Triple

T18722097
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Washington Color School E457800 entity
Predicate hasPart P35 FINISHED
Object Thomas Downing — NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Thomas Downing | Statement: [Washington Color School, hasPart, Thomas Downing]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Downing
Context triple: [Washington Color School, hasPart, Thomas Downing]
  • A. Thomas Downing
    Thomas Downing was the individual after whom the borough of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, was named, likely an early settler or prominent local figure in its history.
  • B. Samuel Downes
    Samuel Downes was the plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Downes v. Bidwell (1901), which addressed the constitutional status of U.S. territories and the application of federal laws there.
  • C. Exton Elias Downey
    Exton Elias Downey is the son of American actor Robert Downey Jr. and film producer Susan Downey.
  • D. Charles Downing
    Charles Downing was the brother of influential American landscape designer and horticulturist Andrew Jackson Downing, and was himself involved in 19th-century American horticulture.
  • E. Augustus Trowbridge
    Augustus Trowbridge was an American physicist and academic known for his work in optics and for mentoring influential engineers and scientists in the early 20th century.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Downing
Target entity description: Thomas Downing was an American painter associated with the Washington Color School, known for his vibrant, geometric abstractions and innovative use of color.
  • A. Thomas Downing
    Thomas Downing was the individual after whom the borough of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, was named, likely an early settler or prominent local figure in its history.
  • B. Samuel Downes
    Samuel Downes was the plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Downes v. Bidwell (1901), which addressed the constitutional status of U.S. territories and the application of federal laws there.
  • C. Exton Elias Downey
    Exton Elias Downey is the son of American actor Robert Downey Jr. and film producer Susan Downey.
  • D. Charles Downing
    Charles Downing was the brother of influential American landscape designer and horticulturist Andrew Jackson Downing, and was himself involved in 19th-century American horticulture.
  • E. Augustus Trowbridge
    Augustus Trowbridge was an American physicist and academic known for his work in optics and for mentoring influential engineers and scientists in the early 20th century.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 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_69d8d393ba9c8190a8b03b04ddbb0a09 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e56abc1c708190917f6bfea0548c42 completed April 19, 2026, 11:52 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:50 a.m.