Triple

T1827840
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Great Hall (Ellis Island) E40692 entity
Predicate architect P184 FINISHED
Object William A. Boring
William A. Boring was an American architect best known for co-designing the main immigration station buildings on Ellis Island in New York Harbor.
E527518 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: William A. Boring | Statement: [Great Hall (Ellis Island), architect, William A. Boring]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William A. Boring
Context triple: [Great Hall (Ellis Island), architect, William A. Boring]
  • A. Edward F. Storey
    Edward F. Storey was a 19th-century Nevada figure, likely a pioneer or local leader, for whom Storey County was named.
  • B. William A. Wheeler
    William A. Wheeler was an American politician who served as the 19th vice president of the United States under President Rutherford B. Hayes.
  • C. Robert F. Colesberry
    Robert F. Colesberry was an American film and television producer and director best known for helping shape the visual style and production of acclaimed series like *The Wire* and *Homicide: Life on the Street*.
  • D. 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.
  • E. William E. Nickerson
    William E. Nickerson was a prominent benefactor and businessman associated with Boston University, for whom the university’s Nickerson Field stadium is named.
  • 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: William A. Boring
Triple: [Great Hall (Ellis Island), architect, William A. Boring]
Generated description
William A. Boring was an American architect best known for co-designing the main immigration station buildings on Ellis Island in New York Harbor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William A. Boring
Target entity description: William A. Boring was an American architect best known for co-designing the main immigration station buildings on Ellis Island in New York Harbor.
  • A. Edward F. Storey
    Edward F. Storey was a 19th-century Nevada figure, likely a pioneer or local leader, for whom Storey County was named.
  • B. William A. Wheeler
    William A. Wheeler was an American politician who served as the 19th vice president of the United States under President Rutherford B. Hayes.
  • C. Robert F. Colesberry
    Robert F. Colesberry was an American film and television producer and director best known for helping shape the visual style and production of acclaimed series like *The Wire* and *Homicide: Life on the Street*.
  • D. 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.
  • E. William E. Nickerson
    William E. Nickerson was a prominent benefactor and businessman associated with Boston University, for whom the university’s Nickerson Field stadium is named.
  • 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_69a8864644bc8190b2358ab897194ac1 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb01191208190a7eaf3036638ec40 completed March 7, 2026, 4:56 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bfeceaa8b08190943f7b4291c8bf28 completed March 22, 2026, 1:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bfedbc80e48190a501370c4547bf6d completed March 22, 2026, 1:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bfee06558881909dd4304f0ca880a2 completed March 22, 2026, 1:26 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.