Triple

T21491256
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wisconsin E530240 entity
Predicate notableBurial P196 FINISHED
Object Edward Asahel Birge
Edward Asahel Birge was an American zoologist and limnologist who served as president of the University of Wisconsin–Madison and was a pioneering figure in the scientific study of freshwater lakes.
 E1488622 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: Edward Asahel Birge | Statement: [Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wisconsin, notableBurial, Edward Asahel Birge]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Edward Asahel Birge
Context triple: [Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wisconsin, notableBurial, Edward Asahel Birge]
  • A. Charles Coffin Jewett
    Charles Coffin Jewett was a 19th-century American politician who served as mayor of Columbus, Ohio.
  • B. Elizur Goodrich
    Elizur Goodrich was an American lawyer, politician, and Yale professor who served as a U.S. Representative from Connecticut in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • C. Ezra Brooks
    Ezra Brooks is a Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey brand known for its traditional charcoal-mellowed profile and value-oriented offerings.
  • D. Henry Holbrook
    Henry Holbrook was a 19th-century Canadian politician and businessman who served as mayor of New Westminster, British Columbia.
  • E. Edward Mills
    Edward Mills was a British architect known for designing the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Headquarters in London.
  • 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: Edward Asahel Birge
Triple: [Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wisconsin, notableBurial, Edward Asahel Birge]
Generated description
Edward Asahel Birge was an American zoologist and limnologist who served as president of the University of Wisconsin–Madison and was a pioneering figure in the scientific study of freshwater lakes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Edward Asahel Birge
Target entity description: Edward Asahel Birge was an American zoologist and limnologist who served as president of the University of Wisconsin–Madison and was a pioneering figure in the scientific study of freshwater lakes.
  • A. Charles Coffin Jewett
    Charles Coffin Jewett was a 19th-century American politician who served as mayor of Columbus, Ohio.
  • B. Elizur Goodrich
    Elizur Goodrich was an American lawyer, politician, and Yale professor who served as a U.S. Representative from Connecticut in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • C. Ezra Brooks
    Ezra Brooks is a Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey brand known for its traditional charcoal-mellowed profile and value-oriented offerings.
  • D. Henry Holbrook
    Henry Holbrook was a 19th-century Canadian politician and businessman who served as mayor of New Westminster, British Columbia.
  • E. Edward Mills
    Edward Mills was a British architect known for designing the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Headquarters in London.
  • 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_69e0c45bd15481909fba5910765cdda2 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e9ea3ba2fc81909638bbb3e1d92ea5 completed April 23, 2026, 9:45 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09e81d14a0819086eecdab7b6a14a7 completed May 17, 2026, 4:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09e92969c881908b865da9d78cc48e completed May 17, 2026, 4:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09e9ad9da08190b222b06c41734994 completed May 17, 2026, 4:15 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:22 p.m.