Triple
T2565581
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Stephen A. Douglas |
E57342
|
entity |
| Predicate | candidateInElection |
P1221
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
1860 United States presidential election
The 1860 United States presidential election was the pivotal contest that brought Abraham Lincoln to the presidency and precipitated the secession crisis leading to the American Civil War.
|
E278450
|
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: 1860 United States presidential election | Statement: [Stephen A. Douglas, candidateInElection, 1860 United States presidential election]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1860 United States presidential election Context triple: [Stephen A. Douglas, candidateInElection, 1860 United States presidential election]
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A.
1864 United States presidential election
The 1864 United States presidential election was a Civil War–era contest in which incumbent President Abraham Lincoln defeated Democratic challenger George B. McClellan to secure a second term.
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B.
1856 United States presidential election
The 1856 United States presidential election was a pivotal contest marked by the rise of the Republican Party, the sectional crisis over slavery, and the fragmentation of older parties amid growing tensions that foreshadowed the Civil War.
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C.
1852 United States presidential election
The 1852 United States presidential election was a contest in which Democrat Franklin Pierce defeated Whig candidate Winfield Scott, marking the effective collapse of the Whig Party as a major national political force.
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D.
1872 United States presidential election
The 1872 United States presidential election was a post–Civil War contest in which incumbent Republican Ulysses S. Grant won a second term amid Reconstruction-era political tensions and a split in the opposition.
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E.
1848 United States presidential election
The 1848 United States presidential election was a contest in which Whig candidate Zachary Taylor defeated Democratic nominee Lewis Cass and Free Soil candidate Martin Van Buren amid rising tensions over slavery and territorial expansion.
- 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: 1860 United States presidential election Triple: [Stephen A. Douglas, candidateInElection, 1860 United States presidential election]
Generated description
The 1860 United States presidential election was the pivotal contest that brought Abraham Lincoln to the presidency and precipitated the secession crisis leading to the American Civil War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1860 United States presidential election Target entity description: The 1860 United States presidential election was the pivotal contest that brought Abraham Lincoln to the presidency and precipitated the secession crisis leading to the American Civil War.
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A.
1864 United States presidential election
The 1864 United States presidential election was a Civil War–era contest in which incumbent President Abraham Lincoln defeated Democratic challenger George B. McClellan to secure a second term.
-
B.
1856 United States presidential election
The 1856 United States presidential election was a pivotal contest marked by the rise of the Republican Party, the sectional crisis over slavery, and the fragmentation of older parties amid growing tensions that foreshadowed the Civil War.
-
C.
1852 United States presidential election
The 1852 United States presidential election was a contest in which Democrat Franklin Pierce defeated Whig candidate Winfield Scott, marking the effective collapse of the Whig Party as a major national political force.
-
D.
1872 United States presidential election
The 1872 United States presidential election was a post–Civil War contest in which incumbent Republican Ulysses S. Grant won a second term amid Reconstruction-era political tensions and a split in the opposition.
-
E.
1848 United States presidential election
The 1848 United States presidential election was a contest in which Whig candidate Zachary Taylor defeated Democratic nominee Lewis Cass and Free Soil candidate Martin Van Buren amid rising tensions over slavery and territorial expansion.
- 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_69ab4a4ef9008190a0e6d4422b9418b7 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd35ef22c8190966612cc75f69eca |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:27 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af5d283ab48190a04fab64a6492306 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:52 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69af5dea244c81909bd6bcdba0edf958 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:55 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69af5e69ac3481908f48ad0efcd13767 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:57 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:48 p.m.