Triple
T13098615
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Henry Elliott Johnston Jr. |
E310656
|
entity |
| Predicate | relative |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Buchanan
James Buchanan was the 15th president of the United States, serving from 1857 to 1861 and is often criticized for his failure to prevent the secession of Southern states leading up to the Civil War.
|
E16575
|
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 Buchanan | Statement: [Henry Elliott Johnston Jr., relative, James Buchanan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Buchanan Context triple: [Henry Elliott Johnston Jr., relative, James Buchanan]
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A.
James Buchanan
James Buchanan was the 15th president of the United States, whose ineffective leadership in the years just before the Civil War is widely criticized by historians.
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B.
James McGill Buchanan Jr.
James McGill Buchanan Jr. was an American economist and Nobel laureate best known for developing public choice theory, which applies economic principles to political decision-making.
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C.
James Knox Taylor
James Knox Taylor was an American architect who served as Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury, overseeing the design of numerous prominent federal buildings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
James G. Polk
James G. Polk was an American journalist and Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter known for his work uncovering political corruption.
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E.
James K. Polk
James K. Polk was the 11th president of the United States, known for his expansionist policies that led to significant territorial gains including much of the present-day American Southwest.
- 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 Buchanan Triple: [Henry Elliott Johnston Jr., relative, James Buchanan]
Generated description
James Buchanan was the 15th president of the United States, serving from 1857 to 1861 and is often criticized for his failure to prevent the secession of Southern states leading up to the Civil War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Buchanan Target entity description: James Buchanan was the 15th president of the United States, serving from 1857 to 1861 and is often criticized for his failure to prevent the secession of Southern states leading up to the Civil War.
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A.
James Buchanan
chosen
James Buchanan was the 15th president of the United States, whose ineffective leadership in the years just before the Civil War is widely criticized by historians.
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B.
James McGill Buchanan Jr.
James McGill Buchanan Jr. was an American economist and Nobel laureate best known for developing public choice theory, which applies economic principles to political decision-making.
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C.
James Knox Taylor
James Knox Taylor was an American architect who served as Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury, overseeing the design of numerous prominent federal buildings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
D.
James G. Polk
James G. Polk was an American journalist and Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter known for his work uncovering political corruption.
-
E.
James K. Polk
James K. Polk was the 11th president of the United States, known for his expansionist policies that led to significant territorial gains including much of the present-day American Southwest.
- F. None of above.
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_69d806a872d08190a329806f8ff30df4 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d981500d34819097037b3c3c33627b |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:01 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f7396e6cf881908b4cc3836501ed08 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:02 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f73a7ca9048190948c1bceede2a09c |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:07 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f73abc1c9481909d509eb02bafd909 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:08 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:04 p.m.