Triple

T8400310
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Confederate artillery E198153 entity
Predicate usedWeapon P706 FINISHED
Object Columbiad
The Columbiad was a large, smoothbore, muzzle-loading cannon widely used in coastal and siege defenses during the 19th century, particularly in the American Civil War.
 E730682 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: Columbiad | Statement: [Confederate artillery, usedWeapon, Columbiad]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Columbiad
Context triple: [Confederate artillery, usedWeapon, Columbiad]
  • A. La Unión
    La Unión is a coastal city in southeastern El Salvador that serves as a major Pacific port and gateway on the Gulf of Fonseca.
  • B. La Unión
    La Unión is a Chilean city in the Los Ríos Region known for its agricultural activities, dairy production, and role as a local commercial center.
  • C. Columbiadamm
    Columbiadamm is a major street in Berlin, Germany, running along Tempelhofer Feld and connecting the area around the former Tempelhof Airport with surrounding districts.
  • D. L’Espoir
    L’Espoir is a 1937 novel by André Malraux that portrays the political and human drama of the Spanish Civil War.
  • E. The Gibraltar of the Pacific
    The Gibraltar of the Pacific is a prominent volcanic plug and coastal landmark located at the entrance to Morro Bay on California’s central coast.
  • 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: Columbiad
Triple: [Confederate artillery, usedWeapon, Columbiad]
Generated description
The Columbiad was a large, smoothbore, muzzle-loading cannon widely used in coastal and siege defenses during the 19th century, particularly in the American Civil War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Columbiad
Target entity description: The Columbiad was a large, smoothbore, muzzle-loading cannon widely used in coastal and siege defenses during the 19th century, particularly in the American Civil War.
  • A. La Unión
    La Unión is a coastal city in southeastern El Salvador that serves as a major Pacific port and gateway on the Gulf of Fonseca.
  • B. La Unión
    La Unión is a Chilean city in the Los Ríos Region known for its agricultural activities, dairy production, and role as a local commercial center.
  • C. Columbiadamm
    Columbiadamm is a major street in Berlin, Germany, running along Tempelhofer Feld and connecting the area around the former Tempelhof Airport with surrounding districts.
  • D. L’Espoir
    L’Espoir is a 1937 novel by André Malraux that portrays the political and human drama of the Spanish Civil War.
  • E. The Gibraltar of the Pacific
    The Gibraltar of the Pacific is a prominent volcanic plug and coastal landmark located at the entrance to Morro Bay on California’s central coast.
  • 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_69ca82f816bc8190ab321c07d72208c1 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb824bfcbc8190b26bfcb5f8c4777c completed March 31, 2026, 8:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cde8789a608190a3503f544a19d204 completed April 2, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cdebfd60188190a1681344e2bf1e9e completed April 2, 2026, 4:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cded2fa42c8190bfbfc79caf38bf8e completed April 2, 2026, 4:14 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:04 p.m.