Triple
T9940179
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of Lewis’s Farm |
E194057
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Petersburg fortifications
The Petersburg fortifications were an extensive network of Confederate defensive earthworks and trenches around Petersburg, Virginia, that played a central role in the prolonged siege operations of the American Civil War.
|
E830596
|
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: Petersburg fortifications | Statement: [Battle of Lewis’s Farm, associatedWith, Petersburg fortifications]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Petersburg fortifications Context triple: [Battle of Lewis’s Farm, associatedWith, Petersburg fortifications]
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A.
Fort Ward
Fort Ward is a historic waterfront neighborhood and former military installation on Bainbridge Island in Washington State.
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B.
Fort Saint-Nicolas
Fort Saint-Nicolas is a historic 17th-century military fortress in Marseille, France, built to protect the city and its harbor and now recognized as a significant cultural monument.
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C.
Fort Macon
Fort Macon is a 19th-century coastal defense fortification in North Carolina, built as part of the United States’ Third System of seacoast defenses and now preserved as a state park and historic site.
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D.
Old Point Comfort
Old Point Comfort is a historic strategic promontory at the mouth of Hampton Roads in southeastern Virginia, long used as a coastal defense site and navigational landmark.
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E.
Fort St. Philip
Fort St. Philip is a historic coastal fortification in Louisiana that played a key defensive role in multiple American conflicts, including the War of 1812 and the Civil War.
- 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: Petersburg fortifications Triple: [Battle of Lewis’s Farm, associatedWith, Petersburg fortifications]
Generated description
The Petersburg fortifications were an extensive network of Confederate defensive earthworks and trenches around Petersburg, Virginia, that played a central role in the prolonged siege operations of the American Civil War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Petersburg fortifications Target entity description: The Petersburg fortifications were an extensive network of Confederate defensive earthworks and trenches around Petersburg, Virginia, that played a central role in the prolonged siege operations of the American Civil War.
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A.
Fort Ward
Fort Ward is a historic waterfront neighborhood and former military installation on Bainbridge Island in Washington State.
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B.
Fort Saint-Nicolas
Fort Saint-Nicolas is a historic 17th-century military fortress in Marseille, France, built to protect the city and its harbor and now recognized as a significant cultural monument.
-
C.
Fort Macon
Fort Macon is a 19th-century coastal defense fortification in North Carolina, built as part of the United States’ Third System of seacoast defenses and now preserved as a state park and historic site.
-
D.
Old Point Comfort
Old Point Comfort is a historic strategic promontory at the mouth of Hampton Roads in southeastern Virginia, long used as a coastal defense site and navigational landmark.
-
E.
Fort St. Philip
Fort St. Philip was a strategically vital British-held fortress on the island of Menorca that played a central role in Mediterranean naval conflicts, including the Battle of Minorca in 1756.
- 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_69ca82e409348190a393777356b80a2a |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdb60f4ffc8190bfe916bb4a7bf5c5 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 12:19 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d229080d0081908b66b9c4166db252 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 9:19 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d22a07d4088190b19b4529c0a56f8d |
completed | April 5, 2026, 9:23 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d22b37ce8481909a52a144605d44a4 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 9:28 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:44 p.m.