Triple

T1742231
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Promontory Summit, Utah Territory E38257 entity
Predicate associatedWithPerson P37 FINISHED
Object Samuel S. Montague
Samuel S. Montague was an American civil engineer best known as the chief engineer of the Central Pacific Railroad during the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad.
E527092 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: Samuel S. Montague | Statement: [Promontory Summit, Utah Territory, associatedWithPerson, Samuel S. Montague]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel S. Montague
Context triple: [Promontory Summit, Utah Territory, associatedWithPerson, Samuel S. Montague]
  • A. Nathaniel A. Owings
    Nathaniel A. Owings was an American architect best known as a co-founder of the influential modernist architecture and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
  • B. George M. Murray
    George M. Murray was a religious leader and co-author of the 1963 "A Call for Unity" statement by white clergymen that criticized civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama.
  • C. Edward F. Storey
    Edward F. Storey was a 19th-century Nevada figure, likely a pioneer or local leader, for whom Storey County was named.
  • D. Francis B. Loomis
    Francis B. Loomis was an American diplomat and politician who served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State and briefly as acting Secretary of State in the early 20th century.
  • E. George T. Brown
    George T. Brown was an American businessman best known as a founder of the Brown & Williamson tobacco company, which became one of the major U.S. cigarette manufacturers.
  • 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: Samuel S. Montague
Triple: [Promontory Summit, Utah Territory, associatedWithPerson, Samuel S. Montague]
Generated description
Samuel S. Montague was an American civil engineer best known as the chief engineer of the Central Pacific Railroad during the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel S. Montague
Target entity description: Samuel S. Montague was an American civil engineer best known as the chief engineer of the Central Pacific Railroad during the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad.
  • A. Nathaniel A. Owings
    Nathaniel A. Owings was an American architect best known as a co-founder of the influential modernist architecture and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
  • B. George M. Murray
    George M. Murray was a religious leader and co-author of the 1963 "A Call for Unity" statement by white clergymen that criticized civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama.
  • C. Edward F. Storey
    Edward F. Storey was a 19th-century Nevada figure, likely a pioneer or local leader, for whom Storey County was named.
  • D. Francis B. Loomis
    Francis B. Loomis was an American diplomat and politician who served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State and briefly as acting Secretary of State in the early 20th century.
  • E. George T. Brown
    George T. Brown was an American businessman best known as a founder of the Brown & Williamson tobacco company, which became one of the major U.S. cigarette manufacturers.
  • 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_69a8862b01a48190ab47209063af82d9 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa63c6d21c8190809bedaa798e2b14 completed March 6, 2026, 5:19 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bfd70b4a7c8190852503f31142562e completed March 22, 2026, 11:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bfd78bf35881908d304accaec98c9b completed March 22, 2026, 11:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bfd7dc86488190b73dd2aa18d205b3 completed March 22, 2026, 11:51 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:30 p.m.