Triple

T2763133

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	John C. Breckinridge	`E61271`	entity
Predicate	positionHeld	`P8`	FINISHED
Object	Confederate States Secretary of War The Confederate States Secretary of War was the cabinet official responsible for overseeing the Confederate Army and military affairs during the American Civil War.	`E296614`	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: Confederate States Secretary of War | Statement: [John C. Breckinridge, positionHeld, Confederate States Secretary of War]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Confederate States Secretary of War
Context triple: [John C. Breckinridge, positionHeld, Confederate States Secretary of War]

A. Secretary of War
The Secretary of War was a former U.S. Cabinet-level official responsible for overseeing the Army and managing the nation’s military affairs before the creation of the Department of Defense.
B. Vice President of the Confederate States
The Vice President of the Confederate States was the second-highest executive officer of the Confederate government, serving as the constitutional successor and deputy to the Confederate President during the American Civil War.
C. Assistant Secretary of War
The Assistant Secretary of War was a senior U.S. government official responsible for overseeing key aspects of Army administration, logistics, and wartime operations before the Department of War was reorganized into the Department of Defense.
D. Adjutant General of the Continental Army
The Adjutant General of the Continental Army was the senior administrative officer responsible for managing orders, records, and personnel organization for George Washington’s Revolutionary War army.
E. First Quartermaster-general
The First Quartermaster-general was a senior German military staff position, most notably held by Erich Ludendorff as the de facto chief strategist of the German Army during World War I.
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: Confederate States Secretary of War
Triple: [John C. Breckinridge, positionHeld, Confederate States Secretary of War]

Generated description

The Confederate States Secretary of War was the cabinet official responsible for overseeing the Confederate Army and military affairs during the American Civil War.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Confederate States Secretary of War
Target entity description: The Confederate States Secretary of War was the cabinet official responsible for overseeing the Confederate Army and military affairs during the American Civil War.

A. Secretary of War
The Secretary of War was a former U.S. Cabinet-level official responsible for overseeing the Army and managing the nation’s military affairs before the creation of the Department of Defense.
B. Vice President of the Confederate States
The Vice President of the Confederate States was the second-highest executive officer of the Confederate government, serving as the constitutional successor and deputy to the Confederate President during the American Civil War.
C. Assistant Secretary of War
The Assistant Secretary of War was a senior U.S. government official responsible for overseeing key aspects of Army administration, logistics, and wartime operations before the Department of War was reorganized into the Department of Defense.
D. Adjutant General of the Continental Army
The Adjutant General of the Continental Army was the senior administrative officer responsible for managing orders, records, and personnel organization for George Washington’s Revolutionary War army.
E. First Quartermaster-general
The First Quartermaster-general was a senior German military staff position, most notably held by Erich Ludendorff as the de facto chief strategist of the German Army during World War I.
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_69ab4b7bab6c8190a5c2efef19a8ef34`	completed	March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69abdd5291d88190a7347af947a2a564`	completed	March 7, 2026, 8:09 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69afc04630b8819081cd8ddac1d42184`	completed	March 10, 2026, 6:55 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69afc0b6368081908e2520ac6680a409`	completed	March 10, 2026, 6:56 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69afc145e61881908c0eeae455b02a78`	completed	March 10, 2026, 6:59 a.m.

Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:57 p.m.