Triple
T19874359
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pearl S. Buck |
E477601
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John Lossing Buck |
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|
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: John Lossing Buck | Statement: [Pearl S. Buck, spouse, John Lossing Buck]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Lossing Buck Context triple: [Pearl S. Buck, spouse, John Lossing Buck]
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A.
George Bent
George Bent was a 19th-century Cheyenne-American man known for his role as a cultural intermediary, soldier, and historian of the Cheyenne people and the American West.
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B.
John R. Swanton
John R. Swanton was an American anthropologist and ethnologist known for his influential research on Native American cultures, languages, and folklore.
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C.
Alfred St. Vrain Carpenter
Alfred St. Vrain Carpenter was an American philanthropist and arts patron whose support and legacy are commemorated by the naming of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts.
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D.
W. H. Dall
W. H. Dall was a prominent 19th-century American naturalist, malacologist, and explorer known for his extensive work on the fauna and geology of Alaska and the North Pacific.
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E.
William Henry Jackson
William Henry Jackson was an early 19th-century Athens, Georgia resident and professor who is traditionally credited with deeding ownership of a beloved local oak tree to the tree itself, creating the legend of the "Tree That Owns Itself."
- 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: John Lossing Buck Target entity description: John Lossing Buck was an American agricultural economist and missionary known for his influential rural economic surveys in China during the early 20th century.
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A.
George Bent
George Bent was a 19th-century Cheyenne-American man known for his role as a cultural intermediary, soldier, and historian of the Cheyenne people and the American West.
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B.
John R. Swanton
John R. Swanton was an American anthropologist and ethnologist known for his influential research on Native American cultures, languages, and folklore.
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C.
Alfred St. Vrain Carpenter
Alfred St. Vrain Carpenter was an American philanthropist and arts patron whose support and legacy are commemorated by the naming of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts.
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D.
W. H. Dall
W. H. Dall was a prominent 19th-century American naturalist, malacologist, and explorer known for his extensive work on the fauna and geology of Alaska and the North Pacific.
-
E.
William Henry Jackson
William Henry Jackson was an early 19th-century Athens, Georgia resident and professor who is traditionally credited with deeding ownership of a beloved local oak tree to the tree itself, creating the legend of the "Tree That Owns Itself."
- 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_69d8e51e7d948190aedbcd6c30361c39 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e658d9ee108190a53cc6c8e115d0fa |
completed | April 20, 2026, 4:48 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:51 p.m.