Triple
T6220603
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Army of the James |
E139102
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entity |
| Predicate | formedFrom |
P402
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Department of Virginia and North Carolina
The Department of Virginia and North Carolina was a Union Army administrative and military command during the American Civil War that oversaw operations in the strategically vital coastal and tidewater regions of those two states.
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E578745
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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: Department of Virginia and North Carolina | Statement: [Army of the James, formedFrom, Department of Virginia and North Carolina]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Virginia and North Carolina Context triple: [Army of the James, formedFrom, Department of Virginia and North Carolina]
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A.
Department of the Shenandoah
The Department of the Shenandoah was a Confederate military administrative district responsible for overseeing operations and forces in Virginia’s strategically vital Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War.
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B.
Virginia Division
Virginia Division is a regional operating segment of the Winchester and Western Railroad that manages the company’s rail services within the state of Virginia.
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C.
Province of North Carolina
The Province of North Carolina was a British colonial territory in North America that later became the U.S. state of North Carolina.
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D.
Cabinet of North Carolina
The Cabinet of North Carolina is the group of senior executive officials who head major state departments and advise the Governor in administering the state's laws and policies.
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E.
Red River Colony
The Red River Colony was an early 19th-century agricultural settlement in what is now Manitoba, Canada, that became a focal point of Métis culture and resistance and played a key role in the region’s path to joining the Canadian Confederation.
- 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: Department of Virginia and North Carolina Triple: [Army of the James, formedFrom, Department of Virginia and North Carolina]
Generated description
The Department of Virginia and North Carolina was a Union Army administrative and military command during the American Civil War that oversaw operations in the strategically vital coastal and tidewater regions of those two states.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Virginia and North Carolina Target entity description: The Department of Virginia and North Carolina was a Union Army administrative and military command during the American Civil War that oversaw operations in the strategically vital coastal and tidewater regions of those two states.
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A.
Department of the Shenandoah
The Department of the Shenandoah was a Confederate military administrative district responsible for overseeing operations and forces in Virginia’s strategically vital Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War.
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B.
Virginia Division
Virginia Division is a regional operating segment of the Winchester and Western Railroad that manages the company’s rail services within the state of Virginia.
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C.
Province of North Carolina
The Province of North Carolina was a British colonial territory in North America that later became the U.S. state of North Carolina.
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D.
Cabinet of North Carolina
The Cabinet of North Carolina is the group of senior executive officials who head major state departments and advise the Governor in administering the state's laws and policies.
-
E.
Red River Colony
The Red River Colony was an early 19th-century agricultural settlement in what is now Manitoba, Canada, that became a focal point of Métis culture and resistance and played a key role in the region’s path to joining the Canadian Confederation.
- 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_69c008aecb0c81909984b48f733ce8ae |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c062bcc2348190806ed8c98bdfbf3e |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c20dc349b481909ce369a82fa96412 |
completed | March 24, 2026, 4:06 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c214980bbc8190b188b3c821ea13ea |
completed | March 24, 2026, 4:35 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c2157d43048190a0376cdc9024c5f9 |
completed | March 24, 2026, 4:39 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:21 p.m.