Triple
T20209435
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James Rudolph Garfield |
E493447
|
entity |
| Predicate | precededBy |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ethan A. Hitchcock
Ethan A. Hitchcock was an American politician and diplomat who served as U.S. Secretary of the Interior under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
|
E1474240
|
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: Ethan A. Hitchcock | Statement: [James Rudolph Garfield, precededBy, Ethan A. Hitchcock]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ethan A. Hitchcock Context triple: [James Rudolph Garfield, precededBy, Ethan A. Hitchcock]
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A.
Mark L. De Motte
Mark L. De Motte was an American lawyer, Civil War veteran, and Republican politician from Indiana who served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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B.
Nathaniel A. Owings
Nathaniel A. Owings was an American architect best known as a co-founder of the influential modernist architecture and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
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C.
James N. Hallock
James N. Hallock is an American physicist and aerospace safety expert known for his work in flight dynamics and his role in high-level investigations of space shuttle safety.
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D.
Ethan A. H. Shepley
Ethan A. H. Shepley was an American lawyer and academic administrator who served as a prominent leader of Washington University in St. Louis during the mid-20th century.
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E.
Joseph Holbrook
Joseph Holbrook is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably associated with the surname Holbrook but who has no widely documented public prominence.
- 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: Ethan A. Hitchcock Triple: [James Rudolph Garfield, precededBy, Ethan A. Hitchcock]
Generated description
Ethan A. Hitchcock was an American politician and diplomat who served as U.S. Secretary of the Interior under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ethan A. Hitchcock Target entity description: Ethan A. Hitchcock was an American politician and diplomat who served as U.S. Secretary of the Interior under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
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A.
Mark L. De Motte
Mark L. De Motte was an American lawyer, Civil War veteran, and Republican politician from Indiana who served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
-
B.
Nathaniel A. Owings
Nathaniel A. Owings was an American architect best known as a co-founder of the influential modernist architecture and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
-
C.
James N. Hallock
James N. Hallock is an American physicist and aerospace safety expert known for his work in flight dynamics and his role in high-level investigations of space shuttle safety.
-
D.
Ethan A. H. Shepley
Ethan A. H. Shepley was an American lawyer and academic administrator who served as a prominent leader of Washington University in St. Louis during the mid-20th century.
-
E.
Joseph Holbrook
Joseph Holbrook is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably associated with the surname Holbrook but who has no widely documented public prominence.
- 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_69da6269614c8190bb40475d9d477358 |
completed | April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e66ed4706c81908a5e4a3023a9c22f |
completed | April 20, 2026, 6:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a098fdc7d208190abc6bfc0b0c1db22 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 9:52 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0991348c448190901e34167e40df69 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 9:58 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0991aaae5c8190b7ada4d60f2d875a |
completed | May 17, 2026, 10 a.m. |
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:38 p.m.