Triple

T2615782
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Cerro Gordo E58884 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object Robert Patterson
Robert Patterson was a senior U.S. Army officer and Mexican–American War general who played a key leadership role in several major campaigns, including the advance on Mexico City.
E285962 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: Robert Patterson | Statement: [Battle of Cerro Gordo, commander, Robert Patterson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Patterson
Context triple: [Battle of Cerro Gordo, commander, Robert Patterson]
  • A. Joseph Borden McKean
    Joseph Borden McKean was an American lawyer and jurist who served as Attorney General of Pennsylvania in the early 19th century.
  • B. John Gibbon
    John Gibbon was a 19th-century United States Army officer and Civil War general who later played a key role in the Indian Wars, including campaigns against the Nez Perce.
  • C. William Allerton
    William Allerton was a member of the Allerton family of early colonial New England, known primarily as the brother of Mayflower passenger and Plymouth Colony figure Isaac Allerton.
  • D. Thomas Allerton
    Thomas Allerton was a member of the Allerton family connected to early colonial American history through his brother, Mayflower passenger Isaac Allerton.
  • E. George Scott
    George Scott was a power-hitting first baseman and three-time All-Star known for his strong defense and key role with the Boston Red Sox in the late 1960s and 1970s.
  • 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: Robert Patterson
Triple: [Battle of Cerro Gordo, commander, Robert Patterson]
Generated description
Robert Patterson was a senior U.S. Army officer and Mexican–American War general who played a key leadership role in several major campaigns, including the advance on Mexico City.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Patterson
Target entity description: Robert Patterson was a senior U.S. Army officer and Mexican–American War general who played a key leadership role in several major campaigns, including the advance on Mexico City.
  • A. Joseph Borden McKean
    Joseph Borden McKean was an American lawyer and jurist who served as Attorney General of Pennsylvania in the early 19th century.
  • B. John Gibbon
    John Gibbon was a 19th-century United States Army officer and Civil War general who later played a key role in the Indian Wars, including campaigns against the Nez Perce.
  • C. William Allerton
    William Allerton was a member of the Allerton family of early colonial New England, known primarily as the brother of Mayflower passenger and Plymouth Colony figure Isaac Allerton.
  • D. Thomas Allerton
    Thomas Allerton was a member of the Allerton family connected to early colonial American history through his brother, Mayflower passenger Isaac Allerton.
  • E. George Scott
    George Scott was a power-hitting first baseman and three-time All-Star known for his strong defense and key role with the Boston Red Sox in the late 1960s and 1970s.
  • 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_69ab4ac444dc819099614e534dd6021f completed March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd8812d808190b794862287a76c16 completed March 7, 2026, 7:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af98b50fa08190abe65b53081cb06b completed March 10, 2026, 4:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af999d0b848190afcd7b27daa024e1 completed March 10, 2026, 4:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af9a48b2588190addeef916b0afef2 completed March 10, 2026, 4:12 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.