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.
  • 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
  • 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.