Triple
T2093461
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William H. Seward |
E32724
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entity |
| Predicate | child |
P120
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FINISHED |
| Object |
William Henry Seward Jr.
William Henry Seward Jr. was an American banker and Union Army brigadier general during the Civil War, known also as the son of U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward.
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E244356
|
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 Henry Seward Jr. | Statement: [William H. Seward, child, William Henry Seward Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Henry Seward Jr. Context triple: [William H. Seward, child, William Henry Seward Jr.]
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A.
William H. Seward
William H. Seward was a 19th-century American statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson and was a leading figure in the Union war effort and postwar expansion.
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B.
Frederick William Seward
Frederick William Seward was an American politician and diplomat who served as Assistant Secretary of State during his father William H. Seward’s tenure as U.S. Secretary of State, notably surviving an assassination attempt the night of Abraham Lincoln’s murder.
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C.
Levi P. Morton
Levi P. Morton was an American politician, banker, and diplomat who served as the 22nd vice president of the United States and later as governor of New York.
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D.
William G. Marcy
William G. Marcy was an American political figure who served as secretary of California’s 1849 constitutional convention, helping to organize the foundational framework of the state’s government.
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E.
John Hay
John Hay was an influential American statesman, diplomat, and author who served as U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
- 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 Henry Seward Jr. Triple: [William H. Seward, child, William Henry Seward Jr.]
Generated description
William Henry Seward Jr. was an American banker and Union Army brigadier general during the Civil War, known also as the son of U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Henry Seward Jr. Target entity description: William Henry Seward Jr. was an American banker and Union Army brigadier general during the Civil War, known also as the son of U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward.
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A.
William H. Seward
William H. Seward was a 19th-century American statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson and was a leading figure in the Union war effort and postwar expansion.
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B.
Frederick William Seward
Frederick William Seward was an American politician and diplomat who served as Assistant Secretary of State during his father William H. Seward’s tenure as U.S. Secretary of State, notably surviving an assassination attempt the night of Abraham Lincoln’s murder.
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C.
Levi P. Morton
Levi P. Morton was an American politician, banker, and diplomat who served as the 22nd vice president of the United States and later as governor of New York.
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D.
William G. Marcy
William G. Marcy was an American political figure who served as secretary of California’s 1849 constitutional convention, helping to organize the foundational framework of the state’s government.
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E.
John Hay
John Hay was an influential American statesman, diplomat, and author who served as U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
- 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_69a885eba0708190999696a45cbec816 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abba98c32081908a243bc7088a1510 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:41 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae652ce3108190999ce10fe915aba1 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:14 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae6608d3ac8190923cd6a6ce7c4c89 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:17 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae66a751f881908fda164de72dac9b |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:20 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:43 p.m.