Triple
T17320736
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Downing Stadium |
E420552
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John J. Downing Jr.
John J. Downing Jr. was a New York City public servant whose memory was honored through the naming of Downing Stadium on Randall’s Island.
|
E1263580
|
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: John J. Downing Jr. | Statement: [Downing Stadium, namedAfter, John J. Downing Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John J. Downing Jr. Context triple: [Downing Stadium, namedAfter, John J. Downing Jr.]
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A.
John G. Downey
John G. Downey was an Irish-born American politician who served as the seventh governor of California during the mid-19th century.
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B.
David Owen Dodd
David Owen Dodd was a Confederate courier during the American Civil War who was executed as a spy at age 17 and later became known as the “Boy Hero of the Confederacy.”
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C.
Howard G. Cunningham
Howard G. Cunningham, better known as Ward Cunningham, is an American computer programmer best known for creating the first wiki and contributing to agile software development practices.
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D.
James A. Saxton
James A. Saxton was an American banker and prominent Canton, Ohio businessman best known as the father of First Lady Ida Saxton McKinley.
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E.
James J. Rowley
James J. Rowley was a longtime Director of the United States Secret Service, recognized for modernizing the agency and strengthening presidential protection.
- 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: John J. Downing Jr. Triple: [Downing Stadium, namedAfter, John J. Downing Jr.]
Generated description
John J. Downing Jr. was a New York City public servant whose memory was honored through the naming of Downing Stadium on Randall’s Island.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John J. Downing Jr. Target entity description: John J. Downing Jr. was a New York City public servant whose memory was honored through the naming of Downing Stadium on Randall’s Island.
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A.
John G. Downey
John G. Downey was an Irish-born American politician who served as the seventh governor of California during the mid-19th century.
-
B.
David Owen Dodd
David Owen Dodd was a Confederate courier during the American Civil War who was executed as a spy at age 17 and later became known as the “Boy Hero of the Confederacy.”
-
C.
Howard G. Cunningham
Howard G. Cunningham, better known as Ward Cunningham, is an American computer programmer best known for creating the first wiki and contributing to agile software development practices.
-
D.
James A. Saxton
James A. Saxton was an American banker and prominent Canton, Ohio businessman best known as the father of First Lady Ida Saxton McKinley.
-
E.
James J. Rowley
James J. Rowley was a longtime Director of the United States Secret Service, recognized for modernizing the agency and strengthening presidential protection.
- 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_69d889d22b848190a4663d0b8f8f76e7 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e439cf5394819089bff5f8dc2e8241 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 2:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a018c483e988190a481b4c487f79329 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 7:59 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a018d67ddd081909d227ae3405415ee |
completed | May 11, 2026, 8:03 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0192dfff1881909aa87f5d23cda870 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 8:27 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:43 a.m.