Triple
T23302456
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of Thoroughfare Gap |
E590338
|
entity |
| Predicate | commander |
P1061
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FINISHED |
| Object | Irvin McDowell |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Irvin McDowell | Statement: [Battle of Thoroughfare Gap, commander, Irvin McDowell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irvin McDowell Context triple: [Battle of Thoroughfare Gap, commander, Irvin McDowell]
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A.
Irvin McDowell
chosen
Irvin McDowell was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, best known for leading federal forces in the war’s first major land battle and later serving in various departmental commands.
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B.
Irvin McDowell Garfield
Irvin McDowell Garfield was an American lawyer and public servant, best known as one of the sons of U.S. President James A. Garfield and First Lady Lucretia Rudolph Garfield.
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C.
John E. Wool
John E. Wool was a prominent 19th-century United States Army officer who served with distinction in the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, and the early stages of the Civil War.
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D.
Emory Upton
Emory Upton was a prominent 19th-century United States Army officer and military strategist known for his influential reforms in military organization and tactics.
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E.
Henry W. Slocum
Henry W. Slocum was a prominent Union major general in the American Civil War, known for his leadership in key campaigns including Sherman’s March to the Sea.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69e25d1c0ecc8190a355aa229f06d0e0 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 4:17 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1972406a08190bbf355cc7a9f8432 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 5:29 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:04 p.m.