Triple
T8125473
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Second Battle of Petersburg |
E189715
|
entity |
| Predicate | commander |
P1061
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Winfield S. Hancock |
E28038
|
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: Winfield S. Hancock | Statement: [Second Battle of Petersburg, commander, Winfield S. Hancock]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Winfield S. Hancock Context triple: [Second Battle of Petersburg, commander, Winfield S. Hancock]
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A.
Winfield Scott Hancock
chosen
Winfield Scott Hancock was a prominent Union Army general during the American Civil War and later a Democratic presidential nominee in the 1880 United States election.
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B.
Fitz John Porter
Fitz John Porter was a Union Army major general during the American Civil War, best known for his leadership in the Army of the Potomac and his controversial court-martial following the Second Battle of Bull Run.
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C.
John B. Floyd
John B. Floyd was a Confederate general and former U.S. Secretary of War best known for his controversial leadership and retreat during the early Civil War, including the events surrounding Fort Donelson.
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D.
Woodrow F. Call
Woodrow F. Call is a stoic, duty-bound former Texas Ranger and cattleman who serves as one of the central protagonists in Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove saga.
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E.
William T. Chamberlain
William T. Chamberlain is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the Chamberlain surname.
- 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_69ca82bb74848190afb1f18640632c10 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb438eb778819085296e6cbfa2e70d |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:46 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cd3447212881909cca3d016a4b41f4 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:05 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:34 p.m.