Triple

T142828
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Erie Canal E2888 entity
Predicate governorDuringConstruction P6812 FINISHED
Object DeWitt Clinton
DeWitt Clinton was an influential early 19th-century American politician and governor of New York who championed major infrastructure projects and helped spur the state's economic growth.
E33894 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: DeWitt Clinton | Statement: [Erie Canal, governorDuringConstruction, DeWitt Clinton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DeWitt Clinton
Context triple: [Erie Canal, governorDuringConstruction, DeWitt Clinton]
  • A. Robert R. Livingston
    Robert R. Livingston was an American lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who helped draft the Declaration of Independence and later negotiated the Louisiana Purchase as U.S. minister to France.
  • B. William H. Seward
    William H. Seward was a 19th-century American statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson and was a leading figure in the Union war effort and postwar expansion.
  • C. Quincy Adams
    Quincy Adams is a major MBTA rapid transit station in Quincy, Massachusetts, providing park-and-ride access to Boston via the Red Line.
  • D. George M. Dallas
    George M. Dallas was a 19th-century American politician who served as the 11th vice president of the United States under President James K. Polk.
  • E. John Quincy Adams
    John Quincy Adams was the sixth president of the United States and a prominent American diplomat, statesman, and congressman known for his strong anti-slavery stance and influential foreign policy.
  • 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: DeWitt Clinton
Triple: [Erie Canal, governorDuringConstruction, DeWitt Clinton]
Generated description
DeWitt Clinton was an influential early 19th-century American politician and governor of New York who championed major infrastructure projects and helped spur the state's economic growth.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DeWitt Clinton
Target entity description: DeWitt Clinton was an influential early 19th-century American politician and governor of New York who championed major infrastructure projects and helped spur the state's economic growth.
  • A. Robert R. Livingston
    Robert R. Livingston was an American lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who helped draft the Declaration of Independence and later negotiated the Louisiana Purchase as U.S. minister to France.
  • B. William H. Seward
    William H. Seward was a 19th-century American statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson and was a leading figure in the Union war effort and postwar expansion.
  • C. Quincy Adams
    Quincy Adams is a major MBTA rapid transit station in Quincy, Massachusetts, providing park-and-ride access to Boston via the Red Line.
  • D. George M. Dallas
    George M. Dallas was a 19th-century American politician who served as the 11th vice president of the United States under President James K. Polk.
  • E. John Quincy Adams
    John Quincy Adams was the sixth president of the United States and a prominent American diplomat, statesman, and congressman known for his strong anti-slavery stance and influential foreign policy.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: governorDuringConstruction
Context triple: [Erie Canal, governorDuringConstruction, DeWitt Clinton]
  • A. constructionCompleted
    Indicates that a construction process or project has been fully finished and reached its completed state.
  • B. governorAction
    Indicates that a governor performs, initiates, or is responsible for a specific action or decision.
  • C. governedAs
    Indicates that one entity exercises authoritative control, direction, or rule over another according to some system of governance or leadership.
  • D. governs
    Indicates that one entity exercises authoritative control, direction, or rule over another entity or domain.
  • E. governorTitle
    Indicates the official title or designation held by a person serving as a governor.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69a2521e35c08190b28e5c9f1e3c9b59 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2580ca15481909fa3e87d804a1b23 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3836d16d081909d8046cf6a10d421 completed March 1, 2026, 12:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3848a1f948190858715e82d7eecc3 completed March 1, 2026, 12:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a384e53d508190b29e60001c88f93b completed March 1, 2026, 12:14 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a2565559ac81909e0c4e095a7dfa27 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:43 a.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69a2580b00988190868ee24c0289cf70 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.