Triple

T6644631
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Craney Island E150669 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object Brigadier General Robert B. Taylor
Brigadier General Robert B. Taylor was an American military officer best known for leading U.S. forces in the successful defense of Norfolk, Virginia, during the War of 1812.
 E611445 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Brigadier General Robert B. Taylor | Statement: [Battle of Craney Island, commander, Brigadier General Robert B. Taylor]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brigadier General Robert B. Taylor
Context triple: [Battle of Craney Island, commander, Brigadier General Robert B. Taylor]
  • A. Brigadier General Jerome B. Robertson
    Brigadier General Jerome B. Robertson was a Confederate brigade commander in the American Civil War, best known for leading Texas troops in major battles such as Gettysburg.
  • B. Brigadier General Harry T. Hays
    Brigadier General Harry T. Hays was a Confederate officer in the American Civil War best known for leading the famed Louisiana Tigers brigade in several major battles, including Gettysburg.
  • C. Brigadier General Wallace DeWitt
    Brigadier General Wallace DeWitt was a United States Army medical officer and hospital administrator honored for his service by having the DeWitt Army Community Hospital named after him.
  • D. Brigadier Ernest F. Benjamin
    Brigadier Ernest F. Benjamin was a senior British Army officer best known for leading the Jewish Brigade, a World War II unit composed largely of Jewish volunteers from Mandatory Palestine.
  • E. Major General William H. Tunner
    Major General William H. Tunner was a U.S. Air Force officer renowned as a pioneering airlift commander, best known for orchestrating large-scale air supply operations such as the Berlin Airlift.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brigadier General Robert B. Taylor
Target entity description: Brigadier General Robert B. Taylor was an American military officer best known for leading U.S. forces in the successful defense of Norfolk, Virginia, during the War of 1812.
  • A. Brigadier General Jerome B. Robertson
    Brigadier General Jerome B. Robertson was a Confederate brigade commander in the American Civil War, best known for leading Texas troops in major battles such as Gettysburg.
  • B. Brigadier General Harry T. Hays
    Brigadier General Harry T. Hays was a Confederate officer in the American Civil War best known for leading the famed Louisiana Tigers brigade in several major battles, including Gettysburg.
  • C. Brigadier General Wallace DeWitt
    Brigadier General Wallace DeWitt was a United States Army medical officer and hospital administrator honored for his service by having the DeWitt Army Community Hospital named after him.
  • D. Brigadier Ernest F. Benjamin
    Brigadier Ernest F. Benjamin was a senior British Army officer best known for leading the Jewish Brigade, a World War II unit composed largely of Jewish volunteers from Mandatory Palestine.
  • E. Major General William H. Tunner
    Major General William H. Tunner was a U.S. Air Force officer renowned as a pioneering airlift commander, best known for orchestrating large-scale air supply operations such as the Berlin Airlift.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Brigadier General Robert B. Taylor
Triple: [Battle of Craney Island, commander, Brigadier General Robert B. Taylor]
Generated description
Brigadier General Robert B. Taylor was an American military officer best known for leading U.S. forces in the successful defense of Norfolk, Virginia, during the War of 1812.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c687f1a3048190828b7342f7125d5c elicitation completed
NER batch_69c6b01a53388190a31f6624d6f60faa ner completed
NED1 batch_69c6f7944bdc81909ea991062dce619d ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69c6f8d5630c8190913e8572a70b82c1 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69c6f8453af88190b237c249bfbb4f8c nedg completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2 p.m.