Triple
T5270784
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 16th Michigan Infantry |
E119250
|
entity |
| Predicate | corpsCommanderAtGettysburg |
P62745
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Major General George Sykes
Major General George Sykes was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War who commanded the Union V Corps, including at the Battle of Gettysburg.
|
E506589
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Major General George Sykes | Statement: [16th Michigan Infantry, corpsCommanderAtGettysburg, Major General George Sykes]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major General George Sykes Context triple: [16th Michigan Infantry, corpsCommanderAtGettysburg, Major General George Sykes]
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A.
Major-General Sidney Kirkman
Major-General Sidney Kirkman was a senior British Army officer of the Second World War, noted for his leadership of infantry formations in key campaigns including North Africa and Italy.
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B.
Major-General Douglas Graham
Major-General Douglas Graham was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division during key operations of the Second World War.
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C.
Major-General George Erskine
Major-General George Erskine was a British Army officer best known for commanding the famed "Desert Rats" of the 7th Armoured Division during the Second World War.
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D.
Major-General Richard Nelson Gale
Major-General Richard Nelson Gale was a British Army officer and airborne warfare pioneer who commanded the 6th Airborne Division during key operations of the Second World War, including the Normandy landings.
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E.
Major-General Tom Rennie
Major-General Tom Rennie was a British Army officer who distinguished himself as a frontline divisional commander during key campaigns of the Second World War, including the Normandy landings.
- 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: Major General George Sykes Triple: [16th Michigan Infantry, corpsCommanderAtGettysburg, Major General George Sykes]
Generated description
Major General George Sykes was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War who commanded the Union V Corps, including at the Battle of Gettysburg.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major General George Sykes Target entity description: Major General George Sykes was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War who commanded the Union V Corps, including at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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A.
Major-General Sidney Kirkman
Major-General Sidney Kirkman was a senior British Army officer of the Second World War, noted for his leadership of infantry formations in key campaigns including North Africa and Italy.
-
B.
Major-General Douglas Graham
Major-General Douglas Graham was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division during key operations of the Second World War.
-
C.
Major-General George Erskine
Major-General George Erskine was a British Army officer best known for commanding the famed "Desert Rats" of the 7th Armoured Division during the Second World War.
-
D.
Major-General Richard Nelson Gale
Major-General Richard Nelson Gale was a British Army officer and airborne warfare pioneer who commanded the 6th Airborne Division during key operations of the Second World War, including the Normandy landings.
-
E.
Major-General Tom Rennie
Major-General Tom Rennie was a British Army officer who distinguished himself as a frontline divisional commander during key campaigns of the Second World War, including the Normandy landings.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: corpsCommanderAtGettysburg Context triple: [16th Michigan Infantry, corpsCommanderAtGettysburg, Major General George Sykes]
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A.
commandingUnionArmy
Indicates that one entity holds the role or responsibility of leading and directing the Union Army.
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B.
primaryConfederateCommander
Indicates that one entity serves as the main commanding officer of Confederate forces for the other entity in a specific context or engagement.
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C.
notableCommanderAmerican
Indicates that the subject served as a notable military commander who is American.
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D.
commandingConfederateForces
Indicates that one entity holds the role or responsibility of directing and leading the military operations of the Confederate forces in relation to another entity.
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E.
GettysburgAddressSpeaker
Indicates the entity that delivered or spoke the Gettysburg Address.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (7 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_69bd7d5a23908190a24e79d1b29d6fcf |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:01 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69befe9691608190bae0865f80e23062 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 8:24 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69beff56b42881909ff4f574ef87b693 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 8:28 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf00120fe88190817badb72977566e |
completed | March 21, 2026, 8:31 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69bd77c71268819094f9f5203eed392d |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:37 p.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69bd7d5906d88190b805977e5a05767a |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:01 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:51 p.m.