Triple

T121359
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alaska Purchase E2450 entity
Predicate alsoKnownAs P39 FINISHED
Object Seward’s Icebox
Seward’s Icebox is a derisive 19th-century nickname for the U.S. acquisition of Alaska, mocking Secretary of State William H. Seward’s purchase as a frozen, worthless wasteland.
E12895 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: Seward’s Icebox | Statement: [Alaska Purchase, alsoKnownAs, Seward’s Icebox]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Seward’s Icebox
Context triple: [Alaska Purchase, alsoKnownAs, Seward’s Icebox]
  • A. Beekman
    Beekman is a small town in Dutchess County, New York, known for its rural character and residential communities within the Hudson Valley region.
  • B. The Egg
    The Egg is a modern, student-centered dining and learning facility at the Culinary Institute of America’s Hyde Park campus that showcases culinary education in a real-world restaurant environment.
  • C. Excelsior
    Excelsior is the Latin state motto of New York, meaning "ever upward" and symbolizing aspiration and continual progress.
  • D. Fogg Museum
    The Fogg Museum is a prominent Harvard University art museum renowned for its extensive Western art collections and influential role in art historical research and teaching.
  • E. Eureka
    Eureka is a historic coastal city in Northern California known for its Victorian architecture, maritime heritage, and role as a regional cultural and economic center.
  • 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: Seward’s Icebox
Triple: [Alaska Purchase, alsoKnownAs, Seward’s Icebox]
Generated description
Seward’s Icebox is a derisive 19th-century nickname for the U.S. acquisition of Alaska, mocking Secretary of State William H. Seward’s purchase as a frozen, worthless wasteland.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Seward’s Icebox
Target entity description: Seward’s Icebox is a derisive 19th-century nickname for the U.S. acquisition of Alaska, mocking Secretary of State William H. Seward’s purchase as a frozen, worthless wasteland.
  • A. Beekman
    Beekman is a small town in Dutchess County, New York, known for its rural character and residential communities within the Hudson Valley region.
  • B. The Egg
    The Egg is a modern, student-centered dining and learning facility at the Culinary Institute of America’s Hyde Park campus that showcases culinary education in a real-world restaurant environment.
  • C. Excelsior
    Excelsior is the Latin state motto of New York, meaning "ever upward" and symbolizing aspiration and continual progress.
  • D. Fogg Museum
    The Fogg Museum is a prominent Harvard University art museum renowned for its extensive Western art collections and influential role in art historical research and teaching.
  • E. Eureka
    Eureka is a historic coastal city in Northern California known for its Victorian architecture, maritime heritage, and role as a regional cultural and economic center.
  • 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_69a2506c5428819085c28a8884790e29 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:18 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25739ef28819093f3f0e6bb670201 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2917ecb50819084167e6ffa38a35b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 6:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a292f1e9348190ad35f72eb7233356 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 7:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2958794748190b11b3b834c4ef2fd completed Feb. 28, 2026, 7:13 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:24 a.m.