Triple
T5270779
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 16th Michigan Infantry |
E119250
|
entity |
| Predicate | commander |
P1061
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Colonel Norval E. Welch
Colonel Norval E. Welch was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War best known for leading the 16th Michigan Infantry in key engagements such as the Battle of Gettysburg.
|
E517252
|
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: Colonel Norval E. Welch | Statement: [16th Michigan Infantry, commander, Colonel Norval E. Welch]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colonel Norval E. Welch Context triple: [16th Michigan Infantry, commander, Colonel Norval E. Welch]
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A.
Colonel Frank Fitts
Colonel Frank Fitts is a strict, repressed former Marine officer and abusive father whose hidden vulnerabilities and internalized homophobia drive much of the tension in the film American Beauty.
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B.
Colonel John W. McLane
Colonel John W. McLane was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War best known for leading the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry in key engagements such as the Battle of Gettysburg.
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C.
Colonel Orpheus S. Woodward
Colonel Orpheus S. Woodward was a Union Army officer who led the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry during the American Civil War.
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D.
Colonel Oscar F. Peatross
Colonel Oscar F. Peatross was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps officer and World War II veteran who later led Marine forces during the Vietnam War.
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E.
Col. Herbert Y. Schandler
Col. Herbert Y. Schandler was a U.S. Army officer and military historian known for his influential analyses of the Vietnam War and American foreign policy.
- 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: Colonel Norval E. Welch Triple: [16th Michigan Infantry, commander, Colonel Norval E. Welch]
Generated description
Colonel Norval E. Welch was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War best known for leading the 16th Michigan Infantry in key engagements such as the Battle of Gettysburg.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colonel Norval E. Welch Target entity description: Colonel Norval E. Welch was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War best known for leading the 16th Michigan Infantry in key engagements such as the Battle of Gettysburg.
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A.
Colonel Frank Fitts
Colonel Frank Fitts is a strict, repressed former Marine officer and abusive father whose hidden vulnerabilities and internalized homophobia drive much of the tension in the film American Beauty.
-
B.
Colonel John W. McLane
Colonel John W. McLane was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War best known for leading the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry in key engagements such as the Battle of Gettysburg.
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C.
Colonel Orpheus S. Woodward
Colonel Orpheus S. Woodward was a Union Army officer who led the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry during the American Civil War.
-
D.
Colonel Oscar F. Peatross
Colonel Oscar F. Peatross was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps officer and World War II veteran who later led Marine forces during the Vietnam War.
-
E.
Col. Herbert Y. Schandler
Col. Herbert Y. Schandler was a U.S. Army officer and military historian known for his influential analyses of the Vietnam War and American foreign policy.
- 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_69bd446c38e081908cdaf113bdf86790 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd7bff37cc819095423cf914086c1b |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf33248cf481908eeb0abd3b1a7828 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 12:09 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf33e3b9ac819091cb000a98a505cd |
completed | March 22, 2026, 12:12 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf349a746481909a8ba2a854e29449 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 12:15 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:51 p.m.