Triple

T2464195
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Long Island E55204 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object William Alexander, Lord Stirling
William Alexander, Lord Stirling was an American Revolutionary War general who played a prominent role in early battles, notably helping cover the Continental Army’s retreat at the Battle of Long Island.
E270288 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: William Alexander, Lord Stirling | Statement: [Battle of Long Island, commander, William Alexander, Lord Stirling]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Alexander, Lord Stirling
Context triple: [Battle of Long Island, commander, William Alexander, Lord Stirling]
  • A. Johann de Kalb
    Johann de Kalb was a German-born French military officer who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and became a patriot hero after dying from wounds sustained at the Battle of Camden.
  • B. Charles Lee
    Charles Lee was a controversial Continental Army general during the American Revolutionary War, known for his disputed conduct and eventual court-martial following the Battle of Monmouth.
  • C. Nathanael Greene
    Nathanael Greene was a major American Revolutionary War general who became George Washington’s most trusted subordinate and played a crucial role in the Southern campaign against the British.
  • D. Banastre Tarleton
    Banastre Tarleton was a British cavalry officer and politician best known for his aggressive and controversial leadership against American forces during the Revolutionary War.
  • E. John Burgoyne
    John Burgoyne was a British army officer and politician best known for his role as a general during the American Revolutionary War, particularly his surrender at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777.
  • 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: William Alexander, Lord Stirling
Triple: [Battle of Long Island, commander, William Alexander, Lord Stirling]
Generated description
William Alexander, Lord Stirling was an American Revolutionary War general who played a prominent role in early battles, notably helping cover the Continental Army’s retreat at the Battle of Long Island.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Alexander, Lord Stirling
Target entity description: William Alexander, Lord Stirling was an American Revolutionary War general who played a prominent role in early battles, notably helping cover the Continental Army’s retreat at the Battle of Long Island.
  • A. Johann de Kalb
    Johann de Kalb was a German-born French military officer who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and became a patriot hero after dying from wounds sustained at the Battle of Camden.
  • B. Charles Lee
    Charles Lee was a controversial Continental Army general during the American Revolutionary War, known for his disputed conduct and eventual court-martial following the Battle of Monmouth.
  • C. Nathanael Greene
    Nathanael Greene was a major American Revolutionary War general who became George Washington’s most trusted subordinate and played a crucial role in the Southern campaign against the British.
  • D. Banastre Tarleton
    Banastre Tarleton was a British cavalry officer and politician best known for his aggressive and controversial leadership against American forces during the Revolutionary War.
  • E. John Burgoyne
    John Burgoyne was a British army officer and politician best known for his role as a general during the American Revolutionary War, particularly his surrender at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777.
  • 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_69ab49e3622c8190ad22afa2c4fbb807 completed March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd12059788190a6493f64bb725aed completed March 7, 2026, 7:17 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af1799b530819095d828c9d4a9dc9c completed March 9, 2026, 6:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af1a13336081908c134023db0cc63e completed March 9, 2026, 7:05 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af1a7762908190a0efd063e1e72bda completed March 9, 2026, 7:07 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.