Triple

T2058264
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Perkins Library E45726 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object William R. Perkins (Perkins family)
William R. Perkins was a prominent member of the Perkins family whose philanthropy and legacy are closely associated with Duke University, including its main library.
E228281 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 R. Perkins (Perkins family) | Statement: [Perkins Library, namedAfter, William R. Perkins (Perkins family)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William R. Perkins (Perkins family)
Context triple: [Perkins Library, namedAfter, William R. Perkins (Perkins family)]
  • A. George W. Perkins
    George W. Perkins was an American financier and philanthropist known for his influential role in Progressive Era reforms and support of major public health and social causes.
  • B. James Peck
    James Peck was an American pacifist and civil rights activist known for his courageous involvement in nonviolent protests, including the Freedom Rides challenging racial segregation in the United States.
  • C. Henry Evelyn Pierrepont
    Henry Evelyn Pierrepont was a prominent 19th-century Brooklyn landowner and civic leader who played a key role in shaping the borough’s early urban and cultural development.
  • D. Henry Collins Brown
    Henry Collins Brown was a Scottish-born American historian, author, and lecturer best known for chronicling New York City's history and founding the Museum of the City of New York.
  • E. William Belton
    William Belton was the namesake of the city of Belton in Missouri, United States, likely a locally significant historical figure such as an early settler, landowner, or community leader.
  • 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 R. Perkins (Perkins family)
Triple: [Perkins Library, namedAfter, William R. Perkins (Perkins family)]
Generated description
William R. Perkins was a prominent member of the Perkins family whose philanthropy and legacy are closely associated with Duke University, including its main library.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William R. Perkins (Perkins family)
Target entity description: William R. Perkins was a prominent member of the Perkins family whose philanthropy and legacy are closely associated with Duke University, including its main library.
  • A. George W. Perkins
    George W. Perkins was an American financier and philanthropist known for his influential role in Progressive Era reforms and support of major public health and social causes.
  • B. James Peck
    James Peck was an American pacifist and civil rights activist known for his courageous involvement in nonviolent protests, including the Freedom Rides challenging racial segregation in the United States.
  • C. Henry Evelyn Pierrepont
    Henry Evelyn Pierrepont was a prominent 19th-century Brooklyn landowner and civic leader who played a key role in shaping the borough’s early urban and cultural development.
  • D. Henry Collins Brown
    Henry Collins Brown was a Scottish-born American historian, author, and lecturer best known for chronicling New York City's history and founding the Museum of the City of New York.
  • E. William Belton
    William Belton was the namesake of the city of Belton in Missouri, United States, likely a locally significant historical figure such as an early settler, landowner, or community leader.
  • 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_69a8891a19508190a12ef1e192308dcb completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb9ae0130819089f7d62005466a45 completed March 7, 2026, 5:37 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae2014da048190902b2a23574d34ef completed March 9, 2026, 1:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae20dff3c48190943a913c63247537 completed March 9, 2026, 1:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae21465d048190a1ee3a52c96ee37d completed March 9, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.