalry officer who commanded the 13th Virginia Cavalry Regiment during the American Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: ConfederateForceCommander Context triple: [Battle of Crampton’s Gap, ConfederateForceCommander, Brigadier General Howell Cobb]
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A.
primaryConfederateCommander
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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B.
ConfederateSubordinateCommander
Indicates that one military commander served in a subordinate role under another within the Confederate forces.
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C.
notableUnitConfederate
Indicates that an entity is notably associated with a specific military unit that served in the Confederate forces.
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D.
commandingConfederateForces
chosen
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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E.
commandingUnionArmy
Indicates that one entity holds the role or responsibility of leading and directing the Union Army.
- 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_69e0c47fab1081908dc74a6545dbb051 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:14 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1245d50d08190a4bf93139daa77eb |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:19 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e6f601f2188190893bcdde0cf58ad6 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 3:58 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:02 p.m.