Triple

T733721
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Siege of Yorktown E14883 entity
Predicate surrenderedForce P4666 FINISHED
Object British Army under Cornwallis
The British Army under Cornwallis was the main British force in North America during the later stages of the American Revolutionary War, ultimately defeated by combined American and French troops at Yorktown in 1781.
E92774 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: British Army under Cornwallis | Statement: [Siege of Yorktown, surrenderedForce, British Army under Cornwallis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Army under Cornwallis
Context triple: [Siege of Yorktown, surrenderedForce, British Army under Cornwallis]
  • A. Continental Army
    The Continental Army was the unified colonial military force established by the Second Continental Congress during the American Revolutionary War to fight for independence from Great Britain.
  • B. Queen's Rangers
    The Queen's Rangers were a Loyalist provincial military unit in the American Revolutionary War, renowned for their light infantry and ranger tactics under British command.
  • C. English Army
    The English Army was the land warfare force of the Kingdom of England prior to its unification into the British Army in the early 18th century.
  • D. English forces under Richard Nicolls
    English forces under Richard Nicolls were the 17th-century Royal Navy and army contingent that seized New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664, leading to the English control and renaming of the city as New York.
  • E. Butler’s Rangers
    Butler’s Rangers was a Loyalist provincial military unit that fought alongside the British during the American Revolutionary War, noted for its frontier raids and irregular warfare tactics.
  • 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: British Army under Cornwallis
Triple: [Siege of Yorktown, surrenderedForce, British Army under Cornwallis]
Generated description
The British Army under Cornwallis was the main British force in North America during the later stages of the American Revolutionary War, ultimately defeated by combined American and French troops at Yorktown in 1781.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Army under Cornwallis
Target entity description: The British Army under Cornwallis was the main British force in North America during the later stages of the American Revolutionary War, ultimately defeated by combined American and French troops at Yorktown in 1781.
  • A. Continental Army
    The Continental Army was the unified colonial military force established by the Second Continental Congress during the American Revolutionary War to fight for independence from Great Britain.
  • B. Queen's Rangers
    The Queen's Rangers were a Loyalist provincial military unit in the American Revolutionary War, renowned for their light infantry and ranger tactics under British command.
  • C. English Army
    The English Army was the land warfare force of the Kingdom of England prior to its unification into the British Army in the early 18th century.
  • D. English forces under Richard Nicolls
    English forces under Richard Nicolls were the 17th-century Royal Navy and army contingent that seized New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664, leading to the English control and renaming of the city as New York.
  • E. Butler’s Rangers
    Butler’s Rangers was a Loyalist provincial military unit that fought alongside the British during the American Revolutionary War, noted for its frontier raids and irregular warfare tactics.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: surrenderedForce
Context triple: [Siege of Yorktown, surrenderedForce, British Army under Cornwallis]
  • A. surrenderingParty chosen
    Indicates the party that yields control, rights, or possession to another in a surrender or transfer arrangement.
  • B. countrySurrendering
    Indicates that one country formally yields to another country’s authority or control, typically ending a conflict or war.
  • C. placeOfSurrender
    Indicates the location where an entity formally surrendered to another party.
  • D. notableForce
    Indicates that an entity is recognized as a significant or influential force affecting another entity, system, or context.
  • E. suppliedTroopsTo
    Indicates that one entity provided military personnel or forces to another entity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a4934d9930819099eed80096b0597d completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a66820548190b373deb117187c2c completed March 1, 2026, 8:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a673329a0c8190b725b9863ba4c162 completed March 3, 2026, 5:35 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a673afbd308190863aea2ff0f650cb completed March 3, 2026, 5:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a6743f50d0819089885836b9668466 completed March 3, 2026, 5:40 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4a4fafee081909bf356854c09aaff completed March 1, 2026, 8:43 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.