Triple
T209050
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Harkness Tower |
E4672
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Charles William Harkness
Charles William Harkness was an American businessman and Yale benefactor from the prominent Harkness family, known for his substantial philanthropic contributions to the university.
|
E73232
|
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: Charles William Harkness | Statement: [Harkness Tower, namedAfter, Charles William Harkness]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles William Harkness Context triple: [Harkness Tower, namedAfter, Charles William Harkness]
-
A.
Harold Hazen
Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
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B.
Harold A. Wheeler
Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
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C.
Wilfred J. McNeil
Wilfred J. McNeil was an American government official who served in senior defense-related administrative roles, including leadership of the U.S. Munitions Board during the mid-20th century.
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D.
Edmund G. Ross
Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
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E.
Charles Ranlett Flint
Charles Ranlett Flint was an American financier and industrialist best known for orchestrating mergers that led to the creation of major corporations, including the company that became IBM.
- 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: Charles William Harkness Triple: [Harkness Tower, namedAfter, Charles William Harkness]
Generated description
Charles William Harkness was an American businessman and Yale benefactor from the prominent Harkness family, known for his substantial philanthropic contributions to the university.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles William Harkness Target entity description: Charles William Harkness was an American businessman and Yale benefactor from the prominent Harkness family, known for his substantial philanthropic contributions to the university.
-
A.
Harold Hazen
Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
-
B.
Harold A. Wheeler
Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
-
C.
Wilfred J. McNeil
Wilfred J. McNeil was an American government official who served in senior defense-related administrative roles, including leadership of the U.S. Munitions Board during the mid-20th century.
-
D.
Edmund G. Ross
Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
-
E.
Charles Ranlett Flint
Charles Ranlett Flint was an American financier and industrialist best known for orchestrating mergers that led to the creation of major corporations, including the company that became IBM.
- 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_69a25737567c81908f9c505300239181 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25c082fa08190b4d097bf68300222 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:07 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a50e1f11c08190a0fb6198ca7b61e8 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 4:12 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a50ed652148190a84c0d2aa5307211 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 4:15 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a50f53c16c8190bbeb7fa550ed46b1 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 4:17 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:51 a.m.