Triple
T1068644
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Howland |
E23272
|
entity |
| Predicate | child |
P120
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Joseph Howland
Joseph Howland was a 17th-century New England colonist, known primarily as a son of Mayflower passenger John Howland and a member of the early Plymouth Colony community.
|
E210809
|
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: Joseph Howland | Statement: [John Howland, child, Joseph Howland]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Howland Context triple: [John Howland, child, Joseph Howland]
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A.
James R. Osgood
James R. Osgood was a prominent 19th-century American publisher known for his influential role in the Boston literary scene and for publishing works by major authors of his time.
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B.
George C. Perkins
George C. Perkins was an American politician and businessman who served as the 14th governor of California and later as a U.S. Senator.
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C.
George A. Perkins
George A. Perkins was an American lawyer best known as a founding partner of the prominent U.S. law firm Perkins Coie.
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D.
Jabez Howland
Jabez Howland was a colonial New England settler and son of Mayflower passenger John Howland, known for owning one of the oldest surviving houses in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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E.
Charles Emerson
Charles Emerson was a 19th-century American lawyer and lecturer, best known as the intellectually gifted but short-lived younger brother of transcendentalist writer Ralph Waldo Emerson.
- 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: Joseph Howland Triple: [John Howland, child, Joseph Howland]
Generated description
Joseph Howland was a 17th-century New England colonist, known primarily as a son of Mayflower passenger John Howland and a member of the early Plymouth Colony community.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Howland Target entity description: Joseph Howland was a 17th-century New England colonist, known primarily as a son of Mayflower passenger John Howland and a member of the early Plymouth Colony community.
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A.
James R. Osgood
James R. Osgood was a prominent 19th-century American publisher known for his influential role in the Boston literary scene and for publishing works by major authors of his time.
-
B.
George C. Perkins
George C. Perkins was an American politician and businessman who served as the 14th governor of California and later as a U.S. Senator.
-
C.
George A. Perkins
George A. Perkins was an American lawyer best known as a founding partner of the prominent U.S. law firm Perkins Coie.
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D.
Jabez Howland
Jabez Howland was a colonial New England settler and son of Mayflower passenger John Howland, known for owning one of the oldest surviving houses in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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E.
Charles Emerson
Charles Emerson was a 19th-century American lawyer and lecturer, best known as the intellectually gifted but short-lived younger brother of transcendentalist writer Ralph Waldo Emerson.
- 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_69a493ee1f908190992b5f0d1b04459b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b91389888190b4b96d7ee4dda206 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:09 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69addf1667908190bdcb6d200577418d |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:41 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ade0336d7881908f56b8dcb3577ef2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:46 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ade09cc6d08190b424022c877d42c1 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:48 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.