Triple

T7566762
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Shepherdstown E178932 entity
Predicate belligerent P375 FINISHED
Object Confederate States of America E8547 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: Confederate States of America | Statement: [Battle of Shepherdstown, belligerent, Confederate States of America]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

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: Confederate States of America
Context triple: [Battle of Shepherdstown, belligerent, Confederate States of America]
  • A. Confederate States of America chosen
    The Confederate States of America was a coalition of secessionist Southern states that broke away from the United States from 1861 to 1865, fighting to preserve slavery and states’ rights during the American Civil War.
  • B. The Confederacy
    The Confederacy is a Restoration-era English comedy play by John Vanbrugh, noted for its farcical plot and sharp social satire.
  • C. The Union
    The Union is the central governing authority of India, encompassing the national government and its constitutional institutions that administer the country at the federal level.
  • D. Western Confederacy
    The Western Confederacy was a late 18th-century alliance of Native American tribes in the Ohio Valley that resisted United States expansion into the Northwest Territory.
  • E. Republic of Texas
    The Republic of Texas was an independent sovereign nation in North America from 1836 to 1845, formed after winning independence from Mexico before later joining the United States.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c69f2f80288190b95cceb4da92ab2b elicitation completed
NER batch_69c6f91c717881909c88901cc3b101c7 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c856dc5ea881908c2e0075f9631af4 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:50 p.m.