Triple

T1882562
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Prescott E39884 entity
Predicate hasDescendant P3654 FINISHED
Object William H. Prescott
William H. Prescott was a 19th-century American historian renowned for his influential works on the Spanish Empire, including detailed histories of the conquests of Mexico and Peru.
E213186 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 H. Prescott | Statement: [William Prescott, hasDescendant, William H. Prescott]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William H. Prescott
Context triple: [William Prescott, hasDescendant, William H. Prescott]
  • A. Francis Parkman
    Francis Parkman was a 19th-century American historian best known for his multi-volume works on the French and British struggle for control of North America, including "France and England in North America."
  • B. William Prescott
    William Prescott was an American Revolutionary War officer best known for leading colonial forces in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
  • C. Charles Elliot
    Charles Elliot was a British naval officer and diplomat who played a pivotal role in the early stages of the First Opium War between Britain and Qing China.
  • D. J. O. Taylor
    J. O. Taylor was a cinematographer active during early Hollywood who worked on the landmark 1933 monster film "King Kong."
  • E. Hiram Bingham
    Hiram Bingham was an American explorer and academic best known for bringing international attention to the Incan citadel of Machu Picchu in the early 20th century.
  • 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 H. Prescott
Triple: [William Prescott, hasDescendant, William H. Prescott]
Generated description
William H. Prescott was a 19th-century American historian renowned for his influential works on the Spanish Empire, including detailed histories of the conquests of Mexico and Peru.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William H. Prescott
Target entity description: William H. Prescott was a 19th-century American historian renowned for his influential works on the Spanish Empire, including detailed histories of the conquests of Mexico and Peru.
  • A. Francis Parkman
    Francis Parkman was a 19th-century American historian best known for his multi-volume works on the French and British struggle for control of North America, including "France and England in North America."
  • B. William Prescott
    William Prescott was an American Revolutionary War officer best known for leading colonial forces in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
  • C. Charles Elliot
    Charles Elliot was a British naval officer and diplomat who played a pivotal role in the early stages of the First Opium War between Britain and Qing China.
  • D. J. O. Taylor
    J. O. Taylor was a cinematographer active during early Hollywood who worked on the landmark 1933 monster film "King Kong."
  • E. Hiram Bingham
    Hiram Bingham was an American explorer and academic best known for bringing international attention to the Incan citadel of Machu Picchu in the early 20th century.
  • 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_69a88633e4fc8190b7eb40463e048ec5 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb0fd4d6881908b8266bdae1517ce completed March 7, 2026, 5 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adeae631488190b5b4a8137112e568 completed March 8, 2026, 9:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adecacc5c881909882deb9b68d8a4c completed March 8, 2026, 9:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adecfa6d2c8190a9adc4887a721ab7 completed March 8, 2026, 9:41 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:34 p.m.