Triple
T4864681
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Buffalo Soldiers |
E108738
|
entity |
| Predicate | decoratedMember |
P59477
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Charles Young
Charles Young was a pioneering African American U.S. Army officer and diplomat who became one of the highest-ranking Black military leaders of his era and a prominent commander of the Buffalo Soldiers.
|
E474587
|
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: Charles Young | Statement: [Buffalo Soldiers, decoratedMember, Charles Young]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Young Context triple: [Buffalo Soldiers, decoratedMember, Charles Young]
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A.
Henry Dodge
Henry Dodge was an American military officer and politician who became prominent for leading frontier forces in early 19th-century conflicts and later serving as a U.S. senator and territorial governor.
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B.
William H. Steele
William H. Steele was an individual notable enough to be specifically recorded as interred at Hackensack Cemetery in New Jersey.
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C.
James Henry Carleton
James Henry Carleton was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer best known for his harsh campaigns against Native American tribes in the Southwest and his role in the Long Walk of the Navajo.
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D.
William G. Fargo
William G. Fargo was a 19th-century American businessman and express pioneer best known as a co-founder of American Express and Wells Fargo.
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E.
William A. Porter
William A. Porter was an American businessman and technology pioneer best known as the co-founder of the online brokerage firm E-Trade.
- 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: Charles Young Triple: [Buffalo Soldiers, decoratedMember, Charles Young]
Generated description
Charles Young was a pioneering African American U.S. Army officer and diplomat who became one of the highest-ranking Black military leaders of his era and a prominent commander of the Buffalo Soldiers.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Young Target entity description: Charles Young was a pioneering African American U.S. Army officer and diplomat who became one of the highest-ranking Black military leaders of his era and a prominent commander of the Buffalo Soldiers.
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A.
Henry Dodge
Henry Dodge was an American military officer and politician who became prominent for leading frontier forces in early 19th-century conflicts and later serving as a U.S. senator and territorial governor.
-
B.
William H. Steele
William H. Steele was an individual notable enough to be specifically recorded as interred at Hackensack Cemetery in New Jersey.
-
C.
James Henry Carleton
James Henry Carleton was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer best known for his harsh campaigns against Native American tribes in the Southwest and his role in the Long Walk of the Navajo.
-
D.
William G. Fargo
William G. Fargo was a 19th-century American businessman and express pioneer best known as a co-founder of American Express and Wells Fargo.
-
E.
William A. Porter
William A. Porter was an American businessman and technology pioneer best known as the co-founder of the online brokerage firm E-Trade.
- 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_69bd440b965081908b0557721cae6338 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd7162427c81908a67a07545f698ae |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:10 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be5d0008288190b516fa0bc7458564 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 8:55 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be6012b0808190b9380b4ea7550681 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:08 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be608860dc81908e7268791b1b6614 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:10 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:26 p.m.