Triple
T11396644
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | St. Thomas College |
E269990
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasAlumnus |
P51
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John Vachon |
E55249
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: John Vachon | Statement: [St. Thomas College, hasAlumnus, John Vachon]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Vachon Context triple: [St. Thomas College, hasAlumnus, John Vachon]
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A.
John Vachon
chosen
John Vachon was an American photographer best known for his poignant documentary images of rural and small-town life during the Great Depression and World War II.
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B.
Walter Fuller
Walter Fuller was a British-born journalist, editor, and political activist known for his work in progressive and pacifist causes in the early 20th century.
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C.
Ernst Bernard Haas
Ernst Bernard Haas was a prominent political scientist known for his pioneering work on regional integration and the theory of neofunctionalism, particularly in the context of European integration.
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D.
Ernst Haas
Ernst Haas was an influential Austrian-American photographer celebrated as a pioneer of color photojournalism and a longtime member of the Magnum Photos agency.
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E.
Edward Steichen
Edward Steichen was a pioneering Luxembourgish-American photographer, painter, and curator renowned for his influential role in early 20th-century art and for serving as director of photography at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d6aacdbc6c8190af6dc3d5f5d22836 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d80019d3d48190a2f473deb6eae33a |
completed | April 9, 2026, 7:38 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e58cd74280819092f8c420630f4889 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 2:17 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m.