Triple

T1208767
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nourse E25949 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object J. E. Nourse
J. E. Nourse was a United States Navy officer and hydrographer who served as Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Observatory in the late 19th century.
E444042 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: J. E. Nourse | Statement: [Nourse, hasNotableBearer, J. E. Nourse]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. E. Nourse
Context triple: [Nourse, hasNotableBearer, J. E. Nourse]
  • A. Alan E. Nourse
    Alan E. Nourse was an American science fiction author and physician known for works that often explored medical and social themes, including the novel "The Bladerunner."
  • B. Alan S. Boyd
    Alan S. Boyd was an American lawyer and public official who became the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation, helping to shape national transportation policy in the late 1960s.
  • C. Robert H. Richards
    Robert H. Richards was a prominent American mining engineer and metallurgist known for pioneering work in ore dressing and mineral processing.
  • D. Robert N. Davoren
    Robert N. Davoren was a notable figure in New York City's correctional system, commemorated by having a Rikers Island jail facility named in his honor.
  • E. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • 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: J. E. Nourse
Triple: [Nourse, hasNotableBearer, J. E. Nourse]
Generated description
J. E. Nourse was a United States Navy officer and hydrographer who served as Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Observatory in the late 19th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. E. Nourse
Target entity description: J. E. Nourse was a United States Navy officer and hydrographer who served as Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Observatory in the late 19th century.
  • A. Alan E. Nourse
    Alan E. Nourse was an American science fiction author and physician known for works that often explored medical and social themes, including the novel "The Bladerunner."
  • B. Alan S. Boyd
    Alan S. Boyd was an American lawyer and public official who became the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation, helping to shape national transportation policy in the late 1960s.
  • C. Robert H. Richards
    Robert H. Richards was a prominent American mining engineer and metallurgist known for pioneering work in ore dressing and mineral processing.
  • D. Robert N. Davoren
    Robert N. Davoren was a notable figure in New York City's correctional system, commemorated by having a Rikers Island jail facility named in his honor.
  • E. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • 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_69a4942b30f08190a91c60573e16b5ef completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bde30ce08190ab60a181ad2d321d completed March 1, 2026, 10:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b65047902881908a1d5f2d32fcb23e completed March 15, 2026, 6:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b6519e30fc819098de2671c3aa89b9 completed March 15, 2026, 6:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b6521feae08190a029acdece360863 completed March 15, 2026, 6:30 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:46 p.m.