Triple
T19544901
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bruce Catton |
E489015
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasChild |
P369
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Bruce Catton
William Bruce Catton is the son of renowned American Civil War historian and author Bruce Catton.
|
E1382443
|
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 Bruce Catton | Statement: [Bruce Catton, hasChild, William Bruce Catton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Bruce Catton Context triple: [Bruce Catton, hasChild, William Bruce Catton]
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A.
Alfred W. Crosby
Alfred W. Crosby was an American environmental historian whose influential work on ecological and cultural consequences of European expansion helped establish the field of environmental history.
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B.
Dennis Meadows
Dennis Meadows is an American scientist and systems analyst best known as a lead author of the influential 1972 report "The Limits to Growth," which modeled global resource use and environmental constraints.
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C.
Algur H. Meadows
Algur H. Meadows was an American oil tycoon and philanthropist best known for his major art patronage and charitable contributions, including the establishment of the Meadows Museum.
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D.
Robert B. Bowler
Robert B. Bowler was an American public official who served as the United States Comptroller of the Treasury, overseeing federal financial accounts and fiscal administration.
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E.
Martin D. Hardin
Martin D. Hardin was an early 19th-century American politician and lawyer from Kentucky who served as the state's Secretary of State and as a U.S. Senator.
- 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 Bruce Catton Triple: [Bruce Catton, hasChild, William Bruce Catton]
Generated description
William Bruce Catton is the son of renowned American Civil War historian and author Bruce Catton.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Bruce Catton Target entity description: William Bruce Catton is the son of renowned American Civil War historian and author Bruce Catton.
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A.
Alfred W. Crosby
Alfred W. Crosby was an American environmental historian whose influential work on ecological and cultural consequences of European expansion helped establish the field of environmental history.
-
B.
Dennis Meadows
Dennis Meadows is an American scientist and systems analyst best known as a lead author of the influential 1972 report "The Limits to Growth," which modeled global resource use and environmental constraints.
-
C.
Algur H. Meadows
Algur H. Meadows was an American oil tycoon and philanthropist best known for his major art patronage and charitable contributions, including the establishment of the Meadows Museum.
-
D.
Robert B. Bowler
Robert B. Bowler was an American public official who served as the United States Comptroller of the Treasury, overseeing federal financial accounts and fiscal administration.
-
E.
Martin D. Hardin
Martin D. Hardin was an early 19th-century American politician and lawyer from Kentucky who served as the state's Secretary of State and as a U.S. Senator.
- 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_69d8e8db5b6c8190984b61f91981f575 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e63875cf40819088db7c7969be1e3d |
completed | April 20, 2026, 2:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a074e86e6ec81908c81fece17063d1f |
completed | May 15, 2026, 4:49 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a07508df47481908243632334ac7dae |
completed | May 15, 2026, 4:57 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a07510c6a188190accce6a17202ace8 |
completed | May 15, 2026, 4:59 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:41 p.m.