Triple
T3992838
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Berdan rifle |
E87031
|
entity |
| Predicate | designer |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Hiram Berdan
Hiram Berdan was a 19th-century American military officer, engineer, and inventor best known for creating innovative rifle designs and leading elite sharpshooter units during the American Civil War.
|
E404170
|
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: Hiram Berdan | Statement: [Berdan rifle, designer, Hiram Berdan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hiram Berdan Context triple: [Berdan rifle, designer, Hiram Berdan]
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A.
John E. Wool
John E. Wool was a prominent 19th-century United States Army officer who served with distinction in the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, and the early stages of the Civil War.
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B.
Alvan C. Gillem
Alvan C. Gillem was a United States Army officer and Civil War veteran who later led federal troops in campaigns against Native American groups in the West.
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C.
Henry Gage
Henry Gage was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 20th governor of California from 1899 to 1903.
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D.
Philip Kearny
Philip Kearny was a prominent United States Army officer and Union general during the American Civil War, renowned for his aggressive leadership and battlefield bravery.
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E.
Colonel Maxcy Gregg
Colonel Maxcy Gregg was a Confederate officer and brigade commander from South Carolina who fought in several major battles of the American Civil War before being mortally wounded at Fredericksburg.
- 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: Hiram Berdan Triple: [Berdan rifle, designer, Hiram Berdan]
Generated description
Hiram Berdan was a 19th-century American military officer, engineer, and inventor best known for creating innovative rifle designs and leading elite sharpshooter units during the American Civil War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hiram Berdan Target entity description: Hiram Berdan was a 19th-century American military officer, engineer, and inventor best known for creating innovative rifle designs and leading elite sharpshooter units during the American Civil War.
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A.
John E. Wool
John E. Wool was a prominent 19th-century United States Army officer who served with distinction in the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, and the early stages of the Civil War.
-
B.
Alvan C. Gillem
Alvan C. Gillem was a United States Army officer and Civil War veteran who later led federal troops in campaigns against Native American groups in the West.
-
C.
Henry Gage
Henry Gage was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 20th governor of California from 1899 to 1903.
-
D.
Philip Kearny
Philip Kearny was a prominent United States Army officer and Union general during the American Civil War, renowned for his aggressive leadership and battlefield bravery.
-
E.
Colonel Maxcy Gregg
Colonel Maxcy Gregg was a Confederate officer and brigade commander from South Carolina who fought in several major battles of the American Civil War before being mortally wounded at Fredericksburg.
- 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_69aed94118148190975e6aa4e554cde9 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aefa1c476c819094063f654aa015c4 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5403970e08190bb491048b1bd7b16 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:02 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b54112e3788190800e295a745c4689 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:05 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b541808d548190987ad1538c647664 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:07 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:33 p.m.