Triple
T1708121
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | City College of New York |
E36916
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Townsend Harris |
E158258
|
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: Townsend Harris | Statement: [City College of New York, founder, Townsend Harris]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Townsend Harris Context triple: [City College of New York, founder, Townsend Harris]
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A.
Townsend Harris
chosen
Townsend Harris was a 19th-century American diplomat best known for opening Japan to formal relations and trade with the United States through the Harris Treaty of 1858.
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B.
Charles Elliot
Charles Elliot was a British naval officer and diplomat who played a pivotal role in the early stages of the First Opium War between Britain and Qing China.
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C.
William H. Melville
William H. Melville was a notable figure in the field recognized by the Melville Medal, an award established in his honor for distinguished contributions.
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D.
William Rockhill Nelson
William Rockhill Nelson was an American newspaper publisher and civic leader in Kansas City whose philanthropy and art patronage led to the creation of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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E.
Alexander Cushing
Alexander Cushing was an American lawyer and entrepreneur best known as the visionary founder who developed Squaw Valley into a major ski resort and host of the 1960 Winter Olympics.
- 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_69a88617439c819094ffb5d16a0f6307 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa63118618819085700fa84e362d60 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:16 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ada0cf5a3481908434c725e85360a2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:16 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:30 p.m.