Triple

T20642736
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject New Jersey Continental Line units E507271 entity
Predicate notableCommander P1197 FINISHED
Object Silas Newcomb
Silas Newcomb was an American Revolutionary War officer who served as a prominent commander from New Jersey in the Continental Army.
E1444966 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: Silas Newcomb | Statement: [New Jersey Continental Line units, notableCommander, Silas Newcomb]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Silas Newcomb
Context triple: [New Jersey Continental Line units, notableCommander, Silas Newcomb]
  • A. Sylvanus Warren
    Sylvanus Warren was a 19th-century American lawyer and civic leader best known as the father of Emily Warren Roebling, who played a key role in the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge.
  • B. Ogden Morrow
    Ogden Morrow is a key supporting character in Ernest Cline's novel "Ready Player One," known as the reclusive co-creator of the virtual reality world OASIS.
  • C. James Mather
    James Mather is a film director best known for co-directing the 2012 science fiction action movie "Lockout."
  • D. Elias Loomis
    Elias Loomis was a 19th-century American mathematician and physicist known for his work in astronomy, meteorology, and mathematical education.
  • E. Charles Sylvester
    Charles Sylvester was an English chemist and inventor of the early 19th century, noted for his work on heating, ventilation, and industrial safety.
  • 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: Silas Newcomb
Triple: [New Jersey Continental Line units, notableCommander, Silas Newcomb]
Generated description
Silas Newcomb was an American Revolutionary War officer who served as a prominent commander from New Jersey in the Continental Army.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Silas Newcomb
Target entity description: Silas Newcomb was an American Revolutionary War officer who served as a prominent commander from New Jersey in the Continental Army.
  • A. Sylvanus Warren
    Sylvanus Warren was a 19th-century American lawyer and civic leader best known as the father of Emily Warren Roebling, who played a key role in the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge.
  • B. Ogden Morrow
    Ogden Morrow is a key supporting character in Ernest Cline's novel "Ready Player One," known as the reclusive co-creator of the virtual reality world OASIS.
  • C. James Mather
    James Mather is a film director best known for co-directing the 2012 science fiction action movie "Lockout."
  • D. Elias Loomis
    Elias Loomis was a 19th-century American mathematician and physicist known for his work in astronomy, meteorology, and mathematical education.
  • E. Charles Sylvester
    Charles Sylvester was an English chemist and inventor of the early 19th century, noted for his work on heating, ventilation, and industrial safety.
  • 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_69e0b4be702c8190a3d2410a881d310a completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6af1c51f48190abba54a5aace9fc8 completed April 20, 2026, 10:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08d7d3315881908e06c34b0f1e758b completed May 16, 2026, 8:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08d86fd0b08190a611203e6cd663b6 completed May 16, 2026, 8:49 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08d8e7d944819094c61059a1f489f5 completed May 16, 2026, 8:51 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:43 a.m.