Triple
T4298275
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Valley Campaigns of 1864 |
E99769
|
entity |
| Predicate | commander |
P1061
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FINISHED |
| Object |
William W. Averell
William W. Averell was a Union cavalry general in the American Civil War, noted for his leadership in several major campaigns and raids, particularly in the Shenandoah Valley.
|
E430957
|
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: William W. Averell | Statement: [Valley Campaigns of 1864, commander, William W. Averell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William W. Averell Context triple: [Valley Campaigns of 1864, commander, William W. Averell]
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A.
Walter Bedell Smith
Walter Bedell Smith was a U.S. Army general and senior military diplomat who served as General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s chief of staff during World War II and later as Director of Central Intelligence.
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B.
Robert A. Lovett
Robert A. Lovett was a prominent American statesman and defense official who played a key role in organizing U.S. military and foreign policy during and after World War II, later serving as Secretary of Defense under President Harry S. Truman.
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C.
George Preston Marshall
George Preston Marshall was an American businessman and controversial owner of the Washington Redskins, known for his role in shaping early NFL marketing and for his staunch opposition to racial integration.
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D.
John J. McCloy
John J. McCloy was a prominent American lawyer, banker, and statesman who served in key national security and foreign policy roles, including U.S. High Commissioner for Germany after World War II and president of the World Bank.
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E.
James S. Sherman
James S. Sherman was an American politician who served as the 27th vice president of the United States under President William Howard Taft from 1909 until his death in 1912.
- 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: William W. Averell Triple: [Valley Campaigns of 1864, commander, William W. Averell]
Generated description
William W. Averell was a Union cavalry general in the American Civil War, noted for his leadership in several major campaigns and raids, particularly in the Shenandoah Valley.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William W. Averell Target entity description: William W. Averell was a Union cavalry general in the American Civil War, noted for his leadership in several major campaigns and raids, particularly in the Shenandoah Valley.
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A.
Walter Bedell Smith
Walter Bedell Smith was a U.S. Army general and senior military diplomat who served as General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s chief of staff during World War II and later as Director of Central Intelligence.
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B.
Robert A. Lovett
Robert A. Lovett was a prominent American statesman and defense official who played a key role in organizing U.S. military and foreign policy during and after World War II, later serving as Secretary of Defense under President Harry S. Truman.
-
C.
George Preston Marshall
George Preston Marshall was an American businessman and controversial owner of the Washington Redskins, known for his role in shaping early NFL marketing and for his staunch opposition to racial integration.
-
D.
John J. McCloy
John J. McCloy was a prominent American lawyer, banker, and statesman who served in key national security and foreign policy roles, including U.S. High Commissioner for Germany after World War II and president of the World Bank.
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E.
James S. Sherman
James S. Sherman was an American politician who served as the 27th vice president of the United States under President William Howard Taft from 1909 until his death in 1912.
- 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_69b3455175088190aa79c6e03b86647e |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b3509bff808190a86fade7ccfc3611 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5d073936c8190b48045f8370ea27f |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:17 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5d11a30a08190b9f58fadd2415559 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:20 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5d194975481908b029ab106223c6c |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:08 p.m.