Triple

T6701382

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Battle of Big Black River Bridge	`E152885`	entity
Predicate	ConfederateCommanderRank	`P342`	FINISHED
Object	Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton was a senior Confederate commander in the American Civil War, best known for leading Southern forces during the Vicksburg Campaign and ultimately surrendering the city to Ulysses S. Grant.	`E614333`	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: Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton | Statement: [Battle of Big Black River Bridge, ConfederateCommanderRank, Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton
Context triple: [Battle of Big Black River Bridge, ConfederateCommanderRank, Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton]

A. Patrick Cleburne
Patrick Cleburne was an Irish-born Confederate major general in the American Civil War, renowned for his tactical skill and his controversial proposal to arm enslaved people in exchange for their freedom.
B. Braxton Bragg
Braxton Bragg was a Confederate general in the American Civil War, known for his controversial leadership and later service as a military adviser.
C. Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard
Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard was a prominent Confederate general in the American Civil War, noted for directing the opening attack of the conflict and later commanding major Southern armies in the Eastern and Western theaters.
D. Joseph E. Johnston
Joseph E. Johnston was a senior Confederate general during the American Civil War, known for his cautious defensive strategies and key roles in campaigns such as those in Virginia and the Western Theater.
E. Michael Longstreet
Michael Longstreet is one of the central, increasingly volatile parents in the dark comedy film "Carnage," portrayed by John C. Reilly.
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: Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton
Triple: [Battle of Big Black River Bridge, ConfederateCommanderRank, Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton]

Generated description

Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton was a senior Confederate commander in the American Civil War, best known for leading Southern forces during the Vicksburg Campaign and ultimately surrendering the city to Ulysses S. Grant.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton
Target entity description: Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton was a senior Confederate commander in the American Civil War, best known for leading Southern forces during the Vicksburg Campaign and ultimately surrendering the city to Ulysses S. Grant.

A. Patrick Cleburne
Patrick Cleburne was an Irish-born Confederate major general in the American Civil War, renowned for his tactical skill and his controversial proposal to arm enslaved people in exchange for their freedom.
B. Braxton Bragg
Braxton Bragg was a Confederate general in the American Civil War, known for his controversial leadership and later service as a military adviser.
C. Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard
Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard was a prominent Confederate general in the American Civil War, noted for directing the opening attack of the conflict and later commanding major Southern armies in the Eastern and Western theaters.
D. Joseph E. Johnston
Joseph E. Johnston was a senior Confederate general during the American Civil War, known for his cautious defensive strategies and key roles in campaigns such as those in Virginia and the Western Theater.
E. Michael Longstreet
Michael Longstreet is one of the central, increasingly volatile parents in the dark comedy film "Carnage," portrayed by John C. Reilly.
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_69c68807adbc8190b8632df42b39eda0`	completed	March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69c6d0e4a1848190997520ddd7808cc6`	completed	March 27, 2026, 6:48 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69c70081395c8190921636db5cfa096a`	completed	March 27, 2026, 10:11 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69c704f464f88190be8163b2dfd32bcf`	completed	March 27, 2026, 10:30 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69c705db3098819083ce9a93e429b758`	completed	March 27, 2026, 10:34 p.m.

Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:05 p.m.