Triple

T7632868
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject 1st Massachusetts Cavalry E172798 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object Greely S. Curtis
Greely S. Curtis was a Union Army officer and notable cavalry leader from Massachusetts during the American Civil War.
E744423 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: Greely S. Curtis | Statement: [1st Massachusetts Cavalry, commander, Greely S. Curtis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Greely S. Curtis
Context triple: [1st Massachusetts Cavalry, commander, Greely S. Curtis]
  • A. Charles H. Hackley
    Charles H. Hackley was a prominent 19th-century Muskegon lumber baron and philanthropist known for his extensive civic and cultural contributions to the city.
  • B. Azariah C. Flagg
    Azariah C. Flagg was a 19th-century New York politician and reformer who served in several key state offices and became a prominent figure in the anti-corruption, anti-slavery Barnburner wing of the Democratic Party.
  • C. William M. Ingraham
    William M. Ingraham was an American government official who served in the U.S. War Department during the early 20th century.
  • D. Melville M. Bigelow
    Melville M. Bigelow was an influential American legal scholar of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for his pioneering work in tort law and legal history.
  • E. Moses H. Sherman
    Moses H. Sherman was an American railroad executive and real estate developer who played a key role in the early urban and transportation development of Los Angeles and the American Southwest.
  • 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: Greely S. Curtis
Triple: [1st Massachusetts Cavalry, commander, Greely S. Curtis]
Generated description
Greely S. Curtis was a Union Army officer and notable cavalry leader from Massachusetts during the American Civil War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Greely S. Curtis
Target entity description: Greely S. Curtis was a Union Army officer and notable cavalry leader from Massachusetts during the American Civil War.
  • A. Charles H. Hackley
    Charles H. Hackley was a prominent 19th-century Muskegon lumber baron and philanthropist known for his extensive civic and cultural contributions to the city.
  • B. Azariah C. Flagg
    Azariah C. Flagg was a 19th-century New York politician and reformer who served in several key state offices and became a prominent figure in the anti-corruption, anti-slavery Barnburner wing of the Democratic Party.
  • C. William M. Ingraham
    William M. Ingraham was an American government official who served in the U.S. War Department during the early 20th century.
  • D. Melville M. Bigelow
    Melville M. Bigelow was an influential American legal scholar of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for his pioneering work in tort law and legal history.
  • E. Moses H. Sherman
    Moses H. Sherman was an American railroad executive and real estate developer who played a key role in the early urban and transportation development of Los Angeles and the American Southwest.
  • 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_69c69952849881908fdcea7a93bfc307 completed March 27, 2026, 2:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6faa5f4f08190a7e5259a1b6fb576 completed March 27, 2026, 9:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cea7b9d020819091342951d00661f9 completed April 2, 2026, 5:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cea994f0ac819092fb34a0f2357611 completed April 2, 2026, 5:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ceaa4c7ba08190be86cccc3a857656 completed April 2, 2026, 5:41 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:57 p.m.