Triple
T5150103
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment |
E116171
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableCommander |
P1197
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ellis Spear
Ellis Spear was a Union Army officer and later brevet brigadier general in the American Civil War, best known for his service with the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg and his subsequent career as a lawyer and public official.
|
E499554
|
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: Ellis Spear | Statement: [20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment, notableCommander, Ellis Spear]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ellis Spear Context triple: [20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment, notableCommander, Ellis Spear]
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A.
Daniel Comstock
Daniel Comstock was an American scientist and engineer best known as a co-founder of Technicolor, a pioneering company in color motion picture technology.
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B.
Ellis Bell
Ellis Bell is the pseudonym used by English novelist Emily Brontë, best known for writing the classic Gothic novel "Wuthering Heights."
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C.
Elliott Wheeler
Elliott Wheeler is an Australian composer and music producer known for his work on film and television scores, including the 2022 biographical musical film "Elvis."
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D.
Roswell Smith
Roswell Smith was a 19th-century American publisher and businessman best known as a co-founder of The Century Company, which produced the influential magazine "The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine."
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E.
Theodate Pope Riddle
Theodate Pope Riddle was a pioneering early 20th-century American architect and one of the first licensed female architects in the United States.
- 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: Ellis Spear Triple: [20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment, notableCommander, Ellis Spear]
Generated description
Ellis Spear was a Union Army officer and later brevet brigadier general in the American Civil War, best known for his service with the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg and his subsequent career as a lawyer and public official.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ellis Spear Target entity description: Ellis Spear was a Union Army officer and later brevet brigadier general in the American Civil War, best known for his service with the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg and his subsequent career as a lawyer and public official.
-
A.
Daniel Comstock
Daniel Comstock was an American scientist and engineer best known as a co-founder of Technicolor, a pioneering company in color motion picture technology.
-
B.
Ellis Bell
Ellis Bell is the pseudonym used by English novelist Emily Brontë, best known for writing the classic Gothic novel "Wuthering Heights."
-
C.
Elliott Wheeler
Elliott Wheeler is an Australian composer and music producer known for his work on film and television scores, including the 2022 biographical musical film "Elvis."
-
D.
Roswell Smith
Roswell Smith was a 19th-century American publisher and businessman best known as a co-founder of The Century Company, which produced the influential magazine "The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine."
-
E.
Theodate Pope Riddle
Theodate Pope Riddle was a pioneering early 20th-century American architect and one of the first licensed female architects in the United States.
- 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_69bd4446c0e08190a7c29dc74976bf03 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd78d7f4d081908d59adcd86f52f1d |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bed9235de88190b3698a90af91c33d |
completed | March 21, 2026, 5:45 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bedaaca3d0819089ef56835ba254b0 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 5:51 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bedb1ae560819084de6275b6ebaa23 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 5:53 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:43 p.m.