Triple

T18244071
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Architects Collaborative E436899 entity
Predicate coFounder P2835 FINISHED
Object John C. Harkness
John C. Harkness was an American architect best known as a founding member of the influential modernist firm The Architects Collaborative, which he established alongside Walter Gropius and others.
 E1374353 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 C. Harkness | Statement: [The Architects Collaborative, coFounder, John C. Harkness]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John C. Harkness
Context triple: [The Architects Collaborative, coFounder, John C. Harkness]
  • A. William Harkness
    William Harkness was an American astronomer and mathematician known for his work with the U.S. Naval Observatory and contributions to solar eclipse observations and nautical astronomy.
  • B. Henry A. Stradling
    Henry A. Stradling, better known as Harry Stradling Sr., was a prominent American cinematographer renowned for his work on classic Hollywood films.
  • C. William L. Harkness
    William L. Harkness was an American businessman and philanthropist associated with Yale University, for which he endowed facilities that now bear his name.
  • D. George A. Hockham
    George A. Hockham was a British electrical engineer and physicist best known as a co-inventor of the optical fiber for telecommunications.
  • E. 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.
  • 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 C. Harkness
Triple: [The Architects Collaborative, coFounder, John C. Harkness]
Generated description
John C. Harkness was an American architect best known as a founding member of the influential modernist firm The Architects Collaborative, which he established alongside Walter Gropius and others.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John C. Harkness
Target entity description: John C. Harkness was an American architect best known as a founding member of the influential modernist firm The Architects Collaborative, which he established alongside Walter Gropius and others.
  • A. William Harkness
    William Harkness was an American astronomer and mathematician known for his work with the U.S. Naval Observatory and contributions to solar eclipse observations and nautical astronomy.
  • B. Henry A. Stradling
    Henry A. Stradling, better known as Harry Stradling Sr., was a prominent American cinematographer renowned for his work on classic Hollywood films.
  • C. William L. Harkness
    William L. Harkness was an American businessman and philanthropist associated with Yale University, for which he endowed facilities that now bear his name.
  • D. George A. Hockham
    George A. Hockham was a British electrical engineer and physicist best known as a co-inventor of the optical fiber for telecommunications.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69d8b91104e08190a8241f7d260a5162 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4f7e5d63081908d0e6249578867a1 completed April 19, 2026, 3:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a072b67a3248190b37c04539ecc13a3 completed May 15, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a072d8a5e108190916cd22496c048cb completed May 15, 2026, 2:28 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a072e3709e881909d70f130a77fc428 completed May 15, 2026, 2:31 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:33 a.m.