Triple
T8169424
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of the Crater |
E190777
|
entity |
| Predicate | commander |
P1061
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FINISHED |
| Object |
William Mahone
William Mahone was a Confederate major general and former railroad engineer who became notable for his decisive counterattack at the Battle of the Crater during the American Civil War and later served as a U.S. senator from Virginia.
|
E715949
|
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: William Mahone | Statement: [Battle of the Crater, commander, William Mahone]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Mahone Context triple: [Battle of the Crater, commander, William Mahone]
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A.
Thomas Fairfax
Thomas Fairfax was a prominent 17th-century English general who led Parliament’s New Model Army to key victories during the English Civil War.
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B.
Henry Wise
Henry Wise was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century English gardener and landscape designer known for shaping formal royal gardens, including those at Hampton Court Palace.
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C.
Henry Bowyer Lane
Henry Bowyer Lane was a 19th-century architect known for his influential work on prominent Canadian public buildings.
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D.
Irvine Stephens Bulloch
Irvine Stephens Bulloch was a Confederate naval officer and the uncle of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, known for his service as a commerce raider during the American Civil War.
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E.
Henry A. Wise
Henry A. Wise was a 19th-century American politician who served as governor of Virginia and U.S. congressman, known for his influential role in antebellum Southern politics.
- 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: William Mahone Triple: [Battle of the Crater, commander, William Mahone]
Generated description
William Mahone was a Confederate major general and former railroad engineer who became notable for his decisive counterattack at the Battle of the Crater during the American Civil War and later served as a U.S. senator from Virginia.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Mahone Target entity description: William Mahone was a Confederate major general and former railroad engineer who became notable for his decisive counterattack at the Battle of the Crater during the American Civil War and later served as a U.S. senator from Virginia.
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A.
Thomas Fairfax
Thomas Fairfax was a prominent 17th-century English general who led Parliament’s New Model Army to key victories during the English Civil War.
-
B.
Henry Wise
Henry Wise was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century English gardener and landscape designer known for shaping formal royal gardens, including those at Hampton Court Palace.
-
C.
Henry Bowyer Lane
Henry Bowyer Lane was a 19th-century architect known for his influential work on prominent Canadian public buildings.
-
D.
Irvine Stephens Bulloch
Irvine Stephens Bulloch was a Confederate naval officer and the uncle of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, known for his service as a commerce raider during the American Civil War.
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E.
Henry A. Wise
Henry A. Wise was a 19th-century American politician who served as governor of Virginia and U.S. congressman, known for his influential role in antebellum Southern politics.
- 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_69ca82c1c0a08190bf8692b4d91a03ca |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb466abfe48190b4eb2f23b1e28668 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:58 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ccbf542c388190b99fe4f0c6b7b946 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 6:46 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ccc312a8608190b899394752ef375f |
completed | April 1, 2026, 7:02 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ccd83115fc8190a3e276bed0a00926 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 8:32 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:39 p.m.