Triple
T9417070
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Shenandoah Valley campaigns of the American Civil War |
E227051
|
entity |
| Predicate | UnionCommander1864 |
P26185
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ulysses S. Grant (overall Union commander)
Ulysses S. Grant was the leading Union general of the American Civil War who orchestrated the final campaigns that defeated the Confederacy and later became the 18th president of the United States.
|
E798282
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Ulysses S. Grant (overall Union commander) | Statement: [Shenandoah Valley campaigns of the American Civil War, UnionCommander1864, Ulysses S. Grant (overall Union commander)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ulysses S. Grant (overall Union commander) Context triple: [Shenandoah Valley campaigns of the American Civil War, UnionCommander1864, Ulysses S. Grant (overall Union commander)]
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A.
William Tecumseh Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman was a prominent Union general in the American Civil War, best known for his "March to the Sea" and his strategy of total war against the Confederacy.
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B.
Thomas W. Sherman
Thomas W. Sherman was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, noted for leading significant operations in the Western Theater.
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C.
Frederick Dent Grant
Frederick Dent Grant was an American military officer and diplomat who served as a general in the U.S. Army and the eldest son of President Ulysses S. Grant.
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D.
Samuel Simpson Grant
Samuel Simpson Grant was a member of the Simpson–Grant family connected to U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant through his mother, Hannah Simpson Grant.
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E.
Guy Levis Grant
Guy Levis Grant was an American dentist and educator best known as one of the ten founders of the historically Black fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi.
- 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: Ulysses S. Grant (overall Union commander) Triple: [Shenandoah Valley campaigns of the American Civil War, UnionCommander1864, Ulysses S. Grant (overall Union commander)]
Generated description
Ulysses S. Grant was the leading Union general of the American Civil War who orchestrated the final campaigns that defeated the Confederacy and later became the 18th president of the United States.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ulysses S. Grant (overall Union commander) Target entity description: Ulysses S. Grant was the leading Union general of the American Civil War who orchestrated the final campaigns that defeated the Confederacy and later became the 18th president of the United States.
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A.
William Tecumseh Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman was a prominent Union general in the American Civil War, best known for his "March to the Sea" and his strategy of total war against the Confederacy.
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B.
Thomas W. Sherman
Thomas W. Sherman was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, noted for leading significant operations in the Western Theater.
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C.
Frederick Dent Grant
Frederick Dent Grant was an American military officer and diplomat who served as a general in the U.S. Army and the eldest son of President Ulysses S. Grant.
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D.
Samuel Simpson Grant
Samuel Simpson Grant was a member of the Simpson–Grant family connected to U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant through his mother, Hannah Simpson Grant.
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E.
Guy Levis Grant
Guy Levis Grant was an American dentist and educator best known as one of the ten founders of the historically Black fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: UnionCommander1864 Context triple: [Shenandoah Valley campaigns of the American Civil War, UnionCommander1864, Ulysses S. Grant (overall Union commander)]
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A.
commandingUnionArmy
chosen
Indicates that one entity holds the role or responsibility of leading and directing the Union Army.
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B.
commanderAtGettysburg
Indicates that the subject served as a military commander at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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C.
primaryConfederateCommander
Indicates that one entity serves as the main commanding officer of Confederate forces for the other entity in a specific context or engagement.
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D.
commandingConfederateForces
Indicates that one entity holds the role or responsibility of directing and leading the military operations of the Confederate forces in relation to another entity.
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E.
armyCommanderAtGettysburg
Indicates that the person served as an army commander during the Battle of Gettysburg.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69ca84359e7c819091148ba4b670e436 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd68cb4be08190a47f901a9703f9db |
completed | April 1, 2026, 6:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d107bfd73481908e07d0ee2774bd59 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 12:44 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d1085a980c8190b4c6d811b07ab180 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 12:47 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d1093f440481909aa27287019191ac |
completed | April 4, 2026, 12:51 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69cca54c37f88190bddccf28e5fe5c84 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 4:55 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:48 p.m.