Triple

T8400346
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Confederate artillery E198153 entity
Predicate notableCommander P1197 FINISHED
Object Porter Alexander
Porter Alexander was a prominent Confederate artillery officer and military engineer during the American Civil War, known for his crucial role in major battles such as Gettysburg and Fredericksburg.
 E730683 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: Porter Alexander | Statement: [Confederate artillery, notableCommander, Porter Alexander]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Porter Alexander
Context triple: [Confederate artillery, notableCommander, Porter Alexander]
  • A. John Porter
    John Porter is a British record producer and musician best known for his work on influential blues and rock albums.
  • B. Chris Porter
    Chris Porter is a music producer best known for his work on the hit song "Back for Good" by Take That.
  • C. Ben Porterfield
    Ben Porterfield is a technology entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the business intelligence and data analytics company Looker.
  • D. Scott Porter
    Scott Porter is an American actor best known for his roles on television series such as "Friday Night Lights" and "Hart of Dixie."
  • E. Porter Moss
    Porter Moss was a prominent Negro league pitcher best known for his standout performances with the Memphis Red Sox in the 1930s and early 1940s.
  • 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: Porter Alexander
Triple: [Confederate artillery, notableCommander, Porter Alexander]
Generated description
Porter Alexander was a prominent Confederate artillery officer and military engineer during the American Civil War, known for his crucial role in major battles such as Gettysburg and Fredericksburg.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Porter Alexander
Target entity description: Porter Alexander was a prominent Confederate artillery officer and military engineer during the American Civil War, known for his crucial role in major battles such as Gettysburg and Fredericksburg.
  • A. John Porter
    John Porter is a British record producer and musician best known for his work on influential blues and rock albums.
  • B. Chris Porter
    Chris Porter is a music producer best known for his work on the hit song "Back for Good" by Take That.
  • C. Ben Porterfield
    Ben Porterfield is a technology entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the business intelligence and data analytics company Looker.
  • D. Scott Porter
    Scott Porter is an American actor best known for his roles on television series such as "Friday Night Lights" and "Hart of Dixie."
  • E. Porter Moss
    Porter Moss was a prominent Negro league pitcher best known for his standout performances with the Memphis Red Sox in the 1930s and early 1940s.
  • 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.