Triple

T7632870
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject 1st Massachusetts Cavalry E172798 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object Department of the South
The Department of the South was a Union Army command during the American Civil War responsible for military operations along the southeastern coast, including parts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
E678845 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: Department of the South | Statement: [1st Massachusetts Cavalry, partOf, Department of the South]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of the South
Context triple: [1st Massachusetts Cavalry, partOf, Department of the South]
  • A. Confederate States Armed Forces
    The Confederate States Armed Forces were the combined military organizations of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, encompassing its army, navy, and marine corps.
  • B. Confederate States Army
    The Confederate States Army was the land warfare force of the secessionist Southern states during the American Civil War, known for figures like Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.
  • C. Confederate Army of Mississippi
    The Confederate Army of Mississippi was a major Confederate field army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, notably commanded by generals such as Albert Sidney Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard.
  • D. Army of the Trans-Mississippi
    The Army of the Trans-Mississippi was a major Confederate field army that operated west of the Mississippi River during the American Civil War, overseeing military campaigns in states such as Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana.
  • E. Army of the Gulf
    The Army of the Gulf was a Union field army in the American Civil War that operated primarily along the Gulf Coast, including in the campaigns for New Orleans and Mobile.
  • 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: Department of the South
Triple: [1st Massachusetts Cavalry, partOf, Department of the South]
Generated description
The Department of the South was a Union Army command during the American Civil War responsible for military operations along the southeastern coast, including parts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of the South
Target entity description: The Department of the South was a Union Army command during the American Civil War responsible for military operations along the southeastern coast, including parts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
  • A. Confederate States Armed Forces
    The Confederate States Armed Forces were the combined military organizations of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, encompassing its army, navy, and marine corps.
  • B. Confederate States Army
    The Confederate States Army was the land warfare force of the secessionist Southern states during the American Civil War, known for figures like Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.
  • C. Confederate Army of Mississippi
    The Confederate Army of Mississippi was a major Confederate field army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, notably commanded by generals such as Albert Sidney Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard.
  • D. Army of the Trans-Mississippi
    The Army of the Trans-Mississippi was a major Confederate field army that operated west of the Mississippi River during the American Civil War, overseeing military campaigns in states such as Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana.
  • E. Army of the Gulf
    The Army of the Gulf was a Union field army in the American Civil War that operated primarily along the Gulf Coast, including in the campaigns for New Orleans and Mobile.
  • 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_69c870b95c1c8190a7d885bd0a534a6a completed March 29, 2026, 12:22 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8723391f48190b60ba8952c9ccca7 completed March 29, 2026, 12:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c87401aaa48190b3e44298fcd3f37f completed March 29, 2026, 12:36 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:57 p.m.