Triple

T5270791
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject 16th Michigan Infantry E119250 entity
Predicate category P87 FINISHED
Object Michigan Civil War regiments
Michigan Civil War regiments were military units raised in Michigan to serve in the Union Army during the American Civil War, participating in major campaigns and battles across multiple theaters of the conflict.
E506590 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: Michigan Civil War regiments | Statement: [16th Michigan Infantry, category, Michigan Civil War regiments]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michigan Civil War regiments
Context triple: [16th Michigan Infantry, category, Michigan Civil War regiments]
  • A. Michigan Territory militia
    The Michigan Territory militia was a frontier military force composed of local settlers and volunteers that defended the U.S. territorial interests in the early 19th century, particularly during conflicts with Native American groups.
  • B. Ohio Militia
    The Ohio Militia was a state-organized citizen military force that provided local defense and contributed troops from Ohio, particularly during early U.S. conflicts such as the War of 1812.
  • C. Massachusetts regiments
    Massachusetts regiments are military units from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that have served in various conflicts throughout U.S. history, particularly noted for their roles in the Civil War.
  • D. Michigan National Guard
    The Michigan National Guard is a state-based military reserve force that provides trained units to support both federal missions and Michigan’s governor during emergencies, civil disturbances, and natural disasters.
  • E. Indiana territorial militia
    The Indiana territorial militia was the locally raised military force of the Indiana Territory that played a central role in frontier defense and conflicts with Native American confederacies in the early 19th century.
  • 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: Michigan Civil War regiments
Triple: [16th Michigan Infantry, category, Michigan Civil War regiments]
Generated description
Michigan Civil War regiments were military units raised in Michigan to serve in the Union Army during the American Civil War, participating in major campaigns and battles across multiple theaters of the conflict.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michigan Civil War regiments
Target entity description: Michigan Civil War regiments were military units raised in Michigan to serve in the Union Army during the American Civil War, participating in major campaigns and battles across multiple theaters of the conflict.
  • A. Michigan Territory militia
    The Michigan Territory militia was a frontier military force composed of local settlers and volunteers that defended the U.S. territorial interests in the early 19th century, particularly during conflicts with Native American groups.
  • B. Ohio Militia
    The Ohio Militia was a state-organized citizen military force that provided local defense and contributed troops from Ohio, particularly during early U.S. conflicts such as the War of 1812.
  • C. Massachusetts regiments
    Massachusetts regiments are military units from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that have served in various conflicts throughout U.S. history, particularly noted for their roles in the Civil War.
  • D. Michigan National Guard
    The Michigan National Guard is a state-based military reserve force that provides trained units to support both federal missions and Michigan’s governor during emergencies, civil disturbances, and natural disasters.
  • E. Indiana territorial militia
    The Indiana territorial militia was the locally raised military force of the Indiana Territory that played a central role in frontier defense and conflicts with Native American confederacies in the early 19th century.
  • 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_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.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:51 p.m.