Triple
T10080001
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Van Ness Avenue |
E213874
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Van Ness
James Van Ness was a 19th-century American politician who served as mayor of San Francisco and for whom the city's major thoroughfare Van Ness Avenue is named.
|
E848537
|
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: James Van Ness | Statement: [Van Ness Avenue, namedAfter, James Van Ness]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Van Ness Context triple: [Van Ness Avenue, namedAfter, James Van Ness]
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A.
John Van Ness
John Van Ness was an early 19th-century American politician and public figure associated with the development and civic life of Washington, D.C.
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B.
Joseph Bancroft
Joseph Bancroft was an Australian physician and parasitologist known for his pioneering work on filarial worms, including the species later named Wuchereria bancrofti in his honor.
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C.
Nathaniel Folsom
Nathaniel Folsom was an American Revolutionary War officer and political leader from New Hampshire who played a key role in organizing and commanding the colony’s militia forces.
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D.
David Daggett
David Daggett was an American lawyer, judge, and politician from Connecticut who co-founded Yale Law School and served as a U.S. senator and chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.
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E.
Charles Jennings
Charles Jennings was a Canadian journalist and radio broadcaster, best known for his work with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and as the father of news anchor Peter Jennings.
- 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: James Van Ness Triple: [Van Ness Avenue, namedAfter, James Van Ness]
Generated description
James Van Ness was a 19th-century American politician who served as mayor of San Francisco and for whom the city's major thoroughfare Van Ness Avenue is named.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Van Ness Target entity description: James Van Ness was a 19th-century American politician who served as mayor of San Francisco and for whom the city's major thoroughfare Van Ness Avenue is named.
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A.
John Van Ness
John Van Ness was an early 19th-century American politician and public figure associated with the development and civic life of Washington, D.C.
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B.
Joseph Bancroft
Joseph Bancroft was an Australian physician and parasitologist known for his pioneering work on filarial worms, including the species later named Wuchereria bancrofti in his honor.
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C.
Nathaniel Folsom
Nathaniel Folsom was an American Revolutionary War officer and political leader from New Hampshire who played a key role in organizing and commanding the colony’s militia forces.
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D.
David Daggett
David Daggett was an American lawyer, judge, and politician from Connecticut who co-founded Yale Law School and served as a U.S. senator and chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.
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E.
Charles Jennings
Charles Jennings was a Canadian journalist and radio broadcaster, best known for his work with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and as the father of news anchor Peter Jennings.
- 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_69ca839bf730819086900c323c9b8c95 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdd031ce748190bb71189afd331979 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 2:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d3697d5b008190b274a086172c7a7d |
completed | April 6, 2026, 8:06 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d37540b60c8190a52b03c57b4e3708 |
completed | April 6, 2026, 8:56 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d3763948188190a47f48076fc767cb |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9 p.m.