Triple

T19852539
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mary Lily Kenan Flagler E477034 entity
Predicate hasRelative P367 FINISHED
Object James Kenan
James Kenan was an American Revolutionary War officer and influential North Carolina politician and planter from a prominent early Southern family.
E1400367 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: James Kenan | Statement: [Mary Lily Kenan Flagler, hasRelative, James Kenan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Kenan
Context triple: [Mary Lily Kenan Flagler, hasRelative, James Kenan]
  • A. William Rand Kenan Jr.
    William Rand Kenan Jr. was an American chemist, industrialist, and philanthropist who became a major benefactor of the University of North Carolina and other educational institutions.
  • B. Morris Harvey
    Morris Harvey was a British character actor active in the early 20th century, known for his supporting roles in stage and film productions.
  • C. Alfred N. Beadleston
    Alfred N. Beadleston was an American Republican politician who served as President of the New Jersey Senate in the mid-20th century.
  • D. James B. Erwin
    James B. Erwin was a prominent local figure in North Carolina, likely a landowner or community leader, after whom the town of Erwin was named.
  • E. J. F. "Pop" McKale
    J. F. "Pop" McKale was a prominent early 20th-century University of Arizona coach and athletic director who played a key role in developing the school's athletics program.
  • 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: James Kenan
Triple: [Mary Lily Kenan Flagler, hasRelative, James Kenan]
Generated description
James Kenan was an American Revolutionary War officer and influential North Carolina politician and planter from a prominent early Southern family.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Kenan
Target entity description: James Kenan was an American Revolutionary War officer and influential North Carolina politician and planter from a prominent early Southern family.
  • A. William Rand Kenan Jr.
    William Rand Kenan Jr. was an American chemist, industrialist, and philanthropist who became a major benefactor of the University of North Carolina and other educational institutions.
  • B. Morris Harvey
    Morris Harvey was a British character actor active in the early 20th century, known for his supporting roles in stage and film productions.
  • C. Alfred N. Beadleston
    Alfred N. Beadleston was an American Republican politician who served as President of the New Jersey Senate in the mid-20th century.
  • D. James B. Erwin
    James B. Erwin was a prominent local figure in North Carolina, likely a landowner or community leader, after whom the town of Erwin was named.
  • E. J. F. "Pop" McKale
    J. F. "Pop" McKale was a prominent early 20th-century University of Arizona coach and athletic director who played a key role in developing the school's athletics program.
  • 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_69d8e51d39d081909bcfafeaaf3d2fcc completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e65869e1b481908e2a2a2074ff4a6d completed April 20, 2026, 4:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07dbbc788881909c8d8d6417182335 completed May 16, 2026, 2:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07dc57696081908475464010ae707b completed May 16, 2026, 2:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07dcd440b88190b9f44d16f4e06291 completed May 16, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:51 p.m.