Triple

T8336611
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Boydton Plank Road E195802 entity
Predicate involves P1256 FINISHED
Object Boydton Plank Road
Boydton Plank Road was a strategically vital supply and transportation route near Petersburg, Virginia, that became a focal point of several Civil War military operations.
E726138 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: Boydton Plank Road | Statement: [Battle of Boydton Plank Road, involves, Boydton Plank Road]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boydton Plank Road
Context triple: [Battle of Boydton Plank Road, involves, Boydton Plank Road]
  • A. Manassas Line
    The Manassas Line is a commuter rail route in Northern Virginia that connects suburban communities to Washington, D.C. as part of the Virginia Railway Express system.
  • B. Braddock’s Road
    Braddock’s Road was an 18th-century military route cut through the wilderness of what is now Maryland and Pennsylvania to move British troops and supplies during the French and Indian War.
  • C. Hopewell Gap
    Hopewell Gap is a mountain pass in the Bull Run Mountains of northern Virginia, commonly used as a route through this section of the range.
  • D. Chambersburg Pike
    Chambersburg Pike is a historic road in Pennsylvania that played a key role as an approach route during the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War.
  • E. Sunken Road and Marye’s Heights
    Sunken Road and Marye’s Heights is a key Civil War battlefield site in Fredericksburg, Virginia, known for the devastating Confederate defensive position during the Battle of Fredericksburg.
  • 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: Boydton Plank Road
Triple: [Battle of Boydton Plank Road, involves, Boydton Plank Road]
Generated description
Boydton Plank Road was a strategically vital supply and transportation route near Petersburg, Virginia, that became a focal point of several Civil War military operations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boydton Plank Road
Target entity description: Boydton Plank Road was a strategically vital supply and transportation route near Petersburg, Virginia, that became a focal point of several Civil War military operations.
  • A. Manassas Line
    The Manassas Line is a commuter rail route in Northern Virginia that connects suburban communities to Washington, D.C. as part of the Virginia Railway Express system.
  • B. Braddock’s Road
    Braddock’s Road was an 18th-century military route cut through the wilderness of what is now Maryland and Pennsylvania to move British troops and supplies during the French and Indian War.
  • C. Hopewell Gap
    Hopewell Gap is a mountain pass in the Bull Run Mountains of northern Virginia, commonly used as a route through this section of the range.
  • D. Chambersburg Pike
    Chambersburg Pike is a historic road in Pennsylvania that played a key role as an approach route during the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War.
  • E. Sunken Road and Marye’s Heights
    Sunken Road and Marye’s Heights is a key Civil War battlefield site in Fredericksburg, Virginia, known for the devastating Confederate defensive position during the Battle of Fredericksburg.
  • 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_69ca82ecbdc481908a55cad8ca062d88 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb7fd3fc80819097b326119107ad4d completed March 31, 2026, 8:03 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cd95e17300819090e405c4c60b280d completed April 1, 2026, 10:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cdab61d00c81909ce2c0d718a2dc1a completed April 1, 2026, 11:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cdb2ef889c8190af6efb9473f8804c completed April 2, 2026, 12:06 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:57 p.m.