Triple

T8466441
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Department of the Gulf E200173 entity
Predicate notableCommander P1197 FINISHED
Object Stephen A. Hurlbut
Stephen A. Hurlbut was a Union Army general and politician who played a significant leadership role in the American Civil War and later served as a U.S. diplomat.
 E925717 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Stephen A. Hurlbut | Statement: [Department of the Gulf, notableCommander, Stephen A. Hurlbut]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Stephen A. Hurlbut
Context triple: [Department of the Gulf, notableCommander, Stephen A. Hurlbut]
  • A. Alvin C. Voris
    Alvin C. Voris was a Union Army officer and brigadier general during the American Civil War who later became a prominent Ohio lawyer and politician.
  • B. Gérard F. Gilmore
    Gérard F. Gilmore is a British astronomer known for his influential work on the structure and dynamics of the Milky Way galaxy.
  • C. Edward H. R. Lyman
    Edward H. R. Lyman was a philanthropist and cultural patron known for establishing the Academy of Music Theatre in Northampton, Massachusetts.
  • D. Robert N. Davoren
    Robert N. Davoren was a notable figure in New York City's correctional system, commemorated by having a Rikers Island jail facility named in his honor.
  • E. Raymond S. McLain
    Raymond S. McLain was a U.S. Army major general and highly regarded National Guard officer who distinguished himself as a corps and division commander in the European Theater during World War II.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Stephen A. Hurlbut
Target entity description: Stephen A. Hurlbut was a Union Army general and politician who played a significant leadership role in the American Civil War and later served as a U.S. diplomat.
  • A. Alvin C. Voris
    Alvin C. Voris was a Union Army officer and brigadier general during the American Civil War who later became a prominent Ohio lawyer and politician.
  • B. Gérard F. Gilmore
    Gérard F. Gilmore is a British astronomer known for his influential work on the structure and dynamics of the Milky Way galaxy.
  • C. Edward H. R. Lyman
    Edward H. R. Lyman was a philanthropist and cultural patron known for establishing the Academy of Music Theatre in Northampton, Massachusetts.
  • D. Robert N. Davoren
    Robert N. Davoren was a notable figure in New York City's correctional system, commemorated by having a Rikers Island jail facility named in his honor.
  • E. Raymond S. McLain
    Raymond S. McLain was a U.S. Army major general and highly regarded National Guard officer who distinguished himself as a corps and division commander in the European Theater during World War II.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Stephen A. Hurlbut
Triple: [Department of the Gulf, notableCommander, Stephen A. Hurlbut]
Generated description
Stephen A. Hurlbut was a Union Army general and politician who played a significant leadership role in the American Civil War and later served as a U.S. diplomat.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca831a4f348190bfdd09250e86ae35 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cbe4d17ec8819093becdaec750aff5 ner completed
NED1 batch_69e5d2d717888190b7e455d006d01033 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69e5d924963c8190bfc55ffeb529a499 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69e5d615b6a08190b6000339bec4270d nedg completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:11 p.m.