Triple

T8982558

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	William Campbell	`E214567`	entity
Predicate	militaryUnit	`P1063`	FINISHED
Object	Washington County, Virginia militia The Washington County, Virginia militia was a Revolutionary War-era colonial military unit from southwestern Virginia, notably associated with frontier defense and leaders like William Campbell.	`E771751`	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: Washington County, Virginia militia | Statement: [William Campbell, militaryUnit, Washington County, Virginia militia]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Washington County, Virginia militia
Context triple: [William Campbell, militaryUnit, Washington County, Virginia militia]

A. Botetourt County militia
The Botetourt County militia was a local colonial-era military unit from Botetourt County, Virginia, that provided citizen-soldiers for regional defense and campaigns during conflicts such as the American Revolutionary War.
B. Augusta County militia
The Augusta County militia was a prominent colonial-era military force from Augusta County, Virginia, known for its active role in frontier defense and the American Revolutionary War.
C. Bedford County militia
The Bedford County militia was a local colonial-era military unit from Bedford County, Virginia, that provided citizen-soldiers for regional defense and service in conflicts such as the American Revolutionary War.
D. Cumberland County militia
The Cumberland County militia was a local colonial-era military force from Cumberland County, New Jersey, that provided citizen-soldiers for regional defense and service during conflicts such as the American Revolutionary War.
E. Virginia militia
The Virginia militia was a colonial and early American citizen-soldier force composed of local volunteers responsible for the defense and security of communities within the Colony and later Commonwealth of Virginia.
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: Washington County, Virginia militia
Triple: [William Campbell, militaryUnit, Washington County, Virginia militia]

Generated description

The Washington County, Virginia militia was a Revolutionary War-era colonial military unit from southwestern Virginia, notably associated with frontier defense and leaders like William Campbell.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Washington County, Virginia militia
Target entity description: The Washington County, Virginia militia was a Revolutionary War-era colonial military unit from southwestern Virginia, notably associated with frontier defense and leaders like William Campbell.

A. Botetourt County militia
The Botetourt County militia was a local colonial-era military unit from Botetourt County, Virginia, that provided citizen-soldiers for regional defense and campaigns during conflicts such as the American Revolutionary War.
B. Augusta County militia
The Augusta County militia was a prominent colonial-era military force from Augusta County, Virginia, known for its active role in frontier defense and the American Revolutionary War.
C. Bedford County militia
The Bedford County militia was a local colonial-era military unit from Bedford County, Virginia, that provided citizen-soldiers for regional defense and service in conflicts such as the American Revolutionary War.
D. Cumberland County militia
The Cumberland County militia was a local colonial-era military force from Cumberland County, New Jersey, that provided citizen-soldiers for regional defense and service during conflicts such as the American Revolutionary War.
E. Virginia militia
The Virginia militia was a colonial and early American citizen-soldier force composed of local volunteers responsible for the defense and security of communities within the Colony and later Commonwealth of Virginia.
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_69ca839ea8b88190922c6a326ffcc0d3`	completed	March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69cc67a891e881909e4b84ed82491651`	completed	April 1, 2026, 12:32 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69cfd0b3ce0c81908a7b4297e0867cc9`	completed	April 3, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69cfd1b4a80c8190be50b67698f56c28`	completed	April 3, 2026, 2:41 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69cfd2c99f1c8190b82fd98f5d3243d3`	completed	April 3, 2026, 2:46 p.m.

Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:03 p.m.