Triple

T3469796

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Grenville M. Dodge	`E73226`	entity
Predicate	servedIn	`P253`	FINISHED
Object	Department of the Missouri The Department of the Missouri was a major Union Army administrative and military command in the American Civil War, overseeing operations across much of the trans-Mississippi West.	`E361117`	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: Department of the Missouri | Statement: [Grenville M. Dodge, servedIn, Department of the Missouri]

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

Target entity: Department of the Missouri
Context triple: [Grenville M. Dodge, servedIn, Department of the Missouri]

A. Office of the Governor of Missouri
The Office of the Governor of Missouri is the executive branch office responsible for leading the state government, implementing state laws, and overseeing statewide administrative functions under the elected governor.
B. Missouri state government
The Missouri state government is the governmental authority of the U.S. state of Missouri, comprising executive, legislative, and judicial branches that create and enforce state laws and oversee statewide public policy and administration.
C. Missouri State Highway Patrol
The Missouri State Highway Patrol is a statewide law enforcement agency responsible for traffic safety, criminal investigations, and public safety services across the state of Missouri.
D. Missouri Department of Natural Resources
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is a state government agency responsible for managing Missouri’s natural, cultural, and energy resources, including state parks and historic sites.
E. Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration
The Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration is a state government agency responsible for managing Mississippi’s financial operations, budgeting, and various administrative services.
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: Department of the Missouri
Triple: [Grenville M. Dodge, servedIn, Department of the Missouri]

Generated description

The Department of the Missouri was a major Union Army administrative and military command in the American Civil War, overseeing operations across much of the trans-Mississippi West.

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

Target entity: Department of the Missouri
Target entity description: The Department of the Missouri was a major Union Army administrative and military command in the American Civil War, overseeing operations across much of the trans-Mississippi West.

A. Office of the Governor of Missouri
The Office of the Governor of Missouri is the executive branch office responsible for leading the state government, implementing state laws, and overseeing statewide administrative functions under the elected governor.
B. Missouri state government
The Missouri state government is the governmental authority of the U.S. state of Missouri, comprising executive, legislative, and judicial branches that create and enforce state laws and oversee statewide public policy and administration.
C. Missouri State Highway Patrol
The Missouri State Highway Patrol is a statewide law enforcement agency responsible for traffic safety, criminal investigations, and public safety services across the state of Missouri.
D. Missouri Department of Natural Resources
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is a state government agency responsible for managing Missouri’s natural, cultural, and energy resources, including state parks and historic sites.
E. Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration
The Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration is a state government agency responsible for managing Mississippi’s financial operations, budgeting, and various administrative services.
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_69ad85b2fed48190948c8765e453d270`	completed	March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69adbb392f6481908b6ad0457b8cf421`	completed	March 8, 2026, 6:08 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69b3680a23e0819088851295a605a085`	completed	March 13, 2026, 1:27 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69b369b68900819086028b16657c6dc9`	completed	March 13, 2026, 1:34 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69b36a08cff08190897adaa51f32df4a`	completed	March 13, 2026, 1:36 a.m.

Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:17 p.m.