Triple
T6870118
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Don Carlos Buell |
E158518
|
entity |
| Predicate | predecessorInCommand |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William T. Sherman (in some Western Theater responsibilities) |
E8937
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: William T. Sherman (in some Western Theater responsibilities) | Statement: [Don Carlos Buell, predecessorInCommand, William T. Sherman (in some Western Theater responsibilities)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William T. Sherman (in some Western Theater responsibilities) Context triple: [Don Carlos Buell, predecessorInCommand, William T. Sherman (in some Western Theater responsibilities)]
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A.
Thomas W. Sherman
Thomas W. Sherman was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, noted for leading significant operations in the Western Theater.
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B.
William Tecumseh Sherman
chosen
William Tecumseh Sherman was a prominent Union general in the American Civil War, best known for his "March to the Sea" and his strategy of total war against the Confederacy.
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C.
George H. Thomas
George H. Thomas was a prominent Union general in the American Civil War, renowned for his steadfast leadership and key victories in the Western Theater.
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D.
Chaffee Grant
Chaffee Grant was a member of the prominent Grant family, descended from U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant through his son Ulysses S. Grant Jr.
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E.
Philip Sheridan
Philip Sheridan was a prominent Union general in the American Civil War who later became Commanding General of the U.S. Army during the Indian Wars and Reconstruction era.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c68831e3648190a643c328122e4d43 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6d8aa47f48190bc7cad3cc652f530 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c742a114008190be431f1e10d94501 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:22 p.m.