Triple
T2273046
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Varina Howell Davis |
E50703
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Jefferson Davis, Ex-President of the Confederate States of America: A Memoir
"Jefferson Davis, Ex-President of the Confederate States of America: A Memoir" is a biographical work by Varina Howell Davis that recounts the life, political career, and Confederate leadership of her husband, Jefferson Davis.
|
E250866
|
NE FINISHED |
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: Jefferson Davis, Ex-President of the Confederate States of America: A Memoir | Statement: [Varina Howell Davis, notableWork, Jefferson Davis, Ex-President of the Confederate States of America: A Memoir]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jefferson Davis, Ex-President of the Confederate States of America: A Memoir Context triple: [Varina Howell Davis, notableWork, Jefferson Davis, Ex-President of the Confederate States of America: A Memoir]
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A.
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government is a two-volume historical and autobiographical account in which former Confederate president Jefferson Davis defends and explains the origins, conduct, and collapse of the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
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B.
Memoirs of General William T. Sherman
Memoirs of General William T. Sherman is the autobiographical account of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman’s life and military career, particularly his campaigns during the American Civil War.
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C.
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant is the autobiographical work of the 18th U.S. president and Civil War general, renowned for its clear prose, candid reflections, and significant historical insight into the war and his life.
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D.
Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan
Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan is the autobiographical account of Union General Philip H. Sheridan’s military career and experiences during the American Civil War and Reconstruction.
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E.
Lost Cause of the Confederacy
The Lost Cause of the Confederacy is a post–Civil War ideological movement that romanticizes the Confederate cause, downplays slavery’s central role, and portrays the South’s defeat as honorable and inevitable.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Jefferson Davis, Ex-President of the Confederate States of America: A Memoir Triple: [Varina Howell Davis, notableWork, Jefferson Davis, Ex-President of the Confederate States of America: A Memoir]
Generated description
"Jefferson Davis, Ex-President of the Confederate States of America: A Memoir" is a biographical work by Varina Howell Davis that recounts the life, political career, and Confederate leadership of her husband, Jefferson Davis.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jefferson Davis, Ex-President of the Confederate States of America: A Memoir Target entity description: "Jefferson Davis, Ex-President of the Confederate States of America: A Memoir" is a biographical work by Varina Howell Davis that recounts the life, political career, and Confederate leadership of her husband, Jefferson Davis.
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A.
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government is a two-volume historical and autobiographical account in which former Confederate president Jefferson Davis defends and explains the origins, conduct, and collapse of the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
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B.
Memoirs of General William T. Sherman
Memoirs of General William T. Sherman is the autobiographical account of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman’s life and military career, particularly his campaigns during the American Civil War.
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C.
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant is the autobiographical work of the 18th U.S. president and Civil War general, renowned for its clear prose, candid reflections, and significant historical insight into the war and his life.
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D.
Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan
Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan is the autobiographical account of Union General Philip H. Sheridan’s military career and experiences during the American Civil War and Reconstruction.
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E.
Lost Cause of the Confederacy
The Lost Cause of the Confederacy is a post–Civil War ideological movement that romanticizes the Confederate cause, downplays slavery’s central role, and portrays the South’s defeat as honorable and inevitable.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 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_69a88b05910c8190a9a2b1ff230c85f9 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc1e872448190a1d6c6071b2a294b |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae71ddc66c81909525394a8b2bb4e0 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:08 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae75ba1a988190ba59d3ce5e5c39a8 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:24 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae76246f6c81909a15262d2c4ea975 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:26 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:48 p.m.